Switzerland
Hermitage with Birseck Castle ruins
Fortress · Arlesheim
Fortress
Reichenstein Castle
Switzerland
Arlesheim
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
About
Reichenstein Castle (German: Burg Reichenstein) is a castle in the municipality of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It is one of four castles on a slope called Birseck that confines the plain of the Birs river and is the sister castle to Birseck Castle.
1245-1813 the castle was a property of the Swiss noble family Reich von Reichenstein. This family also holds the Château de Landskron (France) and Inzlingen Castle (Germany).
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