Reichenstein Castle (Arlesheim)

Reichenstein Castle

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.^[1]

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 hold also the Château de Landskron (France) and Inzlingen Castle (Germany).

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↑ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011. External link in |work= (help)

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Castles and Fortresses of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft

Aesch Altenberg Angenstein Bärenfels Burg Castle Alt-Biederthal Binningen Hintere Birseck Vordere Birseck Mittlere Birseck Bischofstein Bottmingen Ebenrain Engenstein Farnsburg Frohberg Fürstenstein Gutenfels Holeeschlösschen Neu-Homburg Madeln Münchenstein Münchsberg Ödenburg Pfeffingen Pratteln Schauenburg Ränggen Ramstein Reichenstein Riedfluh Schalberg Alt-Schauenburg Neu-Schauenburg Schönenberg Sissacherfluh Spitzburg Fortified Church of St. Arbogast Tschöpperli Waldenburg Hintere Wartenberg Mittlere Wartenberg Vordere Wartenberg Wild-Eptingen Wildenstein Zwingen

Castles of Basel-Country Castles of Switzerland Castles of Europe

Coordinates: 47°29′48″N 7°37′44″E / 47.496764°N 7.629007°E / 47.496764; 7.629007

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Reichenstein Castle (Arlesheim)

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