Hermitage with Birseck Castle ruins
Arlesheim, Switzerland
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- Opening hours
- Easter-Oct 31: We,Su 14:00-17:00
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Birseck Castle, also known as the Untere Burg or Vordere Burg, rises from a slope above the Birs river plain in Arlesheim, canton Basel-Country, Switzerland. Founded in 1243, it stands as one of four castles occupying the Birseck slope and forms part of an Eremitage building group recognized as a class A Swiss cultural property of national significance. Its sister castle, Burg Reichenstein, occupies a higher slope to the north.
- Built
- Type
- castle, castle ruin
- Heritage
- class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
- Place
- Arlesheim, Switzerland
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