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Alt-Falkenstein Castle

Switzerland

Heritage status
class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance
Location
Balsthal
Coordinates
47.30698°, 7.69056°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Alt-Falkenstein Castle in Switzerland
Photo: Paebi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Alt-Falkenstein Castle, locally Schloss Alt-Falkenstein, is a partially preserved hilltop castle at the entrance of the Klus gorge near Balsthal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Today it houses the Museum Alt-Falkenstein.

The castle is historically also called Blauenstein, for example on the engravings by David Herrliberger after Emanuel Büchel, which may be connected with the fact that at least the neighbouring castle of Neu-Falkenstein was pledged for a time around 1400 to Rutschmann von Blauenstein. This occasionally leads to confusion with Blauenstein Castle near Kleinlützel. Another historical name, still occasionally used, is Kluser Schloss.

Machine-translated from “Burg Alt-Falkenstein (Balsthal)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Alt-Falkenstein Castle ranks #9,213 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #221 of the 227 mapped in Switzerland. 21 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Basel, 29 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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