Ruin
Besserstein ruins
🇨🇭 Switzerland
The Besserstein ruins are the ruins of a former spur castle in Switzerland. They lie in the municipality of Villigen in the canton of Aargau at an altitude of 550 m above sea level on the Geissberg. Today it has decayed, and only a few remains are left.
Machine-translated from “Ruine Besserstein” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Besserstein ruins ranks #7,115 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #193 of the 200 mapped in Switzerland. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Winterthur, 39 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Besserstein ruins?
Besserstein ruins stands in Switzerland, at 47.5243°, 8.21167°.
How famous is Besserstein ruins?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,115 of 7,738 worldwide, and #193 in Switzerland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Besserstein ruins?
Iberg castle ruin, about 3 km away.
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