Castle
Binningen Castle
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 13th century
Binningen Castle is a castle in the centre of the Basel-Landschaft municipality of Binningen near Basel. Today the castle houses a restaurant with a hotel. Originally the complex was laid out as a moated castle, but the water was filled in in 1772.
Machine-translated from “Schloss Binningen (Schweiz)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Binningen Castle ranks #7,032 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #168 of the 201 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1293, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 861 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Basel, 3 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Binningen Castle?
Binningen Castle stands in Switzerland, at 47.53676°, 7.57456°.
When was Binningen Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1293. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Binningen Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,032 of 8,134 worldwide, and #168 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 Binningen Castle?
Bottmingen Castle, about 1 km away.
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