Farnsburg Castle ruin

Farnsburg Castle (German: Ruine Farnsburg) is a castle in the municipality of Ormalingen in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Farnsburg was built in 1330 by the Lords of Thierstein and later acquired by the Habsburg barons of Falkenstein. The barons went on to fight in the war against the Swiss, resulting in a siege of the castle in 1444.

The castle, which was still in good condition, changed ownership several times over the centuries until 1709, when the bailiff in residence at the time was expelled and the castle set on fire. Afterwards, the castle stones were used to build new castles elsewhere and Farnsburg fell quickly into ruin.

Text adapted from “Farnsburg Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Farnsburg Castle ruin ranks #3,360 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 91 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1319, it is older than 64% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 220 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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