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Münchenstein Castle

🇨🇭 Switzerland · 13th century

Münchenstein Castle in Switzerland
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Münchenstein Castle (German: Ruine Münchenstein) is a landmark above the village centre of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. The ruins of the castle can still be visited and viewed, but are under private ownership.

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

Münchenstein Castle ranks #3,329 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #68 of the 91 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1275, it is older than 72% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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