Alt-Landskron castle ruins
| Alt-Landskron castle ruins | ||
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Place: | Leymen | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 29 '18.3 " N , 7 ° 29' 37.9" E | |
| Height: | 530 m | |
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The Alt-Landskron castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle at the eastern end of the Landskronberg near Leymen, directly on the French-Swiss border.
history
Already in the first known documentary mention of 1277, the castle is called the Burgstall . In the Basel earthquake of 1356 , two castles on the Landskronberg were destroyed, although it is not clear whether the second castle was Rheinegg Castle and whether the Alt-Landskron was never even finished. When Landskron Castle was expanded into a fortress at the end of the 17th century, the area of Alt-Landskron was included and greatly changed by building a gun bastion.
description
Remnants of an enclosure wall and a ditch can be seen .
literature
- Eduard Spielmann: Once again: The origins of the Landskron! In: Annuaire de la Societé d'Histoire du Sundgau, 2000, pp. 97–111.
- Werner Meyer : Castles from A to Z. Burgenlexikon der Regio , Basel 1981, pp. 40–41.
Web links
- Entry on the Alt-Landskron castle ruins in the private database "Alle Burgen".
