List of castles and palaces in the canton of Solothurn

Castles and palaces in the canton of Solothurn

The list of castles and palaces in the canton of Solothurn provides an overview of the castles and palaces in the canton of Solothurn .

There are more than a dozen medieval castles and palaces in the canton of Solothurn , some of them only preserved as ruins . All properties are open to the public. The first castles were built around the first millennium. The last castle was completed in 1686, that is, in modern times .

Explanation of the list

• Name: Titled the official name of the building.
• Town: Shows the town in which the building is located.
• Year: Shows the year of manufacture. But mostly imprecise.
• Type: A distinction is made between the following building types: castle and palace .
• State: Indicates the state of the building. A distinction is made between “preserved”, “ruin” and “decay”.
• Entrance: Tells of whether the building is publicly accessible.
• Image: Displays a picture of the building if possible.
• Noteworthy: Name a special feature of the building.

Note: The list can be sorted : clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.

Surname	Locality	year	Type	Status	access	image	Remarkable
Alt-Falkenstein Castle	Balsthal	1100	Castle	ruin	Yes		At the beginning of the 15th century the castle was sold to the city of Solothurn . Today it houses a local history museum .
Alt-Bechburg ruins	Holderbank	1000	Castle	ruin	Yes		The already dilapidated castle went up in flames for unknown reasons in 1713 and became a ruin.
Balm ruin	Balm near Günsberg	1150	Castle	ruin	Yes		The Balm ruin is one of the few grotto castles in Switzerland.
Buchegg Castle (Buchegg Castle, Buechischlössli)	Kyburg-Buchegg	11th century	Castle	receive	Yes		Presumably built as early as the 11th century on the top of a ridge of the Bucheggberg. In burgdorferkrieg burned down in 1383 and never rebuilt. Only a few wall sections of the formerly mighty castle complex have survived. The Buechischlössli Tower, built by Solothurn in 1546, is located in the main castle . In 1966 a warehouse from Brügglen was added. The tower served as a prison until the 18th century. The tower and the area around the main castle have been owned by the Buchegg Castle Foundation since 1938. The outer bailey with the ditch is still rudimentary visible.
Dorneck ruins	Dornach	11th century	Castle	ruin	Yes		During the Thirty Years War the fortress was initially undamaged, but when the French invaded in 1798 it was conquered and destroyed and used as a quarry in the 19th century .
Falkenstein Castle	Niedergösgen	1230	Castle	partially preserved	Yes		The castle ruins were partially rebuilt in 1904 and are now a church . It is now called the Castle Church.
Frohburg ruins	Trimbach	1000	Castle	ruin	Yes		The castle is one of the largest medieval castle ruins in the Jura Mountains .
Gilgenberg ruins	Zullwil	1300	Castle	ruin	Yes		Angry rural residents set the castle on fire in the turmoil of the Helvetic Revolution of 1798 - the castle was destroyed and then used as a quarry .
Grenchen Castle	Grenchen	around 1000	Castle	ruin	Yes		Grenchen Castle (Bettleschloss) was an early medieval  hilltop castle as a wooden castle. Built as a residential tower from 1150, there was still an outer bailey. Inhabited until the beginning of the 14th century, demolished from 1583, excavated 1959–61. Remnants of the wall are preserved.
Göskon ruins	Obergösgen	11th century	Castle	ruin	Yes		Göskon Castle was an early medieval keep . Since the small castle hill did not allow a later expansion of the castle, the castle ruins are one of the few remaining that correspond to their original layout
Hilsenstein ruins	Dornach	1250	Castle	ruin	Yes		Around the rock head, where it was possible in the steep terrain, terraces that are still visible today were made.
Neu-Bechburg Castle	Oensingen	1250	Castle	receive	Yes		The castle has been rebuilt several times over the years. Only parts of the east castle have survived from its original state, with its almost 30 meter high round donjon, which is crenellated and piled up from rubble stones.
Neu-Falkenstein ruins	Balsthal	1100	Castle	ruin	Yes		The facility is divided into two core areas, a kennel facility and approach obstacles. The western core area is dominated by a round main tower.
Neu-Thierstein ruins	Büsserach	1250	Castle	ruin	No		After the Battle of St. Jakob (1444), the Solothurnians occupied the castle, which they only returned after five years of occupation.
Rotberg Castle	Metzerlen-Mariastein	1413	Castle	receive	Yes		In 1666 the castle was abandoned and uninhabitable. It was falling apart and was often used as a quarry. Today it serves as a youth hostel .
Sternenberg ruin	Hofstetten-Flüh	1350	Castle	ruin	Yes		Around the time of the St. Jakober War (1444), the castle was devastated by a conflagration. Part of the ruin was demolished in 1852 and the stones were used to build roads.
Waldegg Castle	Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus	1686	lock	receive	Yes		The renovation work and the restoration of the baroque garden received international recognition in 1995.
Wartenfels Castle	Lostorf	1250	lock	receive	Yes		There is a direct line of sight to the Wildegg , Lenzburg , Wartburg and Aarburg castles .

See also

• List of castles and palaces in Switzerland
• History of the Canton of Solothurn

Web links

• Burgenwelt: castles, ruins and castle sites in the canton of Solothurn

Comments and individual evidence

1. ↑ Neu-Thierstein ruins. Retrieved April 26, 2009 . 
2. ^ History of Waldegg Castle. Retrieved April 26, 2009 . 
3. ↑ first mentioned in a document

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