Reichenstein Castle (german: Burg Reichenstein) is a

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

in the municipality of Arlesheim in the

canton of Basel-Land Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...

in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. It is one of four castles on a slope called ''Birseck'' that confines the plain of the

Birs The Birs (French: ''Birse'') is a long river in Switzerland that flows through the Jura region and ends as a tributary to the Rhine between Basel and Birsfelden. It is the most important river of the Swiss Jura. Course The Birs has its source ...

river and is the sister castle to

Birseck Castle Birseck Castle (german: Burg Birseck) is located in the municipality of Arlesheim Arlesheim is a town and a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Its cathedral chapter seat, bishop's residenc ...

. 1245-1813 the castle was a property of the Swiss noble family ''Reich von Reichenstein''. This family hold also the

Château de Landskron The Château de Landskron (or Landskron Castle) is situated in the southern part of Alsace, in the east of France, mere footsteps away from Switzerland, in the commune of Leymen. The village situated at the north of the ruin, Leymen, in the dép ...

(France) and

Inzlingen Castle Inzlingen Castle (german: Wasserchloss Inzlingen), also Reichenstein Castle (''Schloss Reichenstein'') is a medieval castle surrounded by a moat situated in the village of Inzlingen. Inzlingen is located in the district of Lörrach, Baden-Württem ...

(Germany).

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* Cultural property of national significance in Basel-Landschaft Castles in Basel-Landschaft {{Switzerland-castle-stub

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