Blauenstein

Blauenstein
Kleinlützel
View of the castle ruins, 2018
Blauenstein is located in Canton of Solothurn
Blauenstein
Blauenstein
Blauenstein is located in Switzerland
Blauenstein
Blauenstein
Coordinates47°25′53″N 7°24′58″E / 47.4315°N 7.4160°E / 47.4315; 7.4160
Typehill castle
CodeCH-SO
Site information
Conditionruin
Site history
Built13th century

Blauenstein is a castle fort on a rocky outcrop north of Kleinlützel, Switzerland.

The castle was probably built in the thirteenth century. It suffered damage during the 1356 Basel earthquake[1] and was destroyed in 1411 by the forces of Basel during the Neuenstein War. There are only a few walls remaining today.[2]

As it was at the junction of important Roman pass on Blauenbergkette, the town of Kleinlützel proposes Roman origins for the castle.[3]

This castle should not be confused with Alt-Falkenstein Castle near Balsthal, neighboring Neu-Falkenstein Castle, as Alt-Falkenstein was historically also known as Blauenstein and appears under that name on historical images, probably because at least Neu-Falkenstein was pledged to Rutschmann of Blauenstein for some time around 1400.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Blauen". (French) Chronologie jurassienne. 2009–2012. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Blauenstein". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Geschichte". Municipality of Kleinlützel. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  4. ^ "Alt Falkenstein (Balsthal)". Integrated Authority File. German National Library. Retrieved 2024-05-18. Burgruine in der Klus bei Balsthal: auch gelegentlich (historisch) als Blauenstein bekannt nach Rutschmann von Blauenstein, dem kurz nach 1400 einige Zeit zumindest das benachbarte Schloss Neu-Falkenstein verpfändet war