Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins

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Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins are the remains of a medieval hilltop fortress overlooking Oensingen in the Swiss canton of Solothurn.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins canonical 1
Ruine Alt-Bechburg 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ruins ⓘ
hill castle ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
accessibleToPublic yes ⓘ
buildingMaterial stone ⓘ
builtFor lords of Bechburg ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
defensiveType hilltop fortress ⓘ
elevation hilltop position ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance regional landmark ⓘ
hasNameInGerman Ruine Alt-Bechburg ⓘ
hasPanoramicView Alps ⓘ
Swiss Plateau ⓘ
hasPart curtain walls ⓘ
gate structures ⓘ
keep ⓘ
hasStairAccess hiking trail access ⓘ
hasViewOf Aare valley ⓘ
linked to: Aare basin

Oensingen plain ⓘ
heritageCategory A-Object (national significance) ⓘ
heritageRegister Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance ⓘ
heritageStatus Swiss heritage site of national significance ⓘ
locatedIn canton of Solothurn ⓘ
locatedInDistrict district of Gäu ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Oensingen ⓘ
locatedInRegion Jura Mountains ⓘ
nearbySettlement Oensingen ⓘ
nearbyTransport A1 motorway ⓘ
Oensingen railway station ⓘ
originalFunction defensive fortress ⓘ
fortified residence ⓘ
overlooks Oensingen ⓘ
ownership public ⓘ
preservationStatus partially preserved ⓘ
region northwestern Switzerland ⓘ
topographicContext rocky spur ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism site ⓘ
usedUntilCentury 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oensingen → hasLandmark → Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins ⓘ
Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins → hasNameInGerman → Ruine Alt-Bechburg ⓘ
linked to: Alt-Bechburg Castle ruins