Sissacherfluh Castle | |
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Sissach | |
Coordinates | 47°28′49.55″N7°49′4.05″E / 47.4804306°N 7.8177917°E |
Type | Refuge castle, hill castle |
Code | CH-BL |
Height | 699 m above the sea |
Site information | |
Condition | ruin |
Site history | |
Built | Bronze Age, Early Middle Ages, Thirty Years' War |
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