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Buchegg Castle

Kyburg-Buchegg, Italy

Buchegg Castle

Buchegg Castle is a castle in the Swiss municipality of Kyburg-Buchegg in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. The castle, built in 1546, has a square tower with a hip roof. The Counts of Buchegg had a castle on the site until 1383 when it was destroyed by the House of Kyburg. The current building

saw service as a prison and came into private ownership in 1863. It was restored in 1938 and was converted to a museum in 1956.

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