Beuggen Castle

A small enclave of old buildings. Has something very timeless about it and gives you the opportunity to temporarily block out modernity.

Beuggen Castle, also Buchem (1215), Buchein (1253), Bivcheim (1253), Büken (1266), Beukheim or Beuken called [1], is a 20 kilometers east of Basel on the Baden-Württemberg bank of the Rhine in the field of City of Rheinfelden (Baden) located in the district of Lörrach former moated castle. The complex served for 560 years as the seat of the Teutonic Order in the Ballei Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy; she is the oldest remaining commander of this order of knights. After the dissolution of the Teutonic Order in 1806, the castle was used as a military hospital during the liberation wars against Napoleon Bonaparte two years. According to one theory, Kaspar Hauser, whose identity is still unknown, lived in the castle between 1815 and 1816 for a year and a half. From 1820 to 1980 it was a children's home. Until the end of 2016, Schloss Beuggen served as a meeting place and meeting place for the Evangelical Church in Baden as well as a place for various events. (Wikipedia)

Currently (February 2017) conversion to the castle hotel and restaurant Beuggen. Opening at the beginning of March 2017. schloss-beuggen.de