Balsthal, Alt- and Neu-Falkenstein and the Inns
The first inhabitants of Balsthal (Canton of Solothurn), the Celts, lived on the Holzfluh about 4,000 years ago. In Roman times, the fastest road connection from Aventicum (Avenches) to Augusta Raurica (Kaiseraugst) passed through Balsthal. After the Christianisation of the Alemanni in the 5th and 6th centuries, the prince-bishops of Basel ruled the region for … Read more » “Balsthal, Alt- and Neu-Falkenstein and the Inns”