EptingenEptingen is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Eptingen is first mentioned in 1145 as Ebittingen. The Burgruine Witwald, also called Wild-Eptingen or younger castle , are the ruins of a hilltop castle above the settlement of Eptingen in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft . You can see remains of the walls of the Palas as well as an entrance gate, a staircase and a cistern . About 300 meters southeast are the older ruins of Wild-Eptingen , probably a predecessor of Witwald Castle.
HölsteinHölstein is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Hölstein is first mentioned around 1101-03 as Hulestein. Hölstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.
Waldenburg DistrictWaldenburg District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. The district lies to the south of Basel-Country, bordering the canton of Solothurn. Its capital is the town of Waldenburg. It has a population of (as of ). In average 150 persons live in a square kilometre. Waldenburg district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 44.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.
BennwilBennwil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Bennwil is first mentioned in 1218 as Bendewilere. A mention of the village that claimed to be from 1189 is believed to be a fake. Bennwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.