List of castles and palaces in the canton of Aargau

Castles and palaces in the canton of Aargau

The list of castles and palaces in the canton of Aargau shows all forty-three castles and palaces in the canton of Aargau .

The exact age of the first castles is difficult to estimate. The largest and most important castle in Aargau, Lenzburg Castle , was built in the early 11th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1036. It was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Lenzburg , who ruled in the Seetal ; a second center of power was around Baden with Stein Castle .

Many of the castles in the canton of Aargau were the seat of numerous noble families. Probably the best known were the Habsburgs at Habsburg Castle . Other important noble families with extensive possessions in Aargau were the Counts of Frohburg , the Regensbergers and the Lords of Klingen. There were also dozens of lower local aristocratic families, of which the Hallwylers were the most important.

Most of the information was taken from the respective articles.

Explanation of the list

• Name: Provides the official name of the building.
• Town: Shows the town in which the building is located.
• Year: Shows the year of manufacture. But mostly imprecise.
• Type: A distinction is made between the following building types: castle , fortress , fort and chateau .
• Condition: Describes the condition of the building. A distinction is made between “preserved”, “ruin” and “decayed”.
• Entrance: Tells of whether the building is publicly accessible.
• Image: Displays a picture of the building if possible.
• Noteworthy: Name a special feature of the building.

Note: The list can be sorted: clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.

Surname	Locality	year	Type	Status	access	image	Remarkable
Aarau Castle	Aarau	1240	lock	receive	Yes		The Schlössli Aarau is the oldest remaining building in the city.
Aarburg fortress	Aarburg	1123	fortress	receive	No		Aarburg Fortress is classified as a cultural asset of national importance and is now a youth home .
Altenburg Castle	Altenburg near Brugg	370	Fort	receive	Yes		At the end of the 10th century, the Altenburg castle was the first verifiable residence of the Habsburgs . The facility now serves as a youth hostel.
Old Wartburg	Oftringen	1200	Castle	ruin	Yes		When the Confederates conquered Aargau in 1415, Bernese troops burned the castle down.
Auenstein Castle	Auenstein	1307	lock	receive	No		In 1389, Bernese troops stormed the castle and burned it down. It was not until 1858 that the ruins were made habitable again.
Baldingen ruins	Baldingen	unknown	Castle	expired	Yes		nothing remarkable
Bellikon Castle	Bellikon	1430-1440	lock	receive	No		At the beginning of the 20th century the castle was used temporarily as a health resort.
Bernau Castle	Leibstadt	1157	Castle	ruin	No		In 1415 the border between the county of Baden and Upper Austria ran through the middle of the castle tower, which is why the owners of Bernau served two gentlemen.
Besserstein ruins	Villigen	unknown	Castle	expired	No		nothing remarkable
Biberstein Castle	Biberstein	1280	lock	receive	No		Today the castle is a living and working home for mentally handicapped adults.
Böbikon ruins	Boebikon	unknown	Castle	ruin	Yes		nothing remarkable
Böttstein Castle	Böttstein	1100-1200	lock	receive	Yes		During the construction of the nuclear power plant Beznau 1965-1972, the technical staff at the castle, which today with the chapel under lived monument stands.
Bremgarten Castle	Bremgarten	1238	lock	receive	No		During the overall renovation in 1967/68, heraldic wall paintings from 1480 were discovered in the small hall on the second floor .
Brestenberg Castle	Seengen	1625	lock	receive	No		The Badanstalt Brestenberg was an internationally known bathing establishment and was in operation until after the Second World War .
Brunegg Castle	Brunegg	1250	lock	receive	No		The famous Swiss writer Hermann Burger committed suicide on February 28, 1989 in Brunegg Castle.
Freudenau ruins	Untersiggenthal	1240	Castle	ruin	Yes		A large part of the complex was destroyed in 1351 during a campaign by the people of Zurich . Other parts fell victim to a major fire shortly after 1400.
Habsburg Castle	Habsburg	1030	Castle	receive	Yes		The Habsburg was the ancestral seat of the ruling dynasty of the Habsburgs . They lived in the castle for around 200 years.
Hallwyl Castle	Seengen	1265	lock	receive	Yes		Hallwyl Castle is located on the Aabach and is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland.
Hasenburg ruins	Bergdietikon	unknown	Castle	expired	Yes		Needs of the 12th century towards the end Palas have been burned down and rebuilt. In the middle of the 13th century the castle was destroyed and abandoned.
Hilfikon Castle	Hilfikon	unknown	lock	receive	No		In 1878 the castle changed hands for just 70,000 Swiss francs .
Horben Castle	Beinwil	1700	lock	receive	No		The castle was built as a rest house for monks of the Muri monastery .
Ruin Horen	Küttigen	unknown	Castle	ruin	Yes		nothing remarkable
Iberg ruins	Riniken	unknown	Castle	expired	Yes		1997 archaeologically researched
Kasteln Castle	Upper flax	1238	lock	receive	No		Today the castle serves as a school home for normally gifted, behavioral students.
Kindhausen ruins	Bergdietikon	unknown	Castle	expired	Yes		nothing remarkable
Klingnau Castle	Klingnau	1300	lock	receive	Yes		The castle is now used as a regional police post , as a wedding venue and as an activity room for individual village associations.
Koenigstein ruins	Küttigen	1277	Castle	ruin	Yes		There is an old legend which claims that the lord of the castle at that time coerced the villagers.
Landvogteischloss Baden	to bathe	1265	lock	receive	Yes		Until the end of 1798 the bailiff's palace was the residence of the bailiff of the county of Baden. Today it houses the historical museum and the archive of the city of Baden.
Laufenburg ruins	Laufenburg	1180	Castle	ruin	No		During the Thirty Years War the Swedes captured the city and the castle three times. Only in 1648 did the Austrians regain control.
Lenzburg Castle	Lenzburg	1036	lock	receive	Yes		Lenzburg Castle is one of the oldest and most important hilltop castles in Switzerland and served as the seat of the Bernese bailiffs for over 350 years .
Liebegg Castle	Graenichen	1250	lock	receive	Yes		The castle is owned by the canton and is now used as a conference and cultural center.
Rued Castle	Schlossrued	1160	lock	receive	No		After 1803, the court archive for the Kulm district was set up in Rued Castle for a few years because there was a lack of space in Kulm .
Scherenberg ruins	Safenwil	unknown	Castle	expired	Yes		nothing remarkable
Schafisheim Castle	Schafisheim	1386	lock	receive	No		After several changes of ownership, the Baumann family bought the castle in 1845, and their descendants still live in the building today.
Schenkenberg ruins	Thalheim	1243	Castle	ruin	Yes		In 1918 the ruins were auctioned off to the Aargau Association for Homeland Security for the symbolic amount of 50 Swiss Francs .
Black tower	Brugg	1238	Castle	receive	No		Since the tower seemed too small to the city lords after the new bridge was built in 1532, the top walls and the roof were torn down and rebuilt.
Ruin stone	to bathe	1000	Castle	ruin	Yes		The confederates destroyed the castle for the first time in 1415. The city had it rebuilt, but the castle was destroyed again in 1712 during the Second Villmerger War.
Tegerfelden ruins	Tegerfelden	1113	Castle	expired	Yes		nothing remarkable
Trostburg	Teufenthal	1200	lock	receive	No		Since Bern did not tolerate the sale of the castle to the city of Brugg in 1616, the city of Brugg took over the rights of domination and sold the Trostburg to private individuals.
Urgiz ruin	Densbueren	1100-1200	Castle	ruin	Yes		Only remnants of the curtain wall and the round tower have been preserved from the castle.
Waldhausen ruins	Fisibach	before 1113	ruin	expired	No		The border between the cantons of Aargau and Zurich used to run through the ruins until 1987 when the border was corrected.
Wessenberg Castle	Mandach	End of the 12th century	ruin	expired	No
Wildenstein	Veltheim	around 1300	lock	receive	No		The castle was sold in September 2010 for CHF 2.575 million to an entrepreneur who wants to make it accessible to the public.
Wildegg Castle	Möriken-Wildegg	1242	lock	receive	Yes		The museum and the ProSpecieRara Foundation maintain over 300 old cultivated plants, vegetables, cereals and berries as well as aromatic, aromatic and medicinal herbs in the palace garden.

See also

• List of castles and palaces in Switzerland
• History of the Canton of Aargau

Web links

• Castle world: castles, ruins and castle sites in the canton of Aargau

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} first mentioned in a document

This version was added to the selection of informative lists and portals on April 19, 2009 .