Schlösser und Ruinen im Kanton Aargau

Castles & Ruins

Known as the 'Canton of Castles,' Aargau preserves a diverse collection of medieval and ancient fortifications. This list features the ancestral seat of the Habsburg dynasty and the remarkably well-preserved moated Hallwyl Castle. Key sites include the Roman legionary camp of Vindonissa, the hilltop fortress of Aarburg, and various ruins like Schenkenberg and Stein. These locations showcase architectural evolution from Roman stone foundations and medieval defensive towers to Baroque residential expansions and historic city gates like the Oberer Turm in Aarau.

Castles & Ruins — Karte

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Hallwyl Castle

Hallwyl Castle is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland.

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Lenzburg Castle

Lenzburg Castle is a castle located above the old part of the town of Lenzburg in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.

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Habsburg Castle

Habsburg Castle is a medieval fortress located in what is now Habsburg, Switzerland, in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River.

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Vindonissa

Vindonissa was a Roman legion camp, vicus and later a bishop's seat at modern Windisch, Switzerland.

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Aarburg Castle

Aarburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Wildegg Castle

Wildegg Castle is a small castle in the municipality of Möriken-Wildegg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Stein Castle, Aargau

Stein Castle is a castle ruin above the municipality of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Landvogtei Castle of Baden

Landvogtei Castle is a small castle in the city of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

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Klingnau Castle

Klingnau Castle is a castle in the municipality of Klingnau in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

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Schloss Wildenstein

A 13th-century castle in Veltheim featuring two distinct residential towers and late Gothic architectural elements.

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Schenkenberg Castle

Schenkenberg Castle is a castle ruin above the municipality of Thalheim in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Alt-Wartburg

Ruins of a hilltop castle on the Säli hill, destroyed during the Swiss Confederation's conquest of Aargau in 1415.

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Freudenau Castle

Freudenau Castle is a ruined fort in the municipality of Untersiggenthal of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Burg Laufenburg

Hilltop ruins overlooking the Rhine, formerly the seat of the Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg.

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Oberer Turm

A 13th-century gate tower standing 61 meters tall, serving as the most prominent remnant of Aarau's medieval city fortifications.