Aarburg Castle (German: Festung Aarburg) is a castle in the municipality of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located high above the...

landmark is the Aarburg Castle, one of Switzerland's largest castles and a heritage site of national significance. The visual character of Aarburg is shaped...

the internal organization of the canton. He was briefly imprisoned in Aarburg Castle in 1799. As a result of Reding's surrender, the French were quick to...

the castle, fortress or ruins in each Canton in Switzerland. Schlossli Aarburg Altenburg Alt-Wartburg Auenstein Bernau Biberstein Bottstein Brestenberg...

a broader natural basin and at the same time meets a rock on which Aarburg Castle is located. The large whirlpool, the "Waage", is created by the main...

eventually fled to France as an enemy of Geneva and spent his later years in Aarburg Castle as a political prisoner. During his time there, he mapped the Alps accurately...

Liebegg family. The other half was given by the Habsburgs to the Lords of Aarburg, who in turn granted it as an under-fief to the von Liebeggs. In 1415 the...

to 1446. After the war, he was able to buy the Aarburg portion of the inheritance and bring the castle firmly under the Brandis family. Over the following...

Fridlingen, sold the castle and the related rights in 1431 to Baron Thüring of Aarburg. The bailiwick of Schenkenberg was at that time a fairly sovereign state...

in 1316 Leuthold I of Rotheln, bishop of Basel (died 1213) Lütold I of Aarburg, bishop of Basel (died 1249) lords of Regensberg: Lütold of Affoltern (11th...

later 12th and early 13th century, building a number of castles, and founding towns such as Aarburg, Liestal, Olten (then a fortified river crossing), Waldenburg...

folk etymological reinterpretation of the name as “Au des Aars”. 1270 Aarburg        Baden        Below the red shield head in white black pole. The...

Confederation. While Bern kept the southwest portion which consisted of Zofingen, Aarburg, Aarau, Lenzburg, and Brugg. Bremgarten became part of the Freie Ämter...

" Rustic Landscape, etching at The Metropolitan Museum of Art View of Aarburg, Switzerland View of Amsterdam View of the Hôtel de Valentinois in Passy...

Bernese conquest of the Aargau in 1415 it belonged to the Amt or township of Aarburg. It remained part of Bern until 1798. Under the guidance of Bern, in 1528...

to a number of other noble families in the area including the Counts of Aarburg, Balm, Wolhusen and Aarwangen. The two branches of the Grimme line acquired...

Central Railway (SCB). The construction of the Aarau-Olten-Aarburg-Emmenbrücke (1856) and Aarburg-Bern (1857) lines further expanded the network of the two...

castle or in the Landvogteischloss (Governor's Castle) in Baden. In contrast, many of the smaller fiefs held by lower nobility (e.g. Hallwyl castle,...

and Zofingen along with most of the Habsburg castles. Bern kept the southwest portion (Zofingen, Aarburg, Aarau, Lenzburg, and Brugg), northward to the...

Switzerland (13.04. Chur, Palazzo, 14.04. Interlaken, Goldener Anker, 15.04. Aarburg, Musigburg), supported by the Swiss rock band Sinside from Zürich. The...

all of his realm, Charles ordered "Der Meyer zu Lockie an den Grafen zu Aarburg" (all the world to come to him with all (its) cannon and all (its) manpower)...

castle and fortifications Schlossrain 634.950 241.300 47°19′18″N 7°54′03″E / 47.321642°N 7.900933°E / 47.321642; 7.900933 Unknown ISOS Town: Aarburg...

1436. In 1438 the city reached an agreement with the von Brandis and von Aarburg (inheritors of some Toggenburg lands) families. The agreement gave Maienfeld...

Kappelen, Lyss, Radelfingen and Seedorf. Aarberg is not to be confused with Aarburg in Aargau or with Aarbergen in Germany. The town was once located on an...

repelled, whereupon they pillaged surrounding villages. In 1451, Thüring of Aarburg sold Schenkenberg to Hans and Markwart of Baldegg. The new rulers and Brugg...

probably had about 150 citizens. Through marriage, in 1367, the Counts of Aarburg inherited the town. However, it still remained a fief under the Austrian...

At least 80 nobles fell, including the Counts of Nidau, Valengin and Aarburg and the son of Louis II of Vaud. The evening was now drawing on, which...

Church. The lords of Raron, Montfort-Tettnang, Sax-Misox, Brandis and Aarburg all had claims on the Toggenburg lands. When the canton of Zürich claimed...

settlement of Wartburg and the settlement around the ruins of Vordere Wartburg Castle, which is commonly called Sälischlössli. The blazon of the municipal coat...

fortress was abandoned in the 4th century, and later replaced by a larger castle, comparable to late Roman fortresses protecting crossings of the Aare at...