Stein Castle, Aargau

Stein Castle
	Festung Stein
	Baden
	Stein Castle Stein Castle
Coordinates	47°28′23.38″N8°18′19.62″E / 47.4731611°N 8.3054500°E Coordinates: 47°28′23.38″N8°18′19.62″E / 47.4731611°N 8.3054500°E
Type	hill castle
Code	CH-AG
Height	445 m above the sea
Site information
Condition	Ruins (destroyed 1712)
Site history
Built	Before 1000, 1658–1670

Last updated October 01, 2019

Stein Castle (German : Schloss Stein or Ruine Stein) is a castle ruin above the municipality of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.^[1]

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Baden, Switzerland Place in Aargau, Switzerland

Baden, sometimes unofficially, to distinguish it from other Badens, called Baden bei Zürich or Baden im Aargau, is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. Located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Zürich in the Limmat Valley mainly on the western side of the Limmat, its mineral hot springs have been famed since at least the Roman era. Its official language is German, but the main spoken language is the local Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Its population in 2010 was over 18,000.

History

The castle was built on a rocky promontory above Baden gorge some time before 1000. In the late 11th century the castle came to the Lenzburg family. By the early 12th century, the cadet line that lived in the castle called themselves the Counts of Baden. In 1172, the castle was inherited by the Kyburg family. When that family died out in 1263, the castle was inherited by the Habsburgs in 1264. The castle was occupied by a bailiff and was the seat of the Austrian administration for Vorderösterreich (Further Austria) and housed the archive. The castle was besieged and destroyed in 1415 by the Swiss Confederation. It was rebuilt in 1658-70 but was demolished in 1712. It remains in ruins since that time.^[2]

Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and Staufen have grown together in an agglomeration.

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References

↑ "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
↑ Baden, AG in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .

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[1] "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[HDS-2] Baden, AG in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .

Stein Castle
Festung Stein
Baden

Stein Castle Show map of Canton of Aargau Stein Castle Show map of Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′23.38″N8°18′19.62″E / 47.4731611°N 8.3054500°E / 47.4731611; 8.3054500 Coordinates: 47°28′23.38″N8°18′19.62″E / 47.4731611°N 8.3054500°E / 47.4731611; 8.3054500
Type	hill castle
Code	CH-AG
Height	445 m above the sea
Site information
Condition	Ruins (destroyed 1712)
Site history
Built	Before 1000, 1658–1670

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