Stein Castle, Aargau

Stein castle

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]

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]

References

↑ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011. External link in |work= (help)
↑ Baden, AG in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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Castles and Fortresses of the Canton of Aargau

Aarburg Altenburg Auenstein Bernau Biberstein Böttstein Brestenberg Brunegg Freudenau Habsburg Hallwyl Hilfikon Alt Homberg Horben Iberg Kasteln Klingnau Landvogtei Laufenburg Lenzburg Liebegg Rued Schafisheim Schwarzwasserstelz Schenkenberg Schlössli Schöftland Schwarzer Turm Stein Alt-Thierstein Tegerfelden Trostburg Urgiz Waldhausen Alt-Wartburg Wildenstein Veltheim Wildegg

See also Castles of Switzerland Castles of Europe

Coordinates: 47°28′24″N 8°18′19″E / 47.47333°N 8.30528°E / 47.47333; 8.30528

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