{"id":497,"date":"2013-10-22T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:05:03","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Lenzburg Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsms_row_69f209192740a3_08624563 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 80px; \n} \n\n \n#cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410 { \n\ttext-align:left; \n\tmargin-top:0px; \n\tmargin-bottom:40px; \n} \n\n#cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410 .cmsms_heading { \n\ttext-align:left; \n} \n\n#cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410 .cmsms_heading, #cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410 .cmsms_heading a { \n\tfont-weight:100; \n\tfont-style:normal; \n} \n\n#cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410 .cmsms_heading_divider { \n} \n\n \n#cmsms_row_69f209192787c9_23304787 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; 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\n\tfont-style:normal; \n} \n\n#cmsms_heading_69f209192afbb9_07298506 .cmsms_heading_divider { \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192740a3_08624563\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192762c7_42260410\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h1 class=\"cmsms_heading\">History of the castle<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"page-content-element-56d19a158a16c\" class=\"gumm-layout-element page-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<p>Lenzburg Castle is one of Switzerland\u2019s oldest and most historic hilltop castles. For a thousand years it has played a part in many important events in politics and history across Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192787c9_23304787\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_n fullwidth\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SL_Schloss_aussen_Zeichnung_InpagePicture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/SL_Schloss_aussen_Zeichnung_InpagePicture.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f20919285453_90471694\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">Counts of Lenzburg<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f20919285ac2_50800121\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">11TH &amp; 12TH CENTURIES<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<p>The early history of Lenzburg Castle belongs to the fog of time. Historians suggest it was originally built as a refuge fort in the Early Middle Ages. The \u201ccastellum lenciburg\u201d is first mentioned in connection with Ulrich II, Count of Lenzburg, in a document dated 1077. When Ulrich IV died without heirs in 1173, his estate passed to the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, Barbarossa, and then to the Counts of Kyburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192864e4_77713755\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_divider_69f20919288919_05816528\" class=\"cmsms_divider cmsms_divider_width_long cmsms_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f20919289338_60878405\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f2091928b300_18377441\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">The Habsburgs<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f2091928baf4_28174277\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">13TH &amp; 14TH CENTURIES<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f05d26\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d19a158a410\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<p>The last Count of Kyburg died without a male heir. His daughter Anna was married to a nephew of Rudolf IV from the family line of Habsburg-Laufenburg. In 1340, the Habsburgs built the Knight\u2019s Hall and granted Lenzburg Castle to their liegemen as residence and seat of the Habsburg administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f2091928c8c0_71131044\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_divider_69f2091928dd94_05007006\" class=\"cmsms_divider cmsms_divider_width_long cmsms_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f2091928e793_88201737\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_n fullwidth\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hasenfell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hasenfell.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192944f0_60580564\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">Bernese rule<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f20919294bd9_61754560\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">15TH TO 18TH CENTURY<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<p>In 1415, the Bernese invaded the former Habsburg territory, and from 1444 onwards Lenzburg Castle served as the residence of the Bernese bailiffs. During the turmoil of the Reformation and in the Thirty Years\u2019 War (1618\u20131648), the fortifications of Lenzburg Castle were strengthened. The occupation of what is today Canton of Aargau by French troops, in 1798, ended the Castle\u2019s history as a feudal seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192954c8_01793084\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_divider_69f20919296af7_03282405\" class=\"cmsms_divider cmsms_divider_width_long cmsms_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f20919297169_18946931\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f20919299257_15550465\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">Canton of Aargau and education<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f20919299c01_31921817\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">1804\u20131853<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f05fb4\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d19a158a691\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<p>In 1803, Lenzburg Castle was taken over by the recently formed Canton of Aargau, which was at loss with what to do with the Castle. In 1823 it was leased to Christian Lippe, a German theologian and pedagogue, who ran a school for boys here until 1853. The Canton later sold the Castle in 1860.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f2091929b192_53086926\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_divider_69f2091929be60_08777984\" class=\"cmsms_divider cmsms_divider_width_long cmsms_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f2091929c527_78346962\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_n fullwidth\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FrankWedekind1883.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/FrankWedekind1883.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192a77e1_41856803\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">Private ownership<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192a7e35_76760477\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">1853\u20131956<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f05fb4\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f060b5\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d19a158a793\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<p>Lenzburg Castle was purchased by the Pestalozzi-Scotchburn family, who in 1872 sold it to Friedrich Willhelm Wedekind, a German physician and father of two famous artists: Frank Wedekind, a writer, and Erika Wedekind, an opera singer. In 1893, Lenzburg Castle was acquired by Augustus Edward Jessup, an American who renovated the Castle as a modern residence befitting the family\u2019s social stature: his wife, Lady Mildred Marion Bowes Lyon, was related to the English royal family. In 1911, an American industrialist, by the name of James W. Ellsworth, acquired the Castle and later bequeathed it to his son, Lincoln Ellsworth, a polar explorer, in 1925.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192a8b57_53266162\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_divider_69f209192a9573_85623794\" class=\"cmsms_divider cmsms_divider_width_long cmsms_divider_pos_center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f209192a9a95_13707594\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_third\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_n fullwidth\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Schloss_Lenzburg_Mantel_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schloss-lenzburg.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Schloss_Lenzburg_Mantel_01.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsms_column two_third\">\n\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192af398_73862363\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsms_heading\">Open to the public<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_heading_69f209192afbb9_07298506\" class=\"cmsms_heading_wrap cmsms_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h4 class=\"cmsms_heading\">SINCE 1956<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f05fb4\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<div class=\"bluebox-builder-row\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid bluebox-container\">\n<div id=\"rich-content-element-56d1975f060b5\" class=\"gumm-layout-element rich-content-layout-element span12\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid \">\n<p>In 1956, the City of Lenzburg and Canton of Aargau acquired the Castle, establishing the Lenzburg Castle Foundation. 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