Wildegg Castle is a small
castle
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in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Möriken-Wildegg
Möriken-Wildegg is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
The area was settled in the Late Bronze Age. The hilltop settlement on the ''Kestenberg'' had at least two phases (approximately 105 ...
in the
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
of
Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
See also
*
List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland
This list includes castles and fortresses in Switzerland.
Entries list the name and location of the castle, fortress or ruins in each Canton in Switzerland.
Aargau
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Basel-Landschaft, Bas ...
Literature
*
Hans Lehmann: ''Die Burg Wildegg und ihre Bewohner'', Aarau 1922.
* Andres Furger und andere: ''Schloss Wildegg. Aussenstelle des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums,'' Braunschweig 1994
Digitalisat.
* Sophie von Erlach: ''Kleine Burg-Chronik des Schlosses Wildegg der Sophie von Erlach'', hrsg. und komm. von Andres Furger, Zürich 1994.
* Walter Merz (Hrsg.): ''Die Urkunden des Schlossarchivs Wildegg'', Aarau 1931.
* Thomas Pauli,
Stefan Hess: ''Schloss Wildegg: Neu unter Aargauer Flagge,'' in: Argovia 2011, S. 264–269.
* ''Dokumentation der Sanierung Domäne Schloss Wildegg 1999–2011,'' hrsg. vom
Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik BBL, Bern 2011 ISBN 978-3-905-782-14-1
* Christoph Reding, Felix Ackermann, Felix Müller: ''Schloss Wildegg.'' (Schweizerische Kunstführer, Nr. 926, Serie 93). Hrsg.
Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte
The Society for Art History in Switzerland (german: Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (GSK), french: Société d'histoire de l'art en Suisse (SHAS), it, Società di storia dell' arte in Svizzera (SSAS)) is a Swiss learned society d ...
GSK. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-099-7.
References
External links
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Castles in Aargau