Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton of 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.
Lenzburg
Coat of Arms from Lenzburg castle, showing some of the history of the castle. At the bottom, the coat of arms of the von Erlach family, above that the flag of the canton of Bern, all topped by the Reichsadler of the Holy Roman Empire.
Debenture of Lenzburg, issued 10. August 1885
Panorama of the region around Lenzburg, from the castle hill
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capital is Aarau.
Aarau
Two separate doors (one for Jews and one for Christians) on a house in Lengnau
18th century etching of the synagogue in Lengnau. In the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection.
View of the Lägern from Bözberg