Muri, formerly known as Muri (Freiamt), is a municipality in southeastern Swiss Canton Aargau and is the capital of same district. The present municipality of Muri was created in 1816 from the merging of the four municipalities Langdorf, Egg, Hasli and Wey.
Muri, Aargau
View of Muri-Langdorf, with Albis and Üetliberg in the background
Muri c. 1870. Etching by Heinrich Müller
Muri Abbey from the inside
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