Wettingen Abbey

Abbey and history

ABBEY AND HISTORY From foundation to museum History Abbey church Converse and monks' church

 
Vindonissa Museum

Treasures from Vindonissa

Admission: Museum entrance fee Try your hand at archaeology and dig up a real treasure! Solve puzzles and discover a real treasure from Vindonissa. On the "Treasures from Vindonissa – Become an Archae

 
Vindonissa Museum

AKTUELL display

Admission: Museum entrance fee Highlights from the Cantonal Archaeology Department The AKTUELL display presents special treasures from the former legionary camp at Vindonissa. A new display is install

 
Vindonissa Museum

Quiz Tour

Price Included in admission 0 Trough the museum with the treasure map Our archaeologist on duty, Walter Scatterbrain, has been dreaming of grand palaces and glittering treasure again. He forgot where

 
Vindonissa Museum

Permanent exhibition on Vindonissa

Admission: Museum entrance fee Discover original objects from excavations! How did the Romans live 2,000 years ago on the territory of present-day Switzerland? What did they eat? What weapons and clot

 
Wettingen Abbey

Observatory

Permanent exhibition Admission Museum entrance fee Take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief At the Observatory, take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief in a cinema

 
Wettingen Abbey

Medicinal garden

Admission Free of charge Tradition of monastic healing Today, medicinal herbs, spices, flowers and also certain vegetables grow in the medicinal garden of Wettingen Abbey. The garden showcases the lon

 
Wettingen Abbey

Cloister garden

Admission Museum entrance fee Idyllic garden in the heart of the abbey complex Experience a special monastic atmosphere in the cloister garden of Wettingen Abbey: the idyllic garden with its meadow, y

 
Wettingen Abbey

Convent garden

Admission Free of charge English park, kitchen garden and plane tree avenue Discover secluded spots in the convent garden of Wettingen Abbey and stroll through the historic kitchen garden. A walk thro

 
Wettingen Abbey

Abbot's house

Permanent exhibition Admission Entrance free 0 Stately summer residence The stately abbot's house is situated to the south-west of the abbey, near the river Limmat. You can reach it by walking from th

Gradian
Besucherinnen und Besucher auf dem Königsweg mit dem Schloss Habsburg im Hintergrund
Besucherinnen und Besucher auf dem Königsweg mit dem Schloss Habsburg im Hintergrund

Self-guided tour

Habsburg Kings' Route

On a tour of the castle complex, you can learn all about the Habsburgs' rise to global power at six audio points.

The Habsburgs established numerous towns and individual castles in what is now the canton of Aargau during the Middle Ages. They took over numerous fortifications from their sovereign predecessors, the Lenzburgs, Frohburgs and Kyburgs, and also held court at Lenzburg and Laufenburg castles.

But who were the Habsburgs? How did they lay the foundations for a global empire, and how did they achieve royalty? The Habsburg Kings' Route tells the story of the Habsburg dynasty and their rise to global power at six audio points distributed throughout the castle.

Impressions

Ein Mann und eine Frau stehen in einem Raum im Schloss Habsburg.
Ein Mann und eine Frau auf dem Königsweg Schloss Habsburg
Ein Mann und eine Frau betrachten eine Infotrafel auf dem Königsweg Schloss Habsburg
Blick auf die Ruinen mit Besuchern auf Schloss Habsburg
Zwei Personen stehen vor Schloss Habsburg und betrachten eine Infotafel; rechts von ihnen steht eine Stange mit einer Krone darauf.