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Schloss Lenzburg was first mentioned in 1036 as a master seat of the Grafen von Lenzburg, who at that time meaning Lehen sherren in the Swiss mainland. In 1173, this was assigned it as Lehen to Kyburger. In 1230, at the foot of the schloss, a market settlement was created. It lasted until 1273 up to the conquest of the Aargaus by the oath comrades in the year 1415 by Habsburg, Austria. From 1444- 1788, Landvogt governed. In 1804, one year before the Canton of Aargau was formed, ownership of the castle was transferred.
The castle had been rented from the canton for the following period, until its sale in 1860Events March 6 Abraham Lincoln speaks against slavery in New Haven, Connecticut April 3 The Pony Express makes its first run. May 9 The Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. May 13 Batt. For the following period the castle had several owners, including the father of the German poet Frank WedekindBenjamin Franklin Wedekind ( July 24, 1864 March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. He was born in Hanover and had a number of jobs before working in cabaret and becoming a playwright. His first major play, Fruhlings Erwachen (The Awakening of Spring, 1891. In 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua the American owners renovated the castle. In 1956 the canton finally aquired the castle, and converted it into a historical museum.
The Landvogtei became the office and house of the Bernese Landvoegte . An older structure was destroyed in 1518Events Births Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Italian painter. Deaths Kabir, Indian mystic 1518. by a fire.
The current home of the museum's offices.
Literally, the "East BastionA bastion is a fortification work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, situated in both corners of a straight wall (termed curtain) with the shape of a sharp point, facilitating active defence against assaulting troops. It allows," it lies at the eastern edge of the inner court. It was built during the Thirty Years' WarGustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)The Thirty Years' War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powe to close the gap between the palace and the Landvogtei and to protect the castle against cannon bombardment. After deteriorating, it was replaced by a rose garden under the ownership of American August Edward Jessup.