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Aarburg Castle

castle in Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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Aarburg Castle

Summary

Aarburg Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aarburg Castle is located in Aarburg[3].
  • Aarburg Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Aarburg Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5].
  • Aarburg Castle's instance of is recorded as fortress[6].
  • Aarburg Castle's postal code is recorded as 4663[7].
  • Aarburg Castle is part of list of cultural properties in Aarburg[8].
  • Aarburg Castle's Commons category is recorded as Festung Aarburg[9].
  • 1659 marks the founding of Aarburg Castle[10].
  • Aarburg Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.32164244, 'lon': 7.900932502}[11].
  • Aarburg Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ag.ch/denkmalpflege/suche/detail.aspx?ID=19356[12].
  • Aarburg Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/ech/MapServer/ch.babs.kulturgueter/28/extendedHtmlPopup[13].
  • Aarburg Castle's described at URL is recorded as https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.babs.kulturgueter/PDF/kgs_00028_gsk-d.pdf[14].
  • Aarburg Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].
  • Aarburg Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schloss und Festung Aarburg'}[16].
  • Aarburg Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Schlossrain 1-1.16, 4663 Aarburg'}[17].

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Geography

Aarburg Castle is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Aarburg[3]. It is part of list of cultural properties in Aarburg[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[5] and fortress[6]. Aarburg Castle's heritage designation is recorded as class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15].

History and Context

1659 marks the founding of Aarburg Castle[10].

Why It Matters

Aarburg Castle ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · AnBuKu · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.ag.ch/denkmalpflege/suche/detail.aspx?ID=19356, https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/ech/MapServer/ch.babs, https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.babs.kulturgueter/PDF/kgs_00028
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P1435]]: [[Q8274529]]"
  2. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1659-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinates → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aarburg
    Instance of → castle, fortress
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
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