2 Churches to Explore in Aargau

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Aargau

The canton of Aargau is one of the most densely populated regions of Switzerland. The canton offers an amazing hiking or biking tours in the Jura mountains, refreshing bathing in Lake Hallwil, boat trips on the Aare and Reuss rivers.

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Churches to Explore in Aargau

Königsfelden Monastery

Königsfelden Monastery is a former Franciscan double monastery, which housed both a community of Poor Clare nuns and one of the Franciscan friars, living in separate wings, in the municipality of Windisch in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It was founded in 1308 by the Habsburgs. In the course of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland in 1528, it was secularized, and the complex was then the residence of the bailiffs of Bern.

Verenamünster

The minster is one of the most beautiful churches in the canton of Aargau. It is the core of the medieval pilgrimage site and former market town Bad Zurzach. It was built over the grave of St. Verena in a Roman burial ground. The former monastery church today consists of an early Romanesque nave and the Gothic choir tower, consecrated in 1347.

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