Schloss Lenzburg hosts seminars, general assemblies, banquets, concerts, anniversaries and weddings for groups of 5 to 500 guests. The castle crowns a hill above the town of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, and is run by the Stiftung Schloss Lenzburg, with Museum Aargau staff on site.
Seminars and company events
The Ritterhaus, built in the late Gothic style in the 14th century, holds the plenary hall: up to 500 seated in rows or 250 at a banquet. The Kleiner Rittersaal takes 150 in concert seating and 80 at dinner. In the Bernerhaus and the Torhaus, two smaller halls take meetings of up to 85, and three seminar rooms serve as breakouts. Lighting, microphones and projectors are available on site, and the castle recommends partners for event technology and flowers. Guided tours and other cultural add-ons can be booked for a group, and supervised childcare by Museum Aargau staff can be arranged for evening events. Apéros take place in the courtyard or under the linden trees.
Weddings and receptions
The castle is an official venue of the regional civil registry office of Lenzburg, and church or free ceremonies are also welcome. After the ceremony, the courtyard, the Baroque garden and the battlements serve for the aperitif, and dinner moves into one of the halls. The castle does not charge a surcharge for weddings, and it recommends decoration partners when the date is booked.
Rooms and capacities
The castle publishes floor areas for each room. The Grosser Rittersaal measures 270 square meters and opens directly onto the Südbastion. The Kleiner Rittersaal measures 170, the Jessup-Saal 90, the Ellsworth-Saal 59 and the Von-Salis-Zimmer 45, while the Wedekind-Zimmer and the Villiger-Zimmer measure 34 each. Outdoors, the Südbastion covers 330 square meters and the Kastanienplatz 50, and the courtyard and Baroque garden add space for receptions. A seating guide with photos of each layout is available as a PDF on the official site.
Catering
Catering comes from approved partners: Hotel-Restaurant Krone, Cuisine Creative and Let's Cook, with the Haller bakery and pastry shop of Lenzburg for aperitifs only. Organisers choose one of them and agree the menu directly with the caterer.
History and setting
Schloss Lenzburg is one of the most important hilltop castles in Switzerland and a cultural property of national significance. Its recorded history goes back to the 11th century, and the buildings around the courtyard, from the late Gothic Ritterhaus to the Bernerhaus, show successive building phases. The Baroque garden and the bastions give wide views over the Aargau countryside.
Getting there
Regional bus line 391 runs from Lenzburg SBB station to the Schloss car park or Kronenplatz. The castle grounds are car-free, apart from drop-off for guests with disabilities and loading of goods, so guests park in the marked spaces below. Zurich Airport is the nearest international airport.
