En un regard
Le château en bref
The ruin of Schenkenberg stands on a wooded hill north of Thalheim, in the district of Brugg (Aargau), at an elevation of about 631 m. It is the largest castle ruin in the canton. The castle core comprises a main tower, a massive shield wall to the north and a large palas to the south; the lower bailey extended to the west. The seat of Habsburg ministerials and later the centre of a lordship, the site was conquered by Bern in 1460 and became the seat of a bailiff until its abandonment around 1720. Rescued in 1918 by the Aargauer Heimatschutz, the ruin was stabilised in 2003 and may be visited freely.