Thanks to photography, we discover cultures, places, people and stories while standing still. We would actually need to travel for decades if we wanted to discover the places we meet through images. But there is a special place that no means of transport can take us to, except photography: the past. Every day we walk along streets that have seen thousands of stories, changes and personalities that have left a legacy a legacy to remember or even completely forgotten.
This digital exhibition offers a journey into the past of Lenzburg: with a trail of 28 red red spots in the form of clocks, we discover the history of the place where we are. We discover a Lenzburg that has always been dynamic and on the move: there were two railway stations, houses reminiscent of Málaga and even Algiers, fountains, statues, streets that were relocated. Lenzburg has been built, remodelled, destroyed and renovated, but something has remained the same. Everything has a history that we want to remember in order to create a synthesis between today and yesterday and to capture a wealth that must not be lost.
Discover the history of Lenzburg through the digital exhibition in the city, which is replicated on a smaller scale in the forum hall of the Burghalde Museum. You can find the complete map at the bottom of the page.
The project was realized with the kind support of the DigiCulture Fund, the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports of the Canton of Aargau, and in collaboration for the archival images with the Burghalde Museum.
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![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01.Bahnhof-Lenzburg1972.-Foto-Hans-Weber-©Sammlung-Museum-Burghalde.jpg)
1970
01. Train Station Lenzburg
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0370-Hero-Rangiergleis-um-1900.-Fotograf-unbek.-©Hero-Archiv-Stiftung-Museum-Burghalde-1.jpg)
1900
02. Hero factory
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/panorama-stadtische-strasse-1912.jpg)
1912
03. Bahnhofstrasse
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/8_Alte-Bahnhof.jpg)
1926
04. Old Train Station (Bahnhöfli)
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2_Strassenraum-des-Bleicherains.jpg)
1946
05. Bleichenscheune, Beichenrain – Cinema Urban
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sozarch_F_5068-Ka-3346.jpg)
1930
06. Müllerhaus
© Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GBE-009.jpeg)
1966
07. Pasta factory Tommasini
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AKA-011.jpg)
1963
08. Bachstrasse 37
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1910-Aavorstadt-von-Osten-R.-Gebr.-Buettler-©-Museum-Burghalde-scaled.jpg)
1910
09. Aavorstadt
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/04-Wirschaft-und-Baeckerei-Haller-vor-dem-Umbau-1958-@SammlungMuseumBurghalde.jpg)
1958
10. Bäckerei Haller before renovation
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0592-Jugendfest-Arnold-Rohr-um-1900-©-MBL.jpg)
1900
11. Aavorstadt 23, Jugendfest
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/001-DSC_0052-JVA-Schloss-Bauern-Meisterwerk-Arnold-Rohr-©MBL.jpg)
1900
12. Penitentiary, with Castle on the background
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GBE_179_1975_Schulhausweg_Lenzburg.jpg)
1975
13. Migros, schoolhouse path
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01_Postgebaeude-um-1910-Foto-Eugen-Gallauer-©SammlungMuseumBurghalde.jpg)
1910
14. Old Post
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EGA_047_1980_Gaswerkareal_Lenzburg-copy.jpg)
1980
15. Werkhofstrasse, gasworks area
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0685-Malaga-Kellereien-Fotograf-Arnold-Rohr-um-1900.jpg)
1900
16. Niederlenzerstrasse, Malaga wine cellars
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rathausbrunnen.jpg)
1900
17. Rathaus Fountain
© Museum Burghalde
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1900
18. Rathausgasse
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1_Hotel-Loewen.jpg)
1917
19. Hotel Löwen, now Cinema
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0130-Kronenplatz-im-Schnee-Arnold-Rohr-um-1910-©-MBL.jpg)
1910
20. Kronenplatz Promenade 21
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EEL-011.jpg)
1973
21. Metzgplatz
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sozarch_F_5068-Ka-1182.jpg)
1938
22. Old Algier
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/001-DSC_0229-Burghalde-im-Winter-Arnold-Rohr-um-1900-©MBL.jpg)
1900
23. Burghalde
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/haushaltungsschule-1921.jpg)
1921
24. Old School
© Museum Burghalde
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/01_sonnenberg_archivbild_1914.jpg)
1914
25. Villa Sonnenberg
© Sonneberg Archive
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Innenhof-Garten-2.jpg)
1925
26. Castle of Lenzburg
© Museum Aargau
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Zeppeline-2.jpg)
1923
27. Castle of Lenzburg
© Museum Aargau
![](https://www.fotofestivallenzburg.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nordfassade.jpg)
1900
28. Castle of Lenzburg with Zeppelin
© Museum Aargau