Switzerland's best-preserved Cistercian monastery with its magnificent monastery church and historic gardens offers interactive exhibitions and tours. Culture, education, history and hospitality merge at the place of power on the Limmat.

An excursion to the monastery peninsula Wettingen is an experience for young and old: In the convent garden of the monastery peninsula Wettingen, secluded places as well as a historical kitchen garden and an avenue with 200-year-old plane trees attract visitors. A stone's throw away is the representative abbot's house with its terraced garden. This is where the abbot once received his guests. A medicinal garden illustrates the long tradition of monastic medicine. The walk through the monastery peninsula also leads to the culture trail along the Limmat as well as to the old spinning mill and wooden bridge.

In the heart of the monastery peninsula sits the imposing Cistercian monastery with its 13th century monastery church. A visit to the church takes you through two worlds: The monks' church, with its famous carved choir stalls, was once reserved for monks and clergy. The Konversenkirche, the secular part of the monastery church, impresses with magnificent altars and paintings. The Romanesque-Gothic cloister in the monastery is famous for its stained glass from the 13th to 17th centuries. The idyllic cloister garden is located in the middle of the cloister quadrangle.

Museum Aargau offers interactive exhibitions, tricky tours as well as guided tours and workshops on the topics of faith, power and knowledge on the monastery peninsula in Wettingen. The offerings are aimed at adults, families and schools. Cultural events also take place regularly. Restaurants and inns invite visitors on culinary journeys of discovery. The monastery peninsula Wettingen is also popular for private events such as weddings or aperitifs.


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