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Liestal
Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel. Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town. The official language of Liestal is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. History The name ''Liestal'' was first mentioned in 1225, and the settlement dates at least from Roman times. The development of the town is due to its strategic location on the road between the first bridge over the Rhine at Basel and the St. Gotthard Pass. Citizens of Liestal participated in the Burgundian Wars in 1476 and 1477 against Charles the Bold. In 1501, the mayor swore allegiance to the Swiss Confederation, and this caused repeated conflict with neighboring Rheinfelden, which belonged to the Habsburgs. In the 17th century, Liestal rebelled against Basel as part of the Farmers' Rebellion an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubendorf
Bubendorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Bubendorf is first mentioned in 1152 as ''Bouenonowe''. Geography Bubendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liestal District
Liestal District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The city of Liestal serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country. It has a population of (as of ). Geography Liestal district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 22.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.6% and transportation infrastructure mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausen
Lausen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Lausen is first mentioned in 1275 as ''in villa et banno Langenso''. In 1305 it became the property of the Bishop of Basel, passing in 1400 to the city of Basel. Geography Lausen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.9% and transportation infra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital city is Liestal. It is traditionally considered a " half-canton", the other half being Basel-Stadt, its urban counterpart. Basel-Landschaft is one of the northernmost cantons of Switzerland. It lies essentially south of the Rhine and north of the Jura Mountains. The canton shares borders with the canton of Basel-Stadt to the north, the canton of Aargau to the east, the canton of Solothurn to the south and the canton of Jura to the west. It shares international borders as well with France and Germany to the north. Together with Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft was part of the canton of Basel, who joined the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1501. Political quarrels and armed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seltisberg
Seltisberg is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. History Seltisberg is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Selboldisberch''. Geography Seltisberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.2% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisdorf
Arisdorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Arisdorf is first mentioned in 1154 as ''Arnolstorf''. Geography Arisdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 32.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 22.7% is use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hersberg
Hersberg is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Hersberg is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Herisperch''. Geography Hersberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 37.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 51.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 18.6% is used for growing crops and 14.4% is pastures, while 4.8% is used for orchards or vine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Füllinsdorf
Füllinsdorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality located in the district of Liestal (district), Liestal in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Füllinsdorf was first mentioned in 825 as ''Firinisvilla''. In 1225-26 it was mentioned as ''Vilistorf''. Geography Füllinsdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.6% and transportation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frenkendorf
Frenkendorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Liestal (district), Liestal in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Frenkendorf is first mentioned in 1249 as ''Frenchendorf''. Geography Frenkendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.1%. while parks, green belts and spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergolz
The Ergolz is the main river in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. It rises on Mount Geisflue in the Faltenjura mountains in the upper region of Basel-Landschaft, on the border with Aargau and Solothurn, and joins the Rhine at Augst. Among the tributaries of the Ergolz are ''Eibach'', ''Homburgerbach'', ''Diegterbach'', ''Frenke'' (Anterior and Posterior Frenke), '' Orisbach'', ''Röserenbach'' and '. Numerical data Since 1934 the water level and discharge of the Ergolz have been measured at Liestal. During these more than 70 years, the average flow towards the Rhine was . During 2006, the average flow was . The peak in that year was on 10 April 2006, at . The extreme values measured at Liestal were a minimum of (in 1947) and a maximum of (in 1999). History The river supplied drinking water to the Roman city of Augusta Raurica. To this end, an aqueduct was constructed, which began upstream of today's Liestal. Parts of the aqueduct still stand today. Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onex, Switzerland
Onex (; frp, Ônèx) is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. History Onex is first mentioned in 1292 as ''Onay''. It became an independent municipality in 1851 when the municipality of Onex-Confignon split into the two municipalities of Onex and Confignon.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011 Until the 1960s the municipality remained a relatively small agricultural village. This changed when, at the urging of the canton, it sold approximately to the Cité-Nouvelle Foundation to build . The Foundation built a number of nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento, California
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