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Rünenberg
Rünenberg is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Rünenberg is first mentioned in 1101 as ''Runachperh''. It is the native place of: * Johann August Sutter, pioneer of California * Niklaus Riggenbach, inventor of the Riggenbach rack system Geography Rünenberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklaus Riggenbach
Niklaus Riggenbach (21 May 1817 – 25 July 1899) was an Alsatian-born Swiss mechanic, railway engineer, politician and inventor of the rack railway system as well as the counter-pressure brake. Riggenbach was primarily known for introducing his railway system and using it within the tourism industry such as on the Rigi, Pilatus or even on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in India. In 1878 he was the recipient of a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris. He served on the Cantonal Council of Solothurn from 1866 to 1868. Early life and education Riggenbach was born in Guebwiller, Kingdom of France to Nikolaus Riggenbach who originally hailed from Rünenberg, Switzerland. His father emigrated there and built a fortune by opening a Sugar Beet Refinery. After the death of his father, his mother returned to Basel with her eight young children. At age 16 Riggenbach began an apprenticeship as a mechanic, going abroad after completing his training. Career In 1837 he fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissach (district)
Sissach District is one of the five Districts of Switzerland, districts of the largely German language, German-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). The district occupies the western portion of Basel-Country, bordering the neighbouring cantons of canton of Aargau and Solothurn. Its capital is the town of Sissach. Geography Sissach district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Häfelfingen
Häfelfingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sissach (district), Sissach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Häfelfingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Hevelingen''. Geography Häfelfingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 32.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilchberg, Basel-Country
Kilchberg is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Kilchberg is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Chilhperc''. Geography Kilchberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% 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 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 45.3% is used for growing crops and 19.5% is pastures, while 6.3% is used for orchards or vine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rümlingen
Rümlingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Rümlingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Rumelikon''. Geography Rümlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% 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 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecknau
Tecknau is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Tecknau has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 16.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% 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 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 4.3% is used for growing crops and 19.6% is pastures. All the water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeglingen
Zeglingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Zeglingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.2% 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 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 43.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.1% is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelterkinden
Gelterkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Gelterkinden is first mentioned between 1101–03 as ''Gelterkingen''. Geography Gelterkinden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% 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 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 45.6% of the total land ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann August Sutter
John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. His employee James W. Marshall discovered gold, leading to the founding of the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill. Sutter, however, saw his own business ventures fail during the California gold rush, though those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., were more successful.Sutter, John A. Jr. & Ottley, Allan R. (Ed.). ''Statement: Regarding Early California Experiences''. Sacramento Book Collectors Club. 1943. Early life Sutter was born on February 23, 1803, in Kandern, Baden in present-day Germany, to Johann Jakob Sutter, a foreman at a paper mill, and Christina Wilhelmine Sutter (née Stober). His father came from the nearby town of Rünenberg, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 62 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP then became the strongest party in Switzerland by the 2000s. In line with the changes fostered by Blocher, the party s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
