Aesch BL

BL is the abbreviation for the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Aesch .

Aesch
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Arlesheim
BFS no. :	2761
Postal code :	4147
UN / LOCODE :	CH AES
Coordinates :	612014  /  257397 coordinates: 47 ° 28 '2 "  N , 7 ° 35' 53"  O ; CH1903:  612014  /  257397
Height :	312  m above sea level M.
Height range :	286–498 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.40  km²
Residents:	10,352 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	1399 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.aesch.bl.ch
Location of the municipality

Aesch ( Basel German : Ääsch ) is a municipality in the Arlesheim district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Aesch seen from the upper Rebbergweg in the Klus

Panoramic view to Aesch

Klus

Klus

Birstal, Aesch, Gempen

Aesch, Gempen

Historical aerial photo from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

Aesch lies on the Birs at 315 m above sea level. M. between Folded Jura ( Blauen ) and Tafeljura ( Gempen ). It borders the communities of Duggingen , Pfeffingen , Ettingen , Therwil , Reinach (all BL) and the Solothurn community of Dornach . Aesch is part of the Basel agglomeration.

The area is 7.39 km², 48% of which is agriculture (with viticulture), 15% forest, 36% settlements and 1% unproductive area.

history

The Aesch Castle or Castle Blarer called.

The Neolithic dolmen , which contained the remains of 47 people, suggests early settlement. When the passage through the Birs gorge near Chessiloch in Grellingen was not yet possible for larger road transports, the village was located on the old Roman road over the Blattenpass , which led over into the Laufental. The Aesch family built three castles on this road from the southeast: Münchsberg , Schalberg with its “predecessor” Engenstein and Frohberg , also known as Tschöppeli, and when it died out in the 13th century, the fiefdom passed to the Bishop of Basel . The three castles fell apart in the great Basel earthquake in 1356 . In 1793, Aesch briefly belonged to the Mont-Terrible (Schreckensberg) department and its inhabitants were citizens of France . In 1815, after the Congress of Vienna , Aesch joined the Swiss Confederation.

On October 14, 1943, an American Boeing B-17 bomber had to make an emergency landing near the village, which attracted tens of thousands of onlookers after the landing.

coat of arms

Blazon

A black spear iron on a silver background and a red, six-pointed star at the top left

It is the coat of arms of the now extinct Basel noble family Marcerel, who owned the older Aeschburg as a fief in the 14th century .

population

42% of the population are Roman Catholic and 25% are Protestant Reformed . The proportion of foreigners is 22.2%.

politics

The mayor is Evelyne spokesperson (SP, as of 2020). The municipal council (executive) consists of three representatives from the FDP , two from the SP and one representative each from the SVP and the CVP (as of 2020). The municipal assembly takes over the legislature. The municipal commission (advisory body of the municipal assembly) is elected proportionally and the following parties are represented in it.

Political party Percent (2020) Seats Social Democratic Party (SP) 31.9% 5 Free Democratic Party (FDP) 25.4% 4th Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) 21.0% 3 Swiss People's Party (SVP) 21.8% 3

Number of seats 15th Last choice February 09, 2020 Legislative period 2020-2024 Eligible voters 6730 Ballot papers submitted 2095 voter turnout 31.12%

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A total of 15 seats

• SP : 5
• CVP : 3
• FDP : 4
• SVP : 3

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019, the share of the vote in Aesch was: SVP 25.2%, SP 21.7%, FDP 17.7%, Greens 10.6%, CVP 9.9%, glp 6.0%, EPP 3, 3% BDP 1.2%.

traffic

Aesch is very well developed for local public transport. The community has a train station on the Jurabahn and is served every half hour by S-Bahn line 3 of the Basel S-Bahn , which runs between Basel and Laufen . In addition, the village is the turning station of the BLT tram line 11, which runs via Reinach, Münchenstein and the Basel SBB train station to St-Louis, border.

Memorial stone

The 65 bus also provides a connection with the Dornach- Arlesheim train station and Pfeffingen on the Blauenhang . There is also a Postbus on line 68 from Hofstetten via Ettingen to Aescher Bahnhof.

Via the Aesch exit on the A18 , the village is also connected to the Swiss expressway network ( A2 ). This high-performance road currently ends at the edge of the village in the area of Angenstein and is to continue towards Duggingen at a later date.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Aesch BL

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  Aesch North
  Aesch Castle or Blar Castle. This was built in 1606 and today contains the municipal administration.
• Catholic church, built around 1820, with glass windows by Jacques Düblin and frescoes by Hans Stocker .
• Angenstein Castle .
• Ruin Münchberg , ruin plutonic rock , ruin Schalberg and frohberg castle , also called Tschöpperli in Klus .

Place name sign for Aesch BL

climate

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Aesch BL Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 6th 7th 11 15th 19th 22nd 24 25th 21st 17th 11 7th O 15.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 0 0 2 4th 8th 12 14th 14th 11 7th 3 0 O 6.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 67 71 76 83 99 94 98 90 83 80 75 89 Σ 1.005 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2 2 4th 5 6th 7th 7th 6th 5 4th 1 2 O 4.3 Rainy days ( d ) 18th 14th 13 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 13 15th 15th 16 Σ 174 T e m p e r a t u r 6th 0 7th 0 11 2 15th 4th 19th 8th 22nd 12 24 14th 25th 14th 21st 11 17th 7th 11 3 7th 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 67 71 76 83 99 94 98 90 83 80 75 89   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source:

Partner municipality

The partner community of Aesch is Pruntrut .

Personalities

• Jan Kirchmayr (* 1993), District Administrator (SP)
• Klaus Kirchmayr (* 1963), District Administrator (Greens)
• Christine Koch (* 1963), councilor and district administrator (SP)

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country. Volume I: The Arlesheim district, with introduction to the canton (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 57), ed. by the Society for Swiss Art History; Bern, 1969 DNB 457321989 .

Web links

Commons : Aesch BL  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Aesch
• Paul Gutzwiller and Brigitta Strub: Aesch (BL). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Aesch in the region

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ on the return from a largely unsuccessful attack on the ball bearing factories in the German industrial city of Schweinfurt, see en: Second Raid on Schweinfurt
3. ↑ Aesch: When the war landed in a field in Aesch. In: Basler Zeitung . October 14, 2013.
4. ↑ Aesch Online: Election results: result of the municipal presidium election on June 28, 2020. In: aesch.bl.ch. Aesch BL, June 28, 2020, accessed on June 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ http://www.aesch.bl.ch/de/politik/abstimmungslösungen/welcome.php?action=showobject&object_id=4290227
6. ^ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Climate Aesch BL - climate table and best travel time. Retrieved April 22, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Climate Aesch BL. In: meteoblue. Retrieved April 22, 2020 .