Anwil

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Hofmeister at the Hochstift Konstanz and Obervogt in Bischofszell see Fritz Jakob von Anwil .

Anwil
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2841
Postal code :	4469
Coordinates :	637 911  /  255657 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '2 "  N , 7 ° 56' 29"  O ; CH1903:  637911  /  255657
Height :	588  m above sea level M.
Height range :	492–659 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.95  km²
Residents:	566 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	143 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.anwil.ch
Anwil
Location of the municipality

Anwil ( Swiss German : Ammel ) is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland . Most people in the Basel region are familiar with it because it is mentioned in the first verse of the Baselbieterlied .

geography

House in Anwil

Anwil is 600 m above sea level. M. on a plateau of the Table Jura in a sheltered valley and is the easternmost municipality in the Basel-Landschaft half-canton. Its neighboring communities are Oltingen , Wenslingen and Rothenfluh , as well as the Aargau community Wittnau and Solothurn community Kienberg .

The village is accessed from Gelterkinden by a post bus line.

history

Historical aerial photo from 3000 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

The village of Anwil (hamlet of the Arno) first appeared in a document in 1276. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the property of the Counts of Alt-Homburg. From 1400 to 1534 it was gradually transferred to Basel . Anwil was a customs place until 1801, because the border with Austria ran behind the place . During the turmoil of canton division from 1831 to 1833, the village stopped at Basel and then had to join the Basel rural workers.

coat of arms

A golden horizontal stripe and below it on the left a black and on the right a silver half. The golden head of the shield indicates the former rulership of Homburg and the black / silver is reminiscent of Basel and the Lords of Kienberg.

economy

So far the community has remained a farming village and you can find some local businesses.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Anwil

• Village fountain, one of the largest fountains in the canton
• Rural character of the village
• Talweiher nature reserve east of the road to Rothenfluh

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  Anwiler village well

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  Flower-decorated Anwiler house

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  The Ergolz flows into the valley pond

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Volume III: The district of Sissach. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1986 (Art Monuments of Switzerland, Volume 77). ISBN 3-7643-1796-5 . Pp. 9-13.

Web links

Commons : Anwil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Anwil
• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: Anwil (BL). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .