Arisdorf

Arisdorf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Liestal
BFS no. :	2821
Postal code :	4422
Coordinates :	624 605  /  262399 coordinates: 47 ° 30 '43 "  N , 7 ° 45' 55"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and five  /  262399
Height :	344  m above sea level M.
Height range :	311–625 m above sea level M.
Area :	10.00  km²
Residents:	1639 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.arisdorf.ch
Local panorama
Location of the municipality

Arisdorf ( Swiss German Aschdrf [ ˈɑːʃdrf ]) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1954)

Arisdorf is 345 m above sea level. M. near the motorway exit Arisdorf of the A2 and the Arisdorf tunnel . The municipality also includes the hamlet of Basel-Olsberg, which is separated from Aargau-Olsberg by the Violenbach . Arisdorf is connected to the AAGL line 83 from the canton capital Liestal and Augst / Pratteln . Its neighboring communities are Giebenach , Füllinsdorf , Liestal, Hersberg , and the Aargau communities Magden and Olsberg .

history

In 1154 the village of Arnold (Arnolsdorf) was first mentioned. In 1300 the village came from the Frohburgers to the Lords of Thierstein . In 1446 the Lords of Bärenfels bought the whole village. In 1532 they sold it to the city of Basel . In 1798 Arisdorf was the starting point for the Basel Revolution , which brought the Landschäftler subjects equal rights with the city.

In 1882 the previously independent municipality of Olsberg BL was merged with Arisdorf.

coat of arms

Golden background and a black bear standing on a red three-mountain. This is the seal of the last noble village owners, the Lords of Bärenfels .

economy

Arisdorf is a decidedly farming village with a striking number of cherry and apple trees.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Arisdorf

• Late Gothic church from 1595 with the first harmonic bells (three-part) in the Baselland from 1849.
• Old Mill
• Old rectory with the symbols of the French Revolution carved into the southern arbor in 1798.

Personalities

• Johann Buxtorf (1663–1732) was a Reformed pastor in Arisdorf from 1694 to 1704
• Marc Surer (* 1951), racing driver . Driven Formula 1 from 1980 to 1986 . Commented today on Formula 1 races at Premiere .

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country, Volume II: The district of Liestal. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1974 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 62). ISBN 3-7643-0727-7 . Pp. 5-24.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Arisdorf
• Arisdorf civil parish
• Thomas Schibler: Arisdorf. 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 .