Arlesheim

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Arlesheim
Arlesheim coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : Arlesheim
BFS no. : 2763i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4144
Coordinates : 613 743  /  260 316 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '36 "  N , 7 ° 37' 16"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirteen thousand seven hundred forty-three  /  two hundred and sixty thousand three hundred sixteen
Height : 334  m above sea level M.
Height range : 270–617 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.93  km²
Residents: 9129 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 1317 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.arlesheim.ch
Village center in the morning light

Village center in the morning light
Location of the municipality
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Arlesheim ( Baselland German  : Arlese [ ˈɑːʀləsə ]) is a political municipality and capital of the Arlesheim district in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

Arlesheim is one of the more affluent suburbs of the city of Basel and is generally regarded as the preferred residential and villa community in the canton.

geography

Arlesheim is 335 m above sea level. M. between the Birs and the mountain Gempen on its flank in the Birseck . The area of ​​the municipality is 6.94 km², of which 53% are forest, 35% settlements, 11% agricultural zones and 1% unproductive areas .

Arlesheim borders on the Basel-Landschaft communities Reinach , Münchenstein and Muttenz as well as the Solothurn communities Dornach and Gempen .

history

Arlesheim Cathedral
Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

To Arlesheim include Ermitage- and Hollenberg Caves and the "Cave Rock", the ruins of Birseck in which skeletons, tools, grinding stones and jewelry from the old , central , and the Neolithic period have been found. In 1239 “Arlisheim” came to the Principality of Basel .

Between 1529 and 1581 it was reformed in the meantime , but switched back to the old faith. In 1679 the cathedral chapter was moved from Basel or Freiburg im Breisgau to Arlesheim . The cathedral and the canons' houses were built.

On August 10, 1792, General Biron, on behalf of the French nation, gave the residents of the diocese the power to depose the sovereign and to give themselves a new constitution. A national assembly in Pruntrut proclaimed the " Raurachian Republic ". With that the worldly possessions and influence of the bishop disappeared. The cathedral chapter in Arlesheim was dissolved, the cathedral church and the collegiate houses auctioned off to the highest bidders.

Arlesheim belonged to France for 22 years and saw the rise and fall of the "great emperor" Napoleon I. It was added to the old canton of Basel in the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15. The citizens of Arlesheim campaigned for the separation of the cantons in 1832, which is why they have been part of the Basel-Landschaft semi-canton since 1833 , and Arlesheim became the district capital.

The world's first anthroposophic hospital , the Ita Wegman Clinic, has existed in Arlesheim since 1921 .

coat of arms

Blazon

A blue eagle's wing in white

This was the sign of the Lords of Üsenberg , who owned the Birseck Bailiwick in the Middle Ages .

population

33% of the population are Roman Catholic and 31% are Reformed . The proportion of foreigners is 19.5%.

Attractions

The three-tube fountain in the Hermitage
  • Baroque cathedral , completed in 1681, with an organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann from 1761. From 1812 to 1823 the musician Martin Vogt was the organist in the cathedral.
  • Reformed church, built between 1679 and 1681 as a strict and simple baroque building
  • Birseck Castle , destroyed in the Basel earthquake of 1356 , then rebuilt. In 1793 it was looted and set on fire by revolutionaries. In 1812 it was partially rebuilt.
  • Reichenstein Castle , destroyed in the Basel earthquake of 1356, rebuilt in 1933.
  • Hermitage in Arlesheim , English landscape park laid out in 1785 with grottos, ponds and a hermitage.
  • Domplatz, with the Domplatzbrunnen from 1680 and the canons' houses. Today the district court, district clerkship and district governor's office are located here.

economy

Arlesheim is internationally known for the first anthroposophical clinic in the world, founded in 1921 , which is now named after its founder Ita Wegman . The Weleda company is also based in town. It produces anthroposophic medicines and is known worldwide.

traffic

Arlesheim is very well developed by public transport. The municipality, together with the municipality of Dornach, has a train station on the Jurabahn and is served every half hour by the S-Bahn line 3 , which runs between Basel and Laufen . The BLT tram line 10, which runs via Münchenstein , connects Arlesheim with the city of Basel.

A bus line also provides a connection with the Dornach-Arlesheim and Reinach train stations .

The village is also connected to the Swiss expressway network ( A2 ) via the Arlesheim-Industrie exit on the H18 .

Personalities

photos

  • Birseck Castle

  • Pond in the Hermitage

  • Dom

  • Postplatz, center

  • reformed Church

  • Parish hall (canon house)

  • Trot

  • Rychenstein Castle

  • Andlauergut

literature

  • Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Volume I: The Arlesheim district, with cantonal introduction. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 57). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1969.
  • Hans Rudolf Heyer: The Hermitage in Arlesheim. In: Swiss Art Guide GSK. Volume 672, Bern 2000, ISBN 3-85782-672-X .

Web links

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

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. ^ Paul Gutzwiller, Brigitta Strub: Arlesheim. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 27, 2011 , accessed September 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ The small cathedral - The Arlesheim Cathedral in images, text and sound ( memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) , arlesheim-dom.org, accessed on September 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Hans-Rudolf Heyer: Reformed Church Arlesheim. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 181). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1976, ISBN 978-3-85782-181-3 .
  5. ^ Matthias Walter, Sabine Sommerer: The Reformed Church in Arlesheim. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 914, Series 92). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2012, ISBN 978-3-03797-069-0 .
  6. ↑ Reformed Church on wandererarlesheim.twoday.net
  7. ↑ The Hermitage of Arlesheim. Guided tours through the largest English landscape garden in Switzerland - Ermitage Arlesheim: Guided tours , ermitage-arlesheim.info, accessed on September 22, 2011.