Böckten

Böckten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2842
Postal code :	4461
Coordinates :	629 977  /  256 953 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '46 "  N , 7 ° 50' 10"  O ; CH1903:  629,977  /  two hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred fifty-three
Height :	386  m above sea level M.
Height range :	374–745 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.28  km²
Residents:	820 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	360 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.boeckten.ch
Location of the municipality

Böckten ( Swiss German : Böckte or Bäckte ) is a political municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

Böckten is located in the central Ergolztal between the two largest neighboring villages Sissach in the west and Gelterkinden in the east. Other neighboring communities are Thürnen and Rickenbach . Böcken's village center is 385 meters above sea level. Forested areas of the municipality extend to around 740 meters.

The settlement area of ​​Böckten merged with that of Gelterkinden in the course of the 1980s and 1990s. It is still clearly separated from the Sissach settlement area. Despite this fact, Böckten is administratively affiliated to the district capital Sissach, among other things with regard to the school and church system. Due to its location directly between two larger villages, Böckten has good transport connections to centers such as Basel and Liestal , better than many other villages of comparable size in the canton.

history

Böckten was first called Bettinghofen . This name belongs to the family names on -ingen with the following -hofen . The simplified name Bettinchon was documented for the first time in 1246, the further simplification of Betkon for the first time in 1339. These linguistic simplifications arose through the so-called "grinding". This was later followed by a change in consonants in oral use , analogous to Buckten ( tk became kt ).

The earliest local traces are a prehistoric fortified settlement on the Bischofstein. Relics from the Bronze Age and the Roman Age were found in the village, in Junkholz, a forested area, two early medieval graves with graves. Farm and village Böckten were in the Middle Ages in homburgischem possession. Through the Thiersteiner Böckten came to rule Farnsburg. After the opening of the Gotthard Pass , Bischofstein Castle was built to secure the Lower Hauenstein Pass in the second half of the 13th century on the Kienberg above Böckten (built as a replacement for Itkon Castle and located in the municipality of Sissach). In 1311 it became a fiefdom of the Lords of Eptingen . In the Basel earthquake in 1356 , Bischofstein Castle was badly damaged, but like around forty other castles in the region, they are still inhabited. In 1560 the castle fell into disrepair. It has now been renovated and is owned by the Sissach community. It is a popular destination.

In the 14th to 15th centuries, several gentlemen shared the land and court rights in Böckten, including Henman Offenburg and Wernher Truchsess von Rheinfelden , who in 1467 sold all court rights over the village to the city of Basel . After that, Böckten was part of the Farnsburgeramt, from 1814 of the Sissach district , with which it came to the canton of Basel-Landschaft in 1832 . Before the Reformation (1528) there was a Gallus Chapel in Böckten. The core of the settlement in Böckten was a farm that was a Basel country seat in the 18th century , a district school from 1836 to 1954 and was demolished in 1963. Originally a farming village, Böckten experienced a heyday of trimmings in the late 18th and 19th centuries. In 1856 there were 66 looms in Böckten. Today Böckten is mainly a residential community; the settlement extends along the road and on the slope "ob den vines".

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided five times by silver and blue.

This is the coat of arms of the Truchsess von Rheinfelden, who had court rights in Böckten until 1467.

population

The local population developed as follows: 1680: 115 inhabitants - 1798: 236 - 1850: 316 - 1900: 393 - 1950: 420 - 1970: 556 - 1990: 704 - 2000: 669 - 2005: 754 .

economy

Various small and commercial businesses are located in Böckten, as well as a larger factory for the food manufacturer Le Patron .

traffic

Although it is located on the Basel - Olten railway line , Böckten does not have a train station. However, the Gelterkinden train station is close to the border with Böckten. Sissach train station is a little further away. A BLT bus line goes there (bus line 105: Böckten-Sissach Bahnhof-Sissach Brüel). The next motorway connection (to the A2 ) is also in Sissach, around four kilometers from Böckten.

As early as 1891, an electric tram from Sissach to Gelterkinden started operating, the Sissach-Gelterkinden Railway . It also had a bus stop in Böckten. However, a quarter of a century later, on January 8, 1916, with the commissioning of the SBB - Hauenstein line Basel - Olten, this tram line became superfluous and therefore discontinued.

school

Böckten has a kindergarten (duration: 2 years) and a primary school ( school duration : 5 years). The secondary schools (duration: 4 years) are located in Sissach , where the students usually go by bike or public transport (bus). The schools of the tertiary level (such as the grammar school) are located in the canton capital Liestal and are usually reached by train. The closest university is that of Basel .

politics

The local executive, the local council, has five members who are regularly elected by the residents and each lead a department.

Attractions

Bischofstein ruins

See also : List of cultural assets in Böckten

• Bischofstein castle ruins

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. 14-22.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Böckten
• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: Böckten. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Bischofstein castle ruins

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 .