Bennwil
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Basel-Country (BL)
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| District : | Waldenburg |
| BFS no. : | 2882 |
| Postal code : | 4431 |
| Coordinates : | 625771 / 250 317 |
| Height : | 515 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 483-1041 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 6.53 km² |
| Residents: | 664 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 102 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.bennwil.ch |
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Bennwil ( Swiss German : Bämbel ) is a municipality in the Waldenburg district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .
geography
Bennwil lies at 515 m above sea level. M. in a valley between the Waldenburgertal and the Diegtertal in the southeast of the canton. Its neighboring communities are Hölstein , Niederdorf , Oberdorf , Langenbruck , Eptingen and Diegten .
history
The village was founded by the Alemanni in the 8th century . The place was first mentioned as Bendewilere in 1189 and was given to the Benedictine monastery Schöntal near Langenbruck by Count Hermann II von Frohburg . When the monastery was closed in 1528, the village passed to Basel. On April 29, 1617, the church, 8 houses and two barns burned down to their foundations and were rebuilt.
coat of arms
A silver, nimbly Agnus Dei on a blue background, holding the shouldered victory flag with the left forefoot: On a golden pole ending in a cross, a silver banner with a red cross ending in two corners. The coat of arms recalls the former relationship with Schönthal Abbey .
economy
Agriculture is still the mainstay of this community and thanks to its unspoilt nature it is also in a popular hiking area.
traffic
The community can be reached from Hölstein and the Waldenburgerbahn train station with a half-hour postbus course through the Gürblental.
Attractions
- Church, rebuilt in 1670
- Brass baptismal font (15th century) from Schöntal Abbey
- Spitteler monument from 1948, an erratic block from the Valais Alps . The father of the Liestal- born poet and Nobel Prize winner Carl Spitteler came from the community
- Historical Spycher (granary) from Basel from the period between 1543 and 1566
- Village museum
photos
reformed Church
Village museum
Ox
school
Village shop
Bennwilerbach
village street
literature
- Axel Christoph Gampp, Sabine Sommerer: The art monuments of the canton Basel-Landschaft IV. The district Waldenburg. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 124). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-03797-115-4 .
Web links
- Official website of the community of Bennwil
- Bennwil community at www.baselland.ch
- Antonia Schmidlin: Bennwil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .