Binningen

Binningen

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Arlesheim
BFS no. :	2765i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	4102
Coordinates :	609974 / 265 254 coordinates: 47 ° 32 '17 " N , 7 ° 34' 16" O ; CH1903: 609974 / two hundred sixty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-four47.53794 7.57109 296
Height :	296 m above sea level M.
Height range :	267–357 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.46 km²
Residents:	i15,678 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	3515 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.binningen.ch
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Binningen ( Basel German : Binnige ) is a municipality in the Arlesheim district in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

Due to its scenic integrity and location close to the city, the community is especially popular as a residential and villa suburb. In terms of average taxable income, the municipality is one of the wealthiest municipalities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

geography

Historical aerial photo from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1925

Binningen is located in the Leimental at 292 m above sea level. M. and is the last municipality on the Birsig river before it flows into the Rhine in Basel . Its neighboring communities are Bottmingen in the south, Oberwil in the southwest , Allschwil in the west and the city of Basel in the north and east . Binningen has close contact with the city and is popular as a residential area. The area of the municipality is 4.43 km², of which 68% are settlements, 23% are agricultural zones and 9% are forests.

View of the community of Binningen
View of the municipality of Binningen with Basel in the background

history

Between the 11th and 14th centuries, the name of the municipality appeared in different variants, e.g. B. as "Binnengin" or "Biningin". In 2004, Binningen celebrated the oldest surviving mention of the place name in a document from 1004 with a big party under the motto: "Botz 1000".

coat of arms

Blazon

Black pole with three silver stars on a silver background

The municipal coat of arms goes back to a family coat of arms of the Basel family "von Binningen" attested from 1292 to 1300, which was adopted by the municipality in 1921.

population

33% of the population are Reformed and 27% Roman Catholic . The proportion of foreigners is 20.4%.

Population development
year	1585	1774	1815	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2008	2011	2016
Residents	25th	325	627	1,229	5,135	7,846	15,344	14,462	14,285	13,848	14,400	14,533	14,843	15,391

politics

Community politics

City Council

8th

9

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4th

11

7th

8th 9 1 4th 11 7th

A total of 40 seats

GPS : 8
SP : 9
EVP : 1
CVP : 4
FDP : 11
SVP : 7

The residents' council as the highest legislative body of the municipality has 40 members who are each elected for four years. In the 2020–2024 electoral period, it will be composed as follows:

Political party	FDP	SP	Green	SVP	CVP	EPP
Seats	11	9	8th	7th	4th	1

Municipal council

The municipal council, as the planning, managing and executing authority of the municipality, consists of seven members and is elected for a period of four years. From 2020 to 2024 it will have three members each from the FDP and the Social Democrats as well as one member of the Greens.

National elections

In the Swiss parliamentary elections 2019, the share of the vote in Binningen was: FDP 22.8%, SP 23.3%, SVP 19.3%, Greens 18.2%, CVP 8.7%, glp 6.9%, EPP 2, 2%, BDP 1.0%.

Partnerships

Binningen has been on friendly terms with the city of Kaluga in Russia since 1993 . There are partnerships with the Swiss municipalities of Duvin in Graubünden and Soubey in Clos du Doubs (Canton Jura).

Attractions

Binningen Castle , a former Weiherschloss, which was built in the 13th century, belongs to the community and has been an inn since 1870
Church of St. Margarethen on the Margarethenhügel
Holeeschloss from 1550.
Gasthof Neubad, former bath house from 1765.
Local museum
Monteverdi Car Collection, largest Swiss automobile museum (closed at the end of 2016)

Binningen Castle from the south side 2017
Restaurant Schloss Binningen in 2006
Margarethen Church Binningen

Culture

The art exhibition Arte-Binningen has existed since 1992. It takes place every autumn and has developed from a local beginnings to an exhibition with international participation and themed special exhibitions.

Sports

The Spiegelfeld sports facilities offer a triple sports hall, an indoor swimming pool, soccer fields and various ancillary facilities such as a beach volleyball court, boules court, Finnish track, running track, hard court, tennis court, etc. There is also a restaurant.

Many clubs offer sports opportunities. The «SC Binningen» is probably the most famous football club in Leimental.

The “HB Blau Boys Binningen” handball club, together with the partner clubs from Oberwil and Therwil, is one of the largest clubs in Northwestern Switzerland. The interregional teams are listed under the label HSG Leimental . The athletics team in Binningen also offers training.

Personalities

Friedrich Salathé (1793–1858), draftsman, graphic artist and painter
Jonas Breitenstein (1828–1877), pastor, poor worker and writer, 1852–1870 pastor in Binningen
Gustav Adolf Seiler (1848–1936), teacher, dialectologist and gymnast, born in Binningen
Curt Goetz (1888–1960), actor, writer, screenwriter and director; called his autobiography "The Memoirs of Peterhans von Binningen".
Willy Ackermann (1896–1973), actor, operetta buffo and cabaret artist, born in Binningen
Otto Brunner (1896–1973), communist and battalion commander in the Spanish Civil War, born in Binningen
Otto Abt (1903–1982), painter, born in Binningen
Ernst Baldinger (1911–1970), physicist
Hans Krattiger (1914–1993), theologian, editor, poet, wood cutter and painter, born in Binningen
Kurt Baldinger (1919–2007), Romance linguist, born in Binningen
Robert F. Schloeth (1927–2012), zoologist, grew up in Binningen and also spent the last years of his life here
Peter-Lukas Graf (* 1929), flautist, lives in Binningen
Peter Monteverdi (1934–1998), car maker, born in Binningen
Hans Fünfschilling (* 1940), FDP Councilor from 1999 to 2007, lives in Binningen
René C. Jäggi (* 1948), entrepreneur, lived in Binningen
Claude Janiak (* 1948), lawyer, politician (SP), President of the National Council 2006
Claude Cueni (* 1956), writer, lived in Binningen (today Allschwil)
Martin Senn (1957–2016), insurance manager, born in Binningen
Bernhard Heusler (* 1963), President of FC Basel 1893
Markus Gerber (* 1975), sports scientist and university professor
Anja Becher (* 1977), actress
Oumar Kondé (* 1979), footballer
Griot , rapper
Vincent Gross , singer

literature

Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country. Volume I: The Arlesheim district, with introduction to the canton. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 57). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1969, DNB 457321989 .
Beat von Scarpatetti among others: Binningen - the story. (= Sources and research on the history and regional studies of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft. Volume 85). Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 2004, ISBN 3-85673-278-0 .

Web links

Commons : Binningen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality of Binningen
Paul Gutzwiller and Brigitta Strub: Binningen. 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 .
^ Paul Gutzwiller, Brigitta Strub: Binningen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 10, 2004 , accessed August 15, 2018 .
↑ The Baselbiet tax havens are slowly drying up . In: bz Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . ( basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
^ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .
^ Binningen community - overview , accessed on March 12, 2019
^ Hans-Rudolf Heyer: St. Margarethen-Kirche Binningen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 135). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1996.
↑ Spiegelfeld sports facilities on the Binningen website

[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: Binningen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 10, 2004 , accessed August 15, 2018 .

[3] The Baselbiet tax havens are slowly drying up . In: bz Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . ( basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch [accessed on August 15, 2018]).

[4] Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 1, 2020 .

[5] Binningen community - overview , accessed on March 12, 2019

[6] Hans-Rudolf Heyer: St. Margarethen-Kirche Binningen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 135). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1996.

[7] Spiegelfeld sports facilities on the Binningen website