Bottmingen

Bottmingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Arlesheim
BFS no. :	2767
Postal code :	4103
Coordinates :	610.05 thousand  /  263 647 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '25 "  N , 7 ° 34' 19"  O ; CH1903:  610,050  /  two hundred and sixty-three thousand six hundred and forty-seven
Height :	293  m above sea level M.
Height range :	284–372 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.99  km²
Residents:	6693 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2238 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bottmingen.ch
Bottmingen Castle
Location of the municipality

Weiherschloss

Bottmingen ( Basel German : Bottmige ) is a municipality in the Arlesheim district in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

The municipality is generally counted among the wealthier suburbs of Basel, and is the financially strongest municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in terms of tax revenue.

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1948)

Bottmingen lies in the Leimental , also called Birsigtal because of the Birsig flowing through the valley , at the foot of the Bruderholz at 295 m above sea level. M. Its neighboring communities are Reinach , Oberwil , Binningen and the city of Basel . The area of ​​the municipality is 299 hectares, of which 52% is settlement area, 28% is agricultural area, 19% is forest and 1% is unproductive area.

history

Bottmingen was first mentioned in a document in 1246 as Bothmingen .

Bottmingen and Binningen have belonged to the Bishop of Basel since the 11th century. In 1534 the village was pledged to the city of Basel and in 1585 Basel acquired Bottmingen in its entirety.

Bottmingen and Binningen separated their pastures and property as early as the 18th century. In 1756 Bottmingen got its own school. But it was not until 1837, shortly after the transfer to the newly formed canton of Basel-Landschaft, that Bottmingen and Binningen separated and formed politically independent communities.

coat of arms

The Bottming coat of arms has existed since 1943. Two crossed silver figures on a red background, the meaning of which cannot be determined with certainty. It is the seal of the Basel noble family Schilling, the second owners of the Bottmingen Castle.

population

27% of the population are Roman Catholic and 36% are Reformed . The proportion of foreigners (residents without citizenship ) is 19.3%.

politics

The mayor is Mélanie Krapp (FDP Bottmingen). ( As of 2020 )

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bottmingen

• Weiherschloss Bottmingen , which was mentioned for the first time in 1363. It has been a restaurant since 1957 and belongs to the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
• Village museum

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 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Bottmingen
• Brigitta Strub: Bottmingen. 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 . 
2. ↑ Regardless of whether you are in the richest or the poorest municipality in Basel, the traffic heats up people . In: TagesWoche . February 7, 2013 ( tageswoche.ch [accessed on August 5, 2018]).