Buckten

Buckten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2843
Postal code :	4446
Coordinates :	630 654  /  251098 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '36 "  N , 7 ° 50' 41"  O ; CH1903:  630654  /  251098
Height :	482  m above sea level M.
Height range :	462–785 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.00  km²
Residents:	698 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	349 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.buckten.ch
Entering Buckten from Känerkinden
Location of the municipality

Buckten ( Swiss German : Buckte ) is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 3000 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

Buckten lies between two valley slopes at the foot of the Hauenstein , in the Homburgertal on the so-called Hauenstein line .

The neighboring communities include (clockwise from the north) Rümlingen , Häfelfingen , Läufelfingen , Känerkinden and Wittinsburg .

coat of arms

Buckten's coat of arms was officially confirmed by the local council in 1944. It is divided into two halves by a horizontal line. The upper half shows a golden post horn on a black background, the lower half a black wagon wheel on a golden background. The symbols remind of the former importance of Buckten as a passport at the foot of the Hauenstein. Here, additional horses were harnessed to the wagon to cross the pass and the road toll was collected.

history

Archaeological finds indicate that the area had already been settled in pre-Alemannic times.

Buckten was first mentioned in a document in 1266 as a butuchon . The name developed from Butkon (1323) via Buttikon to Butken (1417). The place name is mentioned for the first time in a document as a butuchon in a sales contract dated July 18, 1266. It is assumed that the place name can be traced back to the first settler. In 1400 Buckten came under the rule of the city of Basel .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Theophil Läppli was born in Buckten on October 23, 1894 , according to his statements in the film HD-Soldat Läppli .

photos

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  Parish hall

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  Parish hall

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  Village center

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  Volg

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  View of the Bahnhofstrasse

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. 23-25.

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Buckten
• Bernard Degen : Buckten. 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 .