Buus
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District : | Sissach |
BFS no. : | 2844 |
Postal code : | 4463 |
Coordinates : | 632 094 / 261 716 |
Height : | 440 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 394–761 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 8.85 km² |
Residents: | 1066 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 120 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.buus.ch |
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Buus is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .
geography
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At 8.85 square kilometers, Buus is the third largest municipality in the Sissach district and is located on a valley floor into which several small valleys flow.
history
Archaeological finds show that the area around Buus was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age. It is believed that the village belonged to the Beromünster monastery in the Middle Ages , then passed to the Counts of Lenzburg , the Counts of Frohburg , the Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg and finally to the Thiersteiners. In 1461 Buus was sold to Basel and was under the rule of the Basel bailiffs for 300 years.
The surname Buser is derived from the original name of the parish, Bus .
coat of arms
Buus has had an official coat of arms since 1945. It is a red vine with a vine and blue grapes on black soil against a white background. The coat of arms stands for viticulture, which is mainly operated by small producers on an area of 8 hectares.
Attractions
- Farnsburg ruin
- Parish Church of St. Michael
photos
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. 26-44.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Buus
- Hans-Rudolf Heyer: Buus. 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 .