Diegten
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Basel-Country (BL)
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| District : | Waldenburg |
| BFS no. : | 2884 |
| Postal code : | 4457 |
| Coordinates : | 628 118 / 251 454 |
| Height : | 470 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 437–869 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 9.64 km² |
| Residents: | 1657 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 172 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.diegten.ch |
 The newer part of the village |
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Diegten ( Swiss German : Diekte ) is a municipality in the Waldenburg district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland . Along with Eptingen, it is the only municipality in the valley to be part of the Waldenburg district.
history
Diegten was first mentioned in a document in 1152: as Dietingoven. The name changed over time to Dietinghofen, Dietikon, Dietken and finally Diegten. Archaeological finds have shown that the area was already settled in Roman times. From 1487 Diegten was completely under the rule of the city of Basel.
coat of arms
Diegten has had an official coat of arms since 1930. It is divided into two halves by a vertical line. On the left is a standing black lion on a gold background, on the right there are alternating black and white diagonal stripes. It is the coat of arms of the Thurgau knight family von Eschenz.
Attractions
In the Church of St. Peter, first mentioned in 1275 and reformed in 1529, there are glass windows by the well-known Basel landscape artist Walter Eglin .
traffic
The A2 motorway runs past the village .
Sons and daughters
- Isaak Bruckner (1686–1762), geographer and mechanic
photos
The older part of the village
Main street with rectory
Church seen from the north
Church window by Walter Eglin
Church window by Walter Eglin
Collature building from 1704
Motorway A2 near Diegten
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
- Diegten community
- Peter Stöcklin: Diegten. 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 .