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Coat of arms of Dittingen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : To run
BFS no. : 2784i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4243
Coordinates : 604.42 thousand  /  254 420 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '26 "  N , 7 ° 29' 50"  O ; CH1903:  604.42 thousand  /  two hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred twenty
Height : 404  m above sea level M.
Height range : 341–865 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.75  km²
Residents: 729 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 108 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.dittingen.ch
Church of St. Nicholas in Dittingen

Church of St. Nicholas in Dittingen
Location of the municipality
Deutschland Frankreich Kanton Basel-Stadt Kanton Jura Kanton Solothurn Kanton Solothurn Kanton Solothurn Kanton Bern Bezirk Arlesheim Waldenburg (Bezirk) Blauen BL Brislach Burg im Leimental Dittingen Duggingen Grellingen Laufen BL Liesberg Nenzlingen Roggenburg BL Röschenz Wahlen BL ZwingenMap of Dittingen
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Dittingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1922

The municipality of Dittingen is located in a northern side valley of the Laufental on the southern slope of the Blue Chain. In the southeast the community borders on the Birs .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1300. In 1435 the name "Tittingen" was written. From 1462 the community was owned by the Bishop of Basel. On the occasion of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Dittingen was assigned to the Canton of Bern . In 1994 he moved to the canton of Baselland. The Church of St. Niklaus contains a number of stained glass windows by Hans Stocker .

coat of arms

The municipality's coat of arms shows Saint Wendelin in a black robe, with a golden stick and golden bag on a green field. Left and right in the background are two green deciduous trees. The background color is silver or white.

Attractions

photos

  • school

  • Dreisässenhaus

Others

The Dittinger Flugtage takes place every two years on the Dittingen airfield ( ICAO code LSPD).

Web links

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

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. ↑ coordinates LSPD