Haefelfingen

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Haefelfingen
Coat of arms of Häfelfingen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : Sissach
BFS no. : 2847i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4445
Coordinates : 632 331  /  251565 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '51 "  N , 7 ° 52' 1"  O ; CH1903:  632331  /  251565
Height : 555  m above sea level M.
Height range : 473–1001 m above sea level M.
Area : 3.97  km²
Residents: 250 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 63 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.haefelfingen.ch
Häfelfingen and in the background Känerkinden

Häfelfingen and in the background Känerkinden
Location of the municipality
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Häfelfingen ( Swiss German : Häfelfinge ) 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 1920

Mountain village on the northwest slope of the Jura belonging to the Wisenberg , whose summit is 1002 m above sea level. M. is the highest point in the municipality. The Eimattbach , a tributary of the Homburgerbach , which in turn flows into the Ergolz, flows through the village .

The municipality of Häfelfingen borders in the north on Rümlingen , in the northeast on Rünenberg , in the east on Zeglingen , in the south on Wisen ( SO ), in the southwest on Läufelfingen and in the west on Buckten .

history

Häfelfingen was mentioned for the first time in 1358 as Hevelingen and indicates an early medieval clan settlement . The village originally belonged to the Counts of Frohburg and was later part of the Homburg rule . In 1305 the bishop and in 1400 the city of Basel acquired this dominion and with it the village. In 1798 Häfelfingen came to the Gelterkinden district and in 1814 to the Sissach district .

coat of arms

The village coat of arms was created in 1946 based on folk etymology based on the village name ( port "Topf"). It shows a black three-legged pot in a golden field under black horizontal stripes. The colors yellow-black are derived from the rule and the office of Homburg.

traffic

The village is connected by side streets with Rümlingen , Buckten and Läufelfingen and their train stations on the old Hauenstein line. During school hours , a Baselland Transport AG bus runs between Häfelfingen and Rümlingen.

Attractions

Spa

The mineral spa and spa hotel "Bad Ramsach" in the hamlet of Ramsach are recognized as a recognized Swiss spa.

photos

  • Traditional farmhouse in the village center

  • village street

  • Schoolhouse and village square

  • school

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. 80-83.
  • s Baselbiet , Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, 1996, ISBN 3-85673-617-4

Web links

Commons : Häfelfingen  - 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. ↑ Bad Ramsach Mineral Spa on badi-info.ch