Känerkinden

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Känerkinden
Coat of arms of Känerkinden
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : Sissach
BFS no. : 2850i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4447
Coordinates : 629 952  /  251279 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '42 "  N , 7 ° 50' 8"  O ; CH1903:  629952  /  251279
Height : 554  m above sea level M.
Height range : 520–804 m above sea level M.
Area : 1.48  km²
Residents: 528 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 357 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.kaenerkinden.ch
Känerkinden in the center of the picture, seen from the Homburg ruins. In the foreground parts of Buckten

Känerkinden in the center of the picture, seen from the Homburg ruins . In the foreground parts of Buckten
Location of the municipality
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Känerkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Känerkinden lies in a shallow hollow on a foothill of the Table Jura between the Diegter and Homberg valleys.

The municipality of Känerkinden borders in the north on Wittinsburg , in the east on Buckten , in the south on Läufelfingen and in the west on Diegten .

history

The first written mention of Känderkinden comes from the year 1359 as Kennichingen .

In the Middle Ages, Känerkinden was a village under the Homburg rulership, which became the property of the Bishop of Basel in 1305. Around 1400 the entire Homburg domain was acquired by the city of Basel . Känderkinden has been part of the Sissach district since 1814, with which the village became part of the newly founded canton of Basel-Landschaft in 1833.

traffic

Känerkinden is located on the cantonal road between Buckten and Diegten. The village is connected to the public transport network by bus line 108 to Sissach .

The next motorway connection to the N2 is 2 km west of the village near Diegten.

Attractions

  • Walter Eglin Museum

  • Church of the Chrischona Parish

  • Parish hall

  • Residential house in the village center

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. 96-98.

Web links

Commons : Känerkinden  - 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 .