Kilchberg BL

BL is the abbreviation for the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Kilchberg .

Kilchberg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2851
Postal code :	4496
Coordinates :	634749  /  252829 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '31 "  N , 7 ° 53' 57"  O ; CH1903:  634749  /  252829
Height :	571  m above sea level M.
Height range :	493–617 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.59  km²
Residents:	159 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	100 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.kilchberg.bl.ch
Kilchberg
Location of the municipality

Kilchberg is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland . It is the least populous municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

geography

Kilchberg is located in the so-called Eital at an altitude of 571  m above sea level. M. on a hill that rises on the western bank of the Eibach, a tributary of the Ergolz . Kilchberg forms an administrative association with the two neighboring communities Rünenberg and Zeglingen. The joint municipal administration is located in Zeglingen .

The municipality of Kilchberg borders in the northwest on Rünenberg , in the northeast on Tecknau , in the east on Wenslingen and in the south on Zeglingen .

history

In the early Middle Ages , a St. Martin's Church was built in the settlement as the mother church for the towns of Kilchberg, Rünenberg and Zeglingen , and in 1226 the settlement was named Chilperch after her . Kilchberg probably belonged to the diocese of Basel and later came into the possession of the Count of Frohburg . They passed the village on to a family who named themselves after Kilchberg, and the Counts of Thierstein have been mentioned as owners of the settlement since 1376 .

Between 1400 and 1870 the Canon Monastery in Rheinfelden held the church patronage over St. Martin, only then did this right pass to the city of Basel , which had been in the possession of Kilchberg since 1461.

politics

The municipal council consists of three members. Ernst Grieder-Rickenbacher has been the mayor since 2013.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Kilchberg BL

Entrance to the village with St. Martin's Church

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. 99-117.
• Kräuchi Ueli O., The Reformed Church of St. Martin in Kilchberg / BL. Swiss art guide GSK, Bern 2002
• Huggel Doris. The Zwilchenbarts in Basel and Liverpool and the construction of the neo-Gothic church in Kilchberg, Baselland (1866–1868). Michel Publishing House. Petersberg 2011

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Kilchberg BL
• Brigitte Frei-Heitz: Kilchberg (BL). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Reformed parish Kilchberg-Rünenberg-Zeglingen

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 .