Running BL
| BL is the abbreviation for the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Laufen . |
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 Switzerland
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 Basel-Country (BL)
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| District : | To run |
| BFS no. : | 2787 |
| Postal code : | 4242 |
| UN / LOCODE : | CH LFN |
| Coordinates : | 604670 / 252377 |
| Height : | 351 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 343–671 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 11.40 km² |
| Residents: | 5619 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 493 inhabitants per km² |
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Proportion of foreigners : (residents without citizenship ) |
24.8% (March 31, 2,014) |
| Website: | www.lauf-bl.ch |
 The Birs in Laufen, November 2003 |
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Laufen ( French Laufon [ loːfɔ̃ ]) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland . Laufen is the capital of the district of the same name .
geography
Laufen is located in the Laufental on the Birs and on the Jura railway line from Basel to Delsberg . Its highest point is the Mätteberg at 672 m above sea level. M. and the lowest point the Birsufer near Neumatt with 348 m above sea level. M. The area of the municipality is 1137 hectares, of which 28% of agricultural land, 53% wood, 18% and 1% settlements unproductive surface.
history
From 58 BC Laufen belonged to the Roman Empire until 470 AD and after its collapse it was Alemannic until around 500 . Then the valley belonged to the Franconian Empire and from 853 to 1033 to the Kingdom of Burgundy . The childless King of Burgundy, Rudolf III. , donated large parts of the upper Birstal to the Bishop of Basel in 999 (see also the Principality of Basel ).
The village is first mentioned as Loufen in 1141 . In 1295 Peter Reich von Reichenstein founded the town of Laufen. 1637–1639 Laufen was drawn into the Thirty Years War . Protestant Swedes attacked the bishop, who was also imperial prince , and devastated the valley.
Together with other subjects, some Laufen rebelled against the prince-bishop in the 18th century. With the help of the French troops, the "gracious gentlemen" were defeated in Pruntrut .
During the French Revolution in 1792, Laufen was part of a separate Jurassic state, the " Raurachian Republic ", for 87 days . This became part of France from 1793 to 1813. In the French department of Mont-Terrible , Laufen was the capital of the Canton de Laufon .
In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, most of the former Principality of Basel was assigned to the Canton of Bern and thus to the Swiss Confederation. Shortly afterwards, the eleven Laufental village representatives sent a letter of homage to the city and republic of Bern for the “happy fate” . Laufen did not become the district capital until 1846. In 1852 the two communities Laufen Stadt and Laufen Vorstadt were merged. In 1872 the Feninger Hospital was opened, a hospital.
After the formation of the canton of Jura from the three predominantly Catholic districts of Delsberg , Pruntrut and Freiberge as well as some communities in the district of Moutier , the Laufental became a remote Bernese exclave in 1979 . After a cascade of votes lasting several years, in 1989 (participation over 93 percent) 51.7 percent of the residents of the Laufen district decided to move to the canton of Basel-Landschaft . However, the city of Laufen voted against it. In 1994, it joined the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
In June 1973 and August 2007 floods severely flooded the old town of Laufen, causing damage of several million Swiss francs. As a result of the 2007 flood, the course of the Birs was renatured and widened in several places in order to increase the discharge capacity.
coat of arms
- A silver Basel staff on a black background .
The coat of arms symbolizes the close connection with the diocese of Basel .
population
54.7% of the population are Roman Catholic, 13.6% Reformed, 1.4% Christian Catholic. The proportion of foreigners is 24.8%.
economy
Large, internationally active companies have settled in Laufen: the herb sugar manufacturer Ricola AG (originally Richterich und Compagnie, Laufen - hence the abbreviation Ricola ) and Laufen Bathrooms AG. The companies benefit from the close proximity to Basel in the border triangle CH-DF.
Culture
The Biomill rock club is located in the old Birsmill building . The Kulturforum Laufen offers exhibitions, concerts, cabaret, films and readings in the converted slaughterhouse. Around 15,000 books, films and other media are available to borrow in the Laufen City Library .
Laufen has not had a cinema for many years. In 2005, the Open-Air-Kino-Laufen association was founded, which has been holding a large open-air cinema in the parking lot of the old slaughterhouse since the end of August. In 2007 the open-air cinema had 700 seats.
Attractions
- Medieval old town with a partially preserved city wall and three gates: Upper Gate, Lower Gate and Water Gate
- Obertor, the so-called time tower , with a large dial and astronomical clock
- Stadthaus (1672), first a baroque aristocratic residence and then a hospital, now houses the municipal administration. During the restoration in 1976, a hunting fresco in grisaille style from the 17th century was discovered in the ballroom of the Roggenbach family under the white plaster .
- The dominant Roman Catholic "Herz-Jesu" church in neo-Gothic style, completed in 1914.
- Katharinenkirche (1698) with altars, carved pulpit and late Gothic Madonna and Rococo statues from 1755. On the north side of the church, the remains of the Laufner dolmen grave can be seen.
- The inaccessible chapel in the cemetery is one of the oldest buildings in Laufen.
- The oldest still preserved brick factory in Switzerland is located on Mühlenweg . It can be viewed on request.
Personalities
- Ludwig Rochus Schmidlin (1845–1917), pastor in Biberist and church historian
City and local partnerships
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Laufen (Germany), local partnership with Laufen
photos
City map of Laufen, ca.1820
Main street in the Stedtli
Katharinenkirche
railway station
reformed Church
Catholic Church
Office building
Remaining part of the city wall
Dolme at the lower gate
Cantonal Hospital
Ceramic running
literature
- Anna C. Fridrich: Dominion, Conflict, Communication On the design of manorial practice in the prince-bishop's city of Laufen during the early modern period . In: Swiss History Journal . Vol. 54, No. 3 , 2004, p. 241–255 ( full text at e-periodica.ch [accessed on September 24, 2016]).
- Daniel Hagmann , Peter Hellinger (Ed.): 700 years of the city of Laufen . Buchverlag Basler Zeitung, Basel 1995, ISBN 3-85815-285-4 .
- Giuseppe Gerster Laufen an der Birs (= Swiss Art Guide Series 97 . No. 968 ). Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2015, ISBN 978-3-03797-175-8 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Laufen BL
- Anna C. Fridrich: Running (BL, community). 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 .
- ↑ a b population development . Canton of Basel-Country. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ Arthur Daucourt in Dictionnaire historique des paroisses de l'ancien Evêché de Bâle. Volume IV, 1903.