Leimental
| Leimental, Birsigtal | ||
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.jpg) Hinteres Leimental, in the background Witterswil |
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| location |
Alsace , France Canton of Solothurn , Switzerland Canton of Basel-Country , Switzerland |
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| Waters | Birsig | |
| Mountains | law | |
| Geographical location , ( CH ) | 47 ° 29 '5 " N , 7 ° 31' 44" O ( 606 803 / 259 333 ) | |
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| particularities |
Biederthal Castle , Alt-Biederthal ruins |
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The Leimental or Leymental - also called Birsigtal in the lower part - extends from the Jura along the Birsig and the Blauen and Bruderholz ridge to the city of Basel . The name is derived from the term clay and refers to the clay-containing subsoil.
The catchment area of the Leimental comprises the 17 villages:
- Wolschwiller , Biederthal , Liebenswiller and Leymen in the French region of Alsace
- Metzerlen , Rodersdorf , Mariastein , Hofstetten-Flüh , Witterswil and Bättwil in the Swiss canton of Solothurn
- Burg im Leimental , Biel-Benken , Ettingen , Therwil , Oberwil , Bottmingen and Binningen in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft
The castle Biederthal (also Castle Castle ) and the ruins of Old-Biederthal are in Leimental.