Liesberg
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 Switzerland
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 Basel-Country (BL)
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| District : | To run |
| BFS no. : | 2788 |
| Postal code : | 4253 |
| Coordinates : | 599 284 / 250328 |
| Height : | 521 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 367–836 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 12.46 km² |
| Residents: | 1129 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 91 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.liesberg.ch |
 Panorama of the two districts of Liesberg: the village on the top right, and Riederwald on the left. The factory building belongs to Aluminum Laufen . To the right of the middle is the landfill and disposal point for the regional waste disposal. |
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Liesberg ( Swiss German : Liesbärg [ liəʃˌbɛrg ]; local pronunciation Lieschbrg ; . French July Mont , Irtièmont , Irtiémont , Hicurtimont ) is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland .
geography
The community is located in the Laufental on the slope of the blue . The hamlets of Riederwald and Oberrüti as well as the industrial settlement Liesberg-Station also belong to the village, in the valley floor on the Jura railway line .
The community of Liesberg is very extensive, reaching in the south to the mountain range to the canton of Jura and in the north to the Solothurn enclave of Kleinlützel. The village of Liesberg is not very well known as most passers-by only know the cantonal road Delsberg - Laufen. The hamlets of Riederwald, Oberrüti and Liesberg Station are located in the valley floor. The Birs flows at an altitude of 375 m above sea level. In contrast, Liesberg Dorf is located on a very attractive and quiet sun terrace, fully south-south, with an unobstructed view and foresight. There is a very special microclimate up there. Apart from the very strong wind exposure, the microclimate is very mild. The duration of sunshine is above the cantonal average, as neither autumn nor spring fog is known and there is rarely high fog in winter.
climate
The precipitation is very special, as the mountain range to the south has practically 3 times as much precipitation (around 2000 mm per year) and Liesberg Dorf receives less than 800 mm. The westerly winds push the rain clouds against the mountain range in the south, against the so-called water mountain, but it doesn't rain in the village. The temperatures are also very different. On the shady side of the mountain range there is still snow and ice when people are grilling outside on the sun terrace of Liesberg Dorf.
Flora and fauna
This can also be seen in the fauna. On the shady side of the mountain range to the south, montane subalpine coniferous forests with Abies and Picea and pseudo-alpine grassy areas and pastures predominate. On the other hand, on the sun terrace of Liesberg Dorf, very Mediterranean influences prevail. In addition to the orchid-rich semi-arid grasslands of the Teucrio-Mesobromion with the typical ragwort species such as Ophrys apifera, Ophrys fuciflora, Ophrys insectifera or Ophrys araneola, there is also Hymantoglossum hircinum, Orchis militaris, Orchis ustulata. The rare and Mediterranean Carthusian carnation (Dianthus carthusianorum) and the heather carnation (Dianthus deltoïdes) can also be found on every side of the road and in poor grassland. In the gardens you will find palm trees and fig trees in sheltered locations. This special microclimate is the prerequisite for successful vine cultivation.
history
160 million years ago, during the Jurassic sea , cavorting sea - dinosaurs about Liesberg. In the clay pit you can still come across ammonites and fossilized primeval plants.
Liesberg is mentioned in 1241 as Liebinberg and in 1281 as Liesperch . However, the place was used as a settlement area earlier, as early flint blades, a late Roman villa and early medieval graves were found in the area of this villa.
Liesberg once belonged to the St. Blasien monastery and from 1271 to the prince- bishopric of Zwingen . Like so many other communities in the Jura , this place came under French rule in 1792 and was then assigned to the canton of Bern at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . After the founding of the Jura canton , the area separated from Bern came to the canton of Basel-Landschaft in 1994 .
coat of arms
- In blue on a red six-pointed mountain on a wavy blue shield base a striding silver swan with a golden beak and golden legs
The municipality adopted the coat of arms in 1946.
Attractions
economy
At the time of the prince-bishops, when they stayed in Porrentruy in the 16th century, Liesberg owned 14 hectares of vines on the sun terrace. After the phylloxera and downy mildew immigrated at the end of the 19th century, these vineyards were uprooted. Only since 2000 has a vineyard of over 52 ares been planted in Liesberg. Today around 2500 bottles, 1500 red Cuvée de Saint-Martin (Cabernet) and 1000 whites are produced there.
In the 18th century Liesberg was a center of the lime and cement processing industry with massive rock mining. In 1982, however, the largest plant, Portlandcement Laufen AG, ceased operations. In addition to small businesses, agriculture still dominates in the municipality, which in 2000 still provided more than two thirds of the jobs. Liesberg is the seat of Aluminum Laufen AG , a manufacturer of aluminum products.
traffic
Although the community has a train station on the Jura line from Basel to Biel , it has not been served by SBB trains since May 1993 . The community is connected to the ICN and S-Bahn station in Laufen by a PostBus line every hour (compacted in the morning and evening) . The main road from Basel to Delsberg runs past the valley floor .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Liesberg
- Daniel Hagmann : Liesberg. 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 Philipp Obrist: Liesberg BL (running). In: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 535.