Oltingen

This article deals with the municipality of Oltingen in Switzerland. For the place Oltingen in France see Oltingue .

Oltingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2855
Postal code :	4494
Coordinates :	637 491  /  253556 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '54 "  N , 7 ° 56' 8"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-seven thousand four hundred ninety-one  /  253556
Height :	579  m above sea level M.
Height range :	530–963 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.18  km²
Residents:	474 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.oltingen.ch
Oltingen in spring
Location of the municipality

Oltingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

The farming village of Oltingen is 576  m above sea level. M. at the river Ergolz and at the foot of the Schafmatt.

history

In the Middle Ages, the border between the Sisgau and the Frickgau ran along the Ergolz. They separated Oltingen, which was first mentioned in a document in 1241, into two parts. The right bank half belonged as a fiefdom of the Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg to the rule of Kienberg. The left bank was part of the Farnsburg family as early as 1372 and came to the city of Basel in 1461. Oltingen in Kienberg changed hands several times until it finally fell to Basel in the 17th century.

coat of arms

The municipality has only had its coat of arms since 1943. It shows a black sloping bar on a gold background, on which are three silver horseshoes with black nails. The coat of arms refers to the earlier importance of Oltingen as a starting point for a pass crossing, the colors remind of the former affiliation of half the village to the rule of Kienberg.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Oltingen

• Reformed Church of St. Nicholas from 1296.
• Adjacent massive parsonage with stepped gable
• Local history museum in Herrengasse 38.

Church of Oltingen

Personalities

• Florence Brenzikofer (* 1975), District Administrator and National Councilor (Greens)

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. 163-204.

Web links

Commons : Oltingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Oltingen
• Brigitte Frei-Heitz: Oltingen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 . 
2. ^ Brigitte Frei-Heitz: The Reformed Church of St. Nikolaus in Oltingen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 934, Series 94). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-121-5 .