Pfeffingen 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 Pfeffingen .

Pfeffingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Arlesheim
BFS no. :	2772
Postal code :	4148
Coordinates :	611 361  /  256 506 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '33 "  N , 7 ° 35' 21"  O ; CH1903:  611,361  /  256506
Height :	389  m above sea level M.
Height range :	303–688 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.89  km²
Residents:	2336 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	478 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.pfeffingen.ch
Pfeffingen
Location of the municipality

Pfeffingen ( Swiss German : Pfäffige ) is a municipality in the Arlesheim district in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Pfeffingen is located at the southernmost end of the Birseck on the northern slope of the Blauen at 392 m above sea level. M. The neighboring communities are Aesch , Ettingen , Blauen , Nenzlingen , Grellingen and Duggingen . The area of ​​the municipality is 489 hectares, of which 52% is forest, 33% agricultural area, 14% settlements and 1% unproductive area.

coat of arms

Silver background, blue horizontal bar with a half lily attached. This is the coat of arms of the noblemen Wider, who administered the rule of Pfeffingen in the 14th and 15th centuries.

population

37% of the population are Roman Catholic, 26% are Reformed. The proportion of foreigners is 14.2%.

politics

Community president is Sven Stohler (as of 2016).

traffic

The community is connected to the turning loop of tram line 11 in Aesch and to Dornach - Arlesheim station on S-Bahn line 3 and tram line 10 by BLT bus line 65 .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Pfeffingen

• Pfeffingen ruins from the 12th century
• Schalberg , Münchsberg and Engenstein castle ruins
• Catholic Church of St. Martin, Gothic church from the 14th century

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  Pfeffingen ruins

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Volume I: The Arlesheim district, with cantonal introduction. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 57). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1969.
• various authors: Heimatkunde Pfeffingen. Edited by the community of Pfeffingen, 2011.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Pfeffingen
• Brigitta Strub: Pfeffingen (municipality). 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 .