Rünenberg

Rünenberg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2860
Postal code :	4497
Coordinates :	633 588  /  253 644 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '58 "  N , 7 ° 53' 2"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred eighty-eight  /  253,644
Height :	599  m above sea level M.
Height range :	455–692 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.97  km²
Residents:	758 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	153 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ruenenberg.ch
Rünenberg seen from the road from Zeglingen to Häfelfingen
Location of the municipality

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

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1950

Rünenberg lies at 595  m above sea level. M. and is located at the foot of the 1001 meter high Wisenberg , on the "Berg" plateau between the Homburgertal and the Eital. The base tunnel of the railway- Hauenstein line runs under its mats . Its neighboring communities are Kilchberg , Gelterkinden , Tecknau , Häfelfingen , Rümlingen and Zeglingen .

• Area: 498  ha , of which 55% agriculture, 37% forest and 8% settlements

Climate table

Rünenberg, 1981-2010
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     53   3 -2     52   4th -2     66   9 2     78   13 4th     117   17th 9     105   20th 12     113   23 14th     108   22nd 14th     94   18th 10     82   13 7th     71   7th 2     72   4th -1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Rünenberg, 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.0 4.4 8.7 12.6 17.1 20.3 22.8 22.3 18.0 13.3 7.2 3.9 O 12.8 Min. Temperature (° C) −2.2 −1.5 1.6 4.3 8.5 11.6 13.8 13.7 10.4 6.8 1.8 −0.9 O 5.7 Temperature (° C) 0.3 1.3 5.0 8.2 12.6 15.7 18.1 17.6 13.8 9.8 4.3 1.4 O 9.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 53 52 66 78 117 105 113 108 94 82 71 72 Σ 1.011 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.1 3.0 4.0 5.2 5.8 6.6 7.3 6.7 5.2 3.4 2.2 1.6 O 4.4 Rainy days ( d ) 9.9 9.1 11.4 11.4 13.0 11.8 11.9 11.4 9.6 10.1 10.6 11.1 Σ 131.3 Humidity ( % ) 81 76 71 69 72 71 70 72 77 80 82 82 O 75.2 Source:

history

The village was first mentioned in 1102 as Runachperh and was then called Runenberg in 1454. The Roman road, which connected Sommerau with Zeglingen , led via Rünenberg. In 1392, the Bishop of Basel enfeoffed Count Hermann von Thierstein with the court of Rünenberg. Rünenberg was one of the five places in which the regional courts of Sisgau met in the open air. 1461 Rünenberg came to the city of Basel , in the Helvetic Republic to district Gelterkinden and 1803 in Basel Canton separation in 1833 to half-canton of Basel-Country and District Sissach.

Rünenberg is the hometown of three famous men:

• General Johann August Sutter , the "Emperor of California"
• Martin Grieder alias Martin Birmann , the great social pioneer in the Basel area
• Niklaus Riggenbach , the builder of the Vitznau – Rigi Railway

coat of arms

On a blue background a silver daisy with a golden flower center. In the 19th century, the people of Rünenberg got the nickname Margrite because of the many wild flowers (marguerites) growing in the fields, hence this flower in their coat of arms.

population

• Proportion of foreigners : 4.9%
• Religion : 67% Reformed , 14% Roman Catholic

Personalities

• Martin Wagner (1960–2018), lawyer and publisher, lived in Rünenberg

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rünenberg

• Boulder with a memorial plaque to the two citizens of Rüneberg, Johann August Sutter and Martin Birmann
• Giessen waterfall
• Old village linden

photos

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  Old post

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  Old school house

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  Farmhouse

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  gym

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. 273-279.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Rünenberg
• Private website with lots of details about the parish ban and parish coat of arms
• Brigitte Frei-Heitz: Rünenberg. 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. ↑ Climate table. (No longer available online.) In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 24, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )