Ramlinsburg

Ramlinsburg
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Liestal
BFS no. :	2832
Postal code :	4433
Coordinates :	624.57 thousand  /  255408 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '56 "  N , 7 ° 45' 52"  O ; CH1903:  624570  /  255408
Height :	494  m above sea level M.
Height range :	383-578 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.25  km²
Residents:	715 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	318 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ramlinsburg.ch
Location of the municipality

Ramlinsburg ( Swiss German : Ramschbrg ) is a municipality in the Liestal district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 900 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1930

Ramlinsburg borders the municipalities of Bubendorf , Hölstein , Itingen , Lampenberg , Lausen and Zunzgen .

history

The community was first mentioned in documents in 1367: as Remlisperg. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the ending -berg became common. In the 15th century, the place consisted of only two independent farms, Ober- and Niederramlisberg, and belonged to Henman Sevogel . From him ownership passed to the city of Basel and developed into a village in the 16th century. Since 1987 there has been an ecumenically operated church next to the cemetery.

Personalities

• Rudolf Barshai (1924–2010), conductor and viola player, citizen of Ramlinsburg

coat of arms

Ramlinsburg has had an official coat of arms since 1938. It has a wide red border and shows two blue sickles in the middle, facing away from each other, on a golden background. It is the coat of arms of the Sevogel family from Basel .

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country, Volume II: The district of Liestal. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1974 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 62). ISBN 3-7643-0727-7 . Pp. 394-396.

Web links

Commons : Ramlinsburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Ramlinsburg
• Ruedi Brassel-Moser : Ramlinsburg. 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 .