Reigoldswil
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Basel-Country (BL)
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| District : | Waldenburg |
| BFS no. : | 2893 |
| Postal code : | 4418 |
| Coordinates : | 619 103 / 249618 |
| Height : | 509 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 466–1163 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 9.25 km² |
| Residents: | 1582 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 171 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.reigoldswil.ch |
 Reigoldswil with Wasserfallenbahn |
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Reigoldswil ( Swiss German : Reigetschwyl ) is a municipality in the Waldenburg district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland . It is the farthest place in the valley of the rear Frenke .
history
The oldest written mention of Reigoldswil comes from the year 1152. King Friedrich I takes the Beinwil monastery under his protection and confirms all possessions, including his own property in Rigoldswilre . From 1529 the residents of the Frenkental converted to the Reformed faith. In 1832 it became part of the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
When silk ribbon weaving was introduced as homework in the Basel area , there were also numerous trimmings looms in Reigoldswil . The dependence on the "silk ribbon gentlemen" led to an economically one-sided orientation towards the city of Basel. In the wake of the global economic crisis , home work on silk ribbon quickly came to a standstill. The last loom was abandoned in 1977. As a new economic factor, medium-sized businesses settled in the Upper Basel area and day-to-day tourism was discovered.
Surname
Reigoldswil is a compound -wil -name. The old German personal name Rigold or Regold is in the first link . The -wil is an abbreviated form of the French-speaking villare, which means “belonging to the estate”. Reigoldswil therefore means: 'At Rigolds / Regold's homestead'.
In Switzerland , many place names end with -wil. Variants are -willer in France and -wihl, -weil or -weiler in southern Germany and Austria .
traffic
At the beginning of the 20th century, the municipality was connected to the canton capital Liestal by the AAGL's first licensed bus line in Switzerland . In 1873 the Wasserfallen railway project failed . As the valley station of the Wasserfallenbahn (gondola) and thanks to its good connection to the public transport network, Reigoldswil is a popular starting point for day trips.
Attractions
- Rifenstein ruin
- Wasserfallen hiking and recreation area
- Village museum «˜Feld»
- Waterfalls Cave
Partner communities
Reigoldswil maintains partnership relationships with the German community of Bad Bellingen on the southern Upper Rhine and the Alsatian community of Petit-Landau .
Personalities
- Jakob Probst (1880–1966) sculptor
- Ernst Lotz (1862–1947) pastor
- Paul Suter (1899–1989) teacher and local history researcher
- Max Schneider (1916–2010) architect, draftsman
- Michael Herrmann (* 1973), politician ( FDP )
literature
- Axel Christoph Gampp, Sabine Sommerer: The art monuments of the canton Basel-Landschaft IV. The district Waldenburg. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 124). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-03797-115-4 .
- Hans H. Feldner: 100 years of Elektra Reigoldswil - a chronicle from 1903 to 2003.
- Paul Suter: The field names of Reigoldswil , Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Baselland, 1926–1930, Vol. 8, pp. 3–54
Web links
- Dominik Wunderlin: Reigoldswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Museum "zum Feld" in Reigoldswil
- Official website of the municipality of Reigoldswil
- Rifenstein Legend Trail
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 .
- ↑ Dominik Wunderlin: Reigoldswil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 23, 2011 , accessed June 12, 2019 .