Rothenfluh

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Rothenfluh
Rothenfluh coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : Sissach
BFS no. : 2858i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4467
Coordinates : 635 979  /  256831 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '41 "  N , 7 ° 54' 57"  O ; CH1903:  635,979  /  256831
Height : 468  m above sea level M.
Height range : 435–718 m above sea level M.
Area : 10.95  km²
Residents: 766 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.rothenfluh.ch
Rothenfluh, Ruebgasse

Rothenfluh, Ruebgasse
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Rothenfluh 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

Rothenfluh lies at 471  m above sea level. M. in the upper Ergolztal at the confluence of Ergolz and Dübach. The village is flanked by several bands of rock, which form the breaks in the surrounding plateaus: in the south-west by the Müliflüeli ( 630  m above sea level ), in the south-east by the Ringelfluh ( 659  m above sea level ) and in the north by the mighty eponymous Rote Fluh ( 658  m above sea level ). The highest point in the municipal ban is the Solchopf ( 718  m above sea level ). Rothenfluh's neighboring communities are Anwil , Wenslingen , Ormalingen and Hemmiken in the canton of Basel-Landschaft and Wegenstetten and Wittnau in the canton of Aargau .

history

A prehistoric solar calendar on the Roten Fluh indicates that the area was settled in the earliest times. While finds from Roman times are largely missing, a lot is known about the early medieval Rothenfluh. At that time it consisted of a conglomerate of 5 hamlets: Hendschikon , Werdlingen , Loglingen , Holwingen and Gastwingen . While the other hamlets were deserted, Loglingen developed into today's Rothenfluh, which was first mentioned in 1196 as Rotenfluo . In the Middle Ages, the Thiersteiner and Münch families were the most important landowners in the village. In 1525 Rothenfluh was one of the first parishes in the Basel region to convert to Protestantism , which caused some confusion. The village was also an Anabaptist stronghold at that time . Until 1545 the village came into the possession of the city of Basel , which incorporated it into the Farnsburg office. The rule ended in 1798 during the Helvetic Revolution and was restored in 1814 with the Restoration Constitution. In 1832 Rothenfluh was one of the 46 communities that founded the new canton of Basel-Landschaft.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a red Fluh on a green Dreiberg on a golden background . The Fluh is flanked by two green fir trees with red trunks. The colors gold / red / green come from the coat of arms of the Counts of Thierstein or the Basler dominion of Farnsburg , to which Rothenfluh had successively belonged. The two fir trees indicate the abundance of forests in the municipality (617 hectares out of 1093 hectares are wooded).

population

Rothenfluh has 726 inhabitants, of which the proportion of foreigners is 7.2%. 75% of the population are Reformed and 9% Roman Catholic , the remaining 16% belong to another denomination or are non-denominational (as of December 31, 2007).

economy

Agriculture has lost a lot of its importance in the last few decades. There are a few businesses in the village, but most of the residents work outside the town.

traffic

All neighboring communities except Wenslingen can be reached from Rothenfluh via paved and well-developed roads. The village is connected to Wenslingen via an unpaved cart path. The next motorway connections are in Sissach ( A2 / 11 km) and Frick AG ( A3 / 16 km). Furthermore, the village and the hamlets of Säge and Asp are connected to the post bus line 102 Gelterkinden - Salhöhe .

Sports

Various sports clubs are based in Rothenfluh. There is a gymnastics club, a field rifle club, a riding club, which holds the largest sporting event in the village with the annual jumping competition, and the inline hockey club Red Rocks Rothenfluh, which was included in the national league B of the Swiss inline hockey team in the 2007 season. Association has risen. A well-developed network of hiking trails rounds off the sports offer.

Attractions

  • Church of St. Stephan with a typical Käsbissen tower . The current building dates back to 1856. The church tower from 1613 is integrated into it .
  • Gothic style rectory from 1534
  • 17th century warehouse
  • Border stone with the coats of arms of Basel and Habsburg . Until 1803, Rothenfluh bordered with Upper Austria .
  • Prehistoric solar calendar on the Roten Fluh

gallery

  • Farmhouse (cultural monument)

  • St Stephen's Church

  • Rectory

  • Ergolzbrücke "Im Weier"

  • Field barn "saw"

  • Inline hockey field

Personalities

literature

  • Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History GSK (=  Art Monuments of Switzerland . Volume 77 ). Volume III: The Sissach District. Birkhäuser, Bern 1986, ISBN 3-7643-1796-5 , p. 239-259 .
  • Erich Erny-Hofstetter: Local history Rothenfluh . Ed .: Residential community Rothenfluh. Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 2001, ISBN 3-85673-535-6 .
  • Dorothee Rippmann , Jürg Tauber: farmers and gentlemen. Rothenfluh in the Middle Ages . A contribution to the history of rural society in the Middle Ages. Rothenfluh municipal administration, Rothenfluh 1996, DNB  963523872 .

Web links

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

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 .