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| BL is the abbreviation for the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Wahlen . |
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| District : | To run |
| BFS no. : | 2792 |
| Postal code : | 4246 |
| Coordinates : | 605799 / 250080 |
| Height : | 403 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 380–768 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 5.41 km² |
| Residents: | 1462 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 270 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.gemeinde-wahlen.ch |
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Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .
history
When the village church was being built in 1837, a burial mound was found which historians attribute to the Bronze Age . In 1927 stone box graves from the 8th century came to light. At the time, the settlement was on a Roman road that led from Val Terbi in French- speaking Switzerland over the Plattenpass am Blauen to near Basel . The place name was derived from the Latin Vallum - that means a wall or a fortification. There is a first documentary mention from the second half of the 12th century under the place name Waltenen . At that time, Pope Alexander III. a blacklist of the knowledgeable enemies of St. Alban's Monastery He gave the Bishop of Basel instructions to exclude them from the church fellowship and to forbid the holding of church services in the Zähringer duchy. Among them were the von Ramstein brothers, who claimed land in Waltenen for themselves.
From the Thirty Years' War contest was severely affected. The residents found refuge in the neighboring village of Grindel . In 1815 Wahlen was assigned to the canton of Bern and has been part of the Laufen district ever since . Due to a restructuring of the political structure, which was approved in a referendum, the village has belonged to the canton of Basel-Landschaft since January 1, 1994 .
coat of arms
The coat of arms adopted by the municipality in 1946 is emblazoned as follows : "In red a golden lion striding to the right with a red tongue and silver armor, holding a silver Basel staff."
Attractions
traffic
Wahlen has direct road connections to Breitenbach , Büsserach , Grindel and Laufen . A main street is named after each of these localities. The public transport operator is the Swiss Postbus Service , which is part of the Northwestern Switzerland tariff association .
economy
Important branches of business are agriculture, hospitality and small businesses.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Wahlen
- Philippe Hoffmann: Elections. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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 .