Wenslingen

Wenslingen

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2865i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	4493
Coordinates :	635 587 / 254 417 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '23 " N , 7 ° 54' 37" O ; CH1903: 635587 / two hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and seventeen47.43959 7.9104 567
Height :	567 m above sea level M.
Height range :	509–669 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.92 km²
Residents:	722 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.wenslingen.ch
Wenslingen
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Wenslingen ( pronounced Weislige in the dialect ) is a municipality in the Sissach district of the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

Wenslingen is located directly on the main Jura range on the south-western part of a plateau that extends from the Ergolztal to the Eital .

The municipality of Wenslingen borders Rothenfluh in the north, Anwil in the east, Oltingen in the south-east, Zeglingen in the south, Kilchberg in the south-west, Tecknau in the west and Ormalingen in the north-west .

history

Wenslingen was first mentioned in a document in 1280. In 1461 the village came under the rule of Basel . In 1814 Wenslingen was assigned to the Sissach district.

coat of arms

Wenslingen's coat of arms has existed since 1946. It is divided into two halves by a vertical line in the middle. On the left is a green fir tree on a gold background, which stands on a black floor. Right is a golden wheat - spike displayed on a red background.

population

Wenslingen is mostly Protestant and reformed and, together with Anwil, belongs to the parish of Oltingen . The Roman Catholic residents belong to the Gelterkinden parish .

Attractions

Ödenburg ruins
Traugott Meyer fountain
Bruderloch (karst cave)

photos

Village square
Main road
Local government
Village schoolhouse
Memorial plaque Traugott Meyer

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. 372-381.

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Wenslingen
Brigitte Frei-Heitz: Wenslingen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Page about Wenslingen on the website of the canton of Basel-Landschaft ( Memento from August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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 .

[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 .