Wintersingen

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Wintersingen
Wintersingen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country (BL)
District : Sissach
BFS no. : 2866i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4451
Coordinates : 629.1 thousand  /  260367 coordinates: 47 ° 29 '36 "  N , 7 ° 49' 29"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and twenty-nine thousand one hundred  /  260367
Height : 430  m above sea level M.
Height range : 372–738 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.95  km²
Residents: 620 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 89 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.wintersingen.ch
Village with church

Village with church
Location of the municipality
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Wintersingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Of the 695 hectares of the municipal ban, 237 hectares are forest. The highest point in Wintersingen is 738 m. ü. M. (Chienberg) and the deepest at 370 m. ü. M. (municipality and canton border at the Iglingerhof).

The municipality of Wintersingen borders in the north-east on Maisprach , in the east on Buus , in the south-east on Rickenbach , in the south-west on Sissach , in the west on Nusshof and in the north-west on Magden ( AG ).

history

Wintersingen was first mentioned in a document in 1196. Wintersingen is one of the -ingen places of the earlier Alemannic settlement period. The coat of arms is from the knight Rudolf von Wintersingen around 1284.

economy

The industrial area of ​​Wintersingen is in the Unterdorf. Various companies are located there: Flückiger Agritech AG, Sägesser Reisen AG and Belatec AG.

Attractions

  • Wintersingen to the north

  • Wintersingen church and bus turning area

  • Oberdorf

  • Primary school in the village center

  • Church (cultural asset)

  • Rectory (cultural property)

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. 382-402.

Web links

Commons : Wintersingen  - 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 .