Zeglingen

Zeglingen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Sissach
BFS no. :	2868
Postal code :	4495
Coordinates :	635 176  /  251 883 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '1 "  N , 7 ° 54' 17"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and seventy-six  /  two hundred fifty-one thousand eight hundred eighty-three
Height :	534  m above sea level M.
Height range :	514–935 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.91  km²
Residents:	508 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.zeglingen.ch
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Location of the municipality

Zeglingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

Zeglingen is north of the Jura chain at the southern end of the Eital . The Eibach , one of the main tributaries of the Ergolz, rises in the area of ​​the municipality .

The municipality of Zeglingen borders in the north on Kilchberg and Wenslingen , in the northeast on Oltingen , in the east on Rohr ( SO ), in the southeast on Lostorf ( SO ), in the southwest on Wisen ( SO ), and in the west on Häfelfingen and Rünenberg .

history

The first documentary mention of Zeglingen dates from 1358 as Zegningen .

Traces from the Bronze and Iron Age were found on the Hochebel. In 1372 the village belonged to the Thierstein-Farnsburg rule , which was acquired by the city of Basel in 1461 . Until the Helvetic Revolution in 1798, Zeglingen belonged to the Farnsburg office and then came to the Sissach district . Together with the district of Sissach, Zeglingen became part of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which was newly founded in 1833, after the canton was divided.

Personalities associated with Zeglingen

• Adolph Rickenbacher (1887–1976), co-developer of the electric guitar; his ancestors came from Zeglingen
• "Eddie" Rickenbacker (1890–1973), American fighter pilot in the First World War; his ancestors came from Zeglingen
• Peter Rickenbacher ("Zeglinger Peter"), miracle healer
• Heinrich Wiesner (1925–2019), writer; born in Zeglingen

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Zeglingen

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  Signpost in the village center

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  village street

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  Multipurpose hall

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  Zeglingen and Eibach

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. 406-412.

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community of Zeglingen
• Dominik Wunderlin: Zeglingen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Page about the community history of Zeglingen on the website of the canton of Basel-Landschaft

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 .