Ziefen

Ziefen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Basel-Country (BL)
District :	Liestal
BFS no. :	2834
Postal code :	4417
Coordinates :	620134  /  253445 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '53 "  N , 7 ° 42' 20"  O ; CH1903:  620134  /  253445
Height :	423  m above sea level M.
Height range :	399–757 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.82  km²
Residents:	1589 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	203 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ziefen.ch
Location of the municipality

Ziefen ( Swiss German : Ziefe [ ˈʦiəfə ]) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1949

The elongated street village of Ziefen, which has grown from two settlement cores, is protected in a wide open hollow at the southern foot of the steep vineyard along the Hinteren Frenke in the middle Reigoldswiler or "Feuflibertal".

history

His place name first appeared in 1226 in an episcopal confirmation of donations to the Schöntal monastery in the passage "in villa Civenne due hobe". The presence of Roman colonists, evidenced by several remains of settlements and a Roman spring version still in use today, gave rise to an attempt to interpret the Gallo-Roman origin of the place name "Civenne". One of these settlement centers is on (and not on) the "Chilchberg", the church hill, which was built in the 11th / 12th. Century was the location of a Voreptingischen seat of unknown nobles. Towards the end of the 13th century, the fortified residence of an Eptinger branch, called "Zivenner", was built on the same site. Since the death of the last "Zivenner", their former dwelling has deteriorated so much that today only the harness buckles, horseshoes and stirrups raised by the spade research remind of them. The second core of the settlement is the mill in the upper part of the village, a former feudal estate of the Frohburger , later the Counts of Falkenstein. In 1366 Ziefen came to the Bishop of Basel with the Waldenburg office, in 1400 to the city of Basel and in 1798 to the Liestal district, which it remained after the cantons were separated in 1833. During the turmoil of separation in 1832/33, the city loyalty of Ziefen suffered heavily from the rebels and lost two lives. One of the peculiarities of the village is a naturalization moratorium passed in 1835, which lasted for a full 139 years until 1965. The only exception was an indispensable clapboard maker in 1836 and later two honorary citizens.

coat of arms

Blazon

In silver a gold-armored black eagle lying on the right (a variant of the coat of arms of Eptingen , which goes back to the noble family of the same name).

traffic

It is accessed via a cantonal road and AAGL buses from Liestal .

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Ziefen

Others

The Nüünichlingler in Ziefen are unique within the living traditions in Switzerland . On Christmas Eve the figures move through the darkened old village center with their cylinders up to 4 meters high and with noisy cowbells.

Personalities

• Jonas Breitenstein (1828–1877), pastor poet, born and raised in Ziefen

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Heyer: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Country, Volume II: The district of Liestal. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1974 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 62). ISBN 3-7643-0727-7 . Pp. 401-431.
• Franz Stohler and Hermann Senn (editors): 750 years of Ziefen 1226–1976. Contributions to local history from the 18th and 19th centuries, Aarau 1976

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Ziefen
• Beatrice Schuhmacher: Ziefen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 . 
2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Parish portal Arboldswil in the Basel area, last accessed on April 4, 2012 )