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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Basel-Country (BL) |
District : | To run |
BFS no. : | 2793 |
Postal code : | 4222 |
Coordinates : | 606 965 / 254174 |
Height : | 341 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 326–555 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 4.61 km² |
Residents: | 2399 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 520 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.zwingen.ch |
Zwingen Castle |
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Location of the municipality | |
Zwingen ( Swiss German : Zwinge , [ ˈʦʋɪŋːə ]) is a village and a political municipality in the district of Laufen in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft .
geography
Zwingen is located in the Laufental at 347 m above sea level. M. at the confluence of the Lüssel in the Birs . Neighboring communities are Laufen , Brislach , Nenzlingen , Blauen and Dittingen .
history
For the first time Zwingen is mentioned as Zinwigen on March 14, 1194, when it was from Pope Celestine III. the monastery of Beinwil was assured as property. From 1312 it was a fiefdom of the Lords of Ramstein. In the Middle Ages, the Oswald's Chapel was particularly important. On September 6, 1359, at a meeting in the Papal Palace in Avignon , 18 bishops decided to grant every visitor to Oswald's Chapel an indulgence of 40 days. From 1459 the village belonged to the Bishop of Basel and formed the Bailiwick of Zwingen until 1792. From 1573 to 1673, the Judenacker in Zwingen was the burial place for Jews living in the diocese of Basel.
From 1792, after the French invaded, Zwingen belonged to the Raurachian Republic and then to the canton of Laufen , which became part of the Mont-Terrible department . In 1815, by decision of the Congress of Vienna , it was added to the federal government and the Canton of Bern . In 1994, Zwingen, one of 13 communities in the Laufental, moved from the canton of Bern to the canton of Basel-Landschaft .
The castle Force , which has probably been the motive for the name of the village is mentioned in 1312 for the first time. It was built by the Barons von Ramstein . It later passed to the Prince-Bishop of Basel. In 1792 the castle became a national property. It changed hands several times. Among them was the Zwingen paper mill, which had a large part of the castle demolished. The Zwingen paper factory has existed since 1913. It was in operation until 2004.
The artist August Cueni was born in Zwingen and received honorary citizenship from Zwingen in 1959 .
coat of arms
Two crossed silver lily wands on a black background. Apart from the colors, it is identical to the Brislach coat of arms . The two crossed lilies were the coat of arms of the barons of Ramstein zu Bretzwil (cf. also with the coats of arms of Bretzwil , Brislach, Nunningen and Zullwil ).
economy
In addition to the (now closed) Zwingen paper factory, many SMEs also offer jobs. Zwingen is located in the catchment area of the economic region of northwestern Switzerland .
traffic
Zwingen is located on the traffic axis between Basel and the canton of Jura . It has an S-Bahn station on the Jura line from Basel- Laufen - Delsberg and is therefore easily accessible. Postbus lines also run from Zwingen to Blauen / Nenzlingen and via Breitenbach SO up to the Passwang .
Attractions
- Moated castle
- Marienkirche with the glass windows by Lukas Düblin
- Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Oswald
- old village street
photos
Web links
- Anna C. Fridrich: Force. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Official website of the municipality of Zwingen
- Castle Association Zwingen
- Illustration by Daniel Meisner from 1625: Zwingen an der Birss; If you don't know you, they'll buy you. ( Digitized version )
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 .
- ↑ a b c Philipp Obrist: Zwingen BL (Laufen) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 995.
- ↑ Achilles Nordmann: About the Jewish cemetery in Zwingen and Jewish settlements in the Principality of Basel. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Dina Sambar: Nice farewell despite a miserable end. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .