Maisprach

Maisprach (Swiss German: [ maɪʃbə̆ɾɡ ] ) is a municipality in the district Sissach the canton of Basel -Country in Switzerland.

Geography

In a bottom nestled on the southern slope of the Sonnenberg, as the northernmost village in the Upper Basle Bietes.

Coat of arms

Since 1944 Maisprach has an official coat of arms. It is divided by a vertical line into two halves. The two halves of each show a bunch of grapes. On the right side it is red on a silver background, left the grape is silver on a red background. The coat of arms stands for the importance of viticulture in the community.

History

The first mention of the place Meisprache goes back to the year 1180. 1247, the name had developed into Mesbrache. The place name could include the suffix- acus keltoromanische. Another possible explanation sees this as an Old High German place names: Meginesbrâcha, the fallow field of the Megin. An early historic fortification was located on the Sunnenberg. On the Karpacz there was a Roman villa from the 2nd century, which extended up to the cemetery.

In the cemetery wall just below the church are the remains of a stone house from the high Middle Ages, which is probably to be regarded as Konigsgut hide. In the Middle Ages there was next to the village two large courtyards. One belonged to the German Reich in 1360, the other the Bishop of Basel. The village itself was together with the right of patronage to 1322 in the possession of the Counts of Thierstein and belonged to the rule Farnsburg that including the village and two farms by selling moved into the possession of the city of Basel in 1461.

1546 a fire destroyed almost the whole village. Of particular importance is the wine (see Arms). Finds prove that viticulture was operated here since Roman times. 1328 Viticulture was first mentioned.

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Mary, built in 1291
Steeple, built in 1711
Residence Möhlinstrasse 13, built in the 18th century

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