Liesberg

Birsbrücke at Read Mountain

Read Mountain ( in the local dialect: [ ˌ liəʃ bɛrg ]; French Mont July, Irtièmont, Irtiémont, Hicurtimont ) is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel -Country in Switzerland.

Geography

The municipality is located in Laufen on the slope of the blue. To place also includes the hamlet Riederwald and Oberrüti and the industrial estate Lies hill station, down in the valley on the railway line the Juratrain.

The municipality Lies mountain is very large surface area, ranging in the south to the mountains of the canton of Jura in the north against the solothurn enclave Huggerwald. The village Lies mountain is not very well known, as most passers only the cantonal road Delsberg - know running. In the valley there are the hamlets Riederwald, Oberrüti and Lies mountain station. The Birs flows at an altitude of 375 m asl. In contrast, Lies mountain village is located on a very attractive and quiet sun terrace, full south-south location, with an open view and vision. There is a very special micro climate up there. Apart from the very strong wind exposure, the micro- climate is very mild. The sunshine duration is above the cantonal average, since neither fall nor spring mist are known and in winter rarely prevails fog.

Climate

Rainfall is very special, because to the south of the mountain range practically three times as much precipitation knows ( around 2000 mm per year) and Lies mountain village gets less than 800 mm. The westerly winds push the rain clouds against the mountain range in the south, against the so-called water mountain, but in the village it is raining since not level. The temperatures are so very opposite. On the shady side of the mountain range is still snow and ice when grilling on the sun terrace of Lies mountain village the people out.

Flora and Fauna

This is also seen on the fauna. On the shady side of the mountain range to the south outweigh montane subalpine coniferous forests with Abies and Picea and pseudo- alpine grasslands and pastures. On the sun terrace of Lies mountain village, however, prevail very Mediterranean influences. In addition to the orchdeenreichen semi-arid grassland of Teucrio - Mesobromion with the typical Ragwurzarten as apifera Ophrys, Ophrys fuciflora, Ophrys Ophrys insectifera or araneola there hircinum also Hymantoglossum, Orchis militaris, Orchis ustulata. At all Road borders and also in nutrient-poor grasslands are also found the rare and Mediterranean Carthusian Pink (Dianthus carthusianorum ) and the Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides). In the gardens you will find palm trees and fig trees in sheltered areas. This special micro-climate is a prerequisite for a successful wine culture.

History

160 million years ago, during the Jurassic sea, to sea - dinosaurs roamed over Read Mountain. In the clay pit you can even now meet with ammonites and fossilized prehistoric plants.

Read Berg is mentioned in 1241 as Liebi mountain and in 1281 as Liesperch. The place, however, was earlier used as a settlement area, but was found on the municipality prehistoric flint blades, a late Roman villa and early medieval graves in the area of this villa.

Read mountain once belonged to the monastery of St. Blaise and then from 1271 to the Prince-Bishop's bailiwick clamps. Like so many other towns in the Jura was also this place in 1792 under French rule and in 1815 conferred upon the Congress of Vienna the Canton of Bern. After the establishment of the Jura canton of Bern separate area came in 1994 to the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The municipality has adopted the coat of arms in 1946.

Attractions

Economy

At the time of the Prince Bishops, as they stayed in Porrentruy in the 16th century, Lies mountain owned 14 hectares of vines on the sunny terrace. After the arrival of the phylloxera and mildew end of the 19th century, these vineyards were uprooted. A vineyard of about 52 arene in Lies mountain was reinvested only since the year 2000. Today there are about 2500 bottles, 1500 Red Cuvée de Saint -Martin ( Cabernet ) and 1000 White produced.

In the 18th century Lies mountain was a center of lime and cement manufacturing industry with massive rock excavation. In 1982, but made the biggest factory, the Portland Cement Laufen AG, closed its doors. In addition to small business but still dominated in the community agriculture, which provided more than two- thirds of all jobs in 2000. Read Mountain is the seat of Aluminium Laufen AG, a manufacturer of aluminum products.

Traffic

Although the community has a station on the Jura line from Basel to Biel, this is no longer served since May 1993 by the trains of the SBB. The community, however, connected by a post bus line every hour (morning and evening compacted ) with running ICN- and S-Bahn Station. In the valley the main road leading from Basel to Delémont over.