Nenzlingen

Nenzlingen ( Baselbieter German: Aenzlige ) is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel -Country in Switzerland.

Geography

Nenzlingen situated in the Laufental to 447 m asl the Blue - south slope above the river Birs. Neighboring municipalities are Blue BL, Brislach, clamps, Grellingen and Pfeffingen BL.

History

The area of Nenzlingen was inhabited early on, but was found in 1944 in the Birsmatten base grotto a grave from the Middle Stone Age (about 4000 BC ) with a female skeleton, the oldest Swiss. The crossing of the pass between the plate and the Birstal Laufental above the village used the Celts and Romans.

Documented the settlement was first mentioned in December 1298, when the Domdekan Heinrich von Bechburg gave his son Konrad country on the brother wood, which nudged to the goods of the locust dicti de Nenzlingen. Early crumbled castle on the Kuenisberg the plate pass, probably during the earthquake of Basel in 1356.

In 1408, Mr. Hans Ludemann of Rothenberg and the Lords of Ramstein feudatories were. In 1462 the Bishop of Basel purchased the south of the Blue villages of Emperor Friedrich III. as an imperial fief and she suggested to the Bailiwick of clamps.

In 1792, the French marched into Laufental and Nenzlingen first belonged to Raurachischen Republic, and from 1793 to the Département du Mont- Terrible. In 1815 the village was hit by the decision of the Congress of Vienna, federally and in the canton of Bern. On 1 January 1994 the municipality was able to decide in connection with the founding of the Canton of Jura for the change to the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

Coat of arms

Divided plate: Left red with a silver key, origin unknown - right silver with a blue bar with attached half blue lily, the emblem of the rule Pfeffingen to which the community once belonged. The coat of arms is since about 1900 and is known in this way since 1946 flag. Weissrotblau.

Economy

Agriculture, commuters to running and Basel.

Traffic

The community is located just off the main road from Basel to Laufen Aesch - Delémont and is connected to this with a road. In addition, the village is connected by a line of the mail car of the train station and forcing over Dittingen with running. The nearest train station is at the Jura Bahn stations are compelling and Grellingen (approx. 6 km ).

Attractions

  • Baroque village church St. Oswald
  • Old Schoolhouse
  • Lookout Eggfluh
  • Glögglifels ( about 1.2 km east of the village )
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