Oberwil, Basel-Landschaft

Oberwil

Oberwil (BL ) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel -Country in Switzerland.

Geography

Oberwil located 5 km from Basel to 316 m asl Leimental on the western slope of the brother wood. Its neighboring villages are Biel- Benken and the French Neuwiller in the west, in the south Therwil, Reinach in the southeast, and Bottmingen Binningen in the north, Allschwil in the northwest. The area of the municipality is 788 hectares, of which 45% agricultural land, 20 % forest, 34 % residential area and 1% non-productive area.

History

The municipal area of Oberwil they found remains from the Bronze, Iron and Roman times and early medieval pottery kilns. Around 1100 we first heard of Obervvilre. The area was from the Middle Ages to the possession of the Bishop of Basel, but in the meantime, the village, like many others Baselbieter villages, 1529-1585 known to the Reformation, but was always in the jurisdiction of the Prince Bishop of Basel. Bishop Jakob Christoph Blarer of Wartensee rekatholisierte his secular rule, so that all nine communities Birseckschen again returned to the Roman Catholic faith.

After the sinking of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel in 1792 also Oberwil was for a short time in the Raurachischen Republic and was then in the Napoleonic period, a part of France. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Birseck slammed the state of Basel, while the remaining parts of the prince-bishopric ( Laufental and Jura) came by the booth Bern.

In October 2005, the 10,000 population limit has been reached. Oberwil has since officially as a city.

Coat of arms

Red ground, in the middle of a vertical, silver pile shaft, which is the Birsig. To the right a standing silver key with an " O " in the key grip and left a standing silver sword. These two symbols stand for the church 's patron saints Peter and Paul.

Population

Today, 30 % of the population are Roman Catholic and reformed 29%. The proportion of foreigners is 17.8 %.

Policy

Community president is Lotti Stokar (NLO - Green; Stand 2012)

Traffic

Oberwil received with the opening of the narrow- Birsigtalbahn in 1887 a rail connection. Today the route is moderately infrastructure at the level of a light rail / metro and part of the Basel tram line 10, which runs all day in the 7.5 -minute intervals. At peak times ( weekday morning and evening and Saturday afternoon) runs also the tram line 17 In the municipality are to be found together with the stop " Oberwil " in the town center, the bus stops, " stables " in a residential area as well as " Hüslimatt " in the industrial area; there is also the largest tram and bus depot of Basel Land transport ( BLT). Driving time from Oberwil to the city center of Basel takes around 15 minutes to Basel SBB train station 20 minutes. In addition to the tram also connect several buses Oberwil with its neighboring commune in the Basel area.

Partnership

Partner community is in Aschau Tyrol ( Austria ).

Attractions

  • Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul stone cist graves from the Early Middle Ages
  • Häring -Huus, a late Gothic " Sigristenhaus "
  • Late Baroque presbytery from 1783 with romantic murals in the study and " panoramas of the environment" of 1820
  • Sprützehüsli, first built in 1827 schoolhouse and later Central Fire Station, which is a cultural center for exhibitions and events today

Personalities

  • Stephan Gschwind (1854-1904), entrepreneur
  • Marc Storace, lead singer of rock band Krokus
  • Marcel Fischer (born 1978 ), fencer, Olympic winner
  • Lucius Wildhaber ( b. 1937 ), lawyer at the ECHR
Arlesheim District Binningen, Switzerland Bronze Age Iron Age Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee Baselland Transport Basel SBB railway station Krokus (Band) Luzius Wildhaber Aesch, Basel-Landschaft Birsfelden Ettingen Muttenz Pfeffingen Municipalities of the canton of Basel-Landschaft
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