Liestal

Geography

Located at 6 km in the south of Augst and 17 km in the south-east of Basle, she leans with the last buttresses of the the Jura, with the meeting held on the two roads of the Hauenstein. Of a surface of: 1821 hectares of which: 1077 of forests, its altitude is of 327 m (at the station). The common one counts: 13000 inhabitants (in 2003), including one small half of Protestant and a Catholic quarter of S.

History

So archeologists put at the day of the pieces of Poterie and of the Silex old of approximately 7500 years (older indices of sedentary habitat in Central Europe), the locality is not mentioned for the first time in 1189. It is high with the row of city in 1240.

Economy

Santhera, medicinal products
Hanro, textile group
Huber Instruments, manufacturer of measuring instruments
Magnetic, electrical motors

Transport

Railway line CF Basle - Olten, to 14 km of Basle and to 25 km of Olten
Railway line Liestal- Waldenburg
Ligne of the bus for Basle, Lausen, Füllinsdorf, Reigoldswil and Frenkendorf
Autoroute A2, left 8

Schools

Training center of Liestal (CFL), school of the customs

Personalities

David Degen, footballer
Philipp Degen, footballer
Enrico Marini, draftsman of data base
Albert Schweizer, painter
Carl Spitteler, writer

Media

the Basellandschaftliche Zeitung

Monuments

Obertor (carries higher)
reformed Church, built at the time of the foundation of the city
Town hall, rebuilt in 1568
Olsbergerhof, house patrician of 1571

Museums

the cantonal Musée of Basle-Countryside presents to it in particular the Rubanerie, activity introduced by the Protestant refugees into second half of the 16th century.
Museum of the harmoniums

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