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Liestal (in former times Liesthal) is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Basel-Country
Basel-Country

Basel-Country is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal. It shares borders with the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Solothurn , Canton of Jura and Aargau, and with the France r?gion of Alsace and the Germany state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
 in Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, 17 km south of Basel
Basel

Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
.

It is an industrial town with a cobble-street Old Town.

name Lihstal was first mentioned in 1189, and the settlement dates at least from Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times. The development of the town is due to its strategic location on the road between the first bridge over the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 at Basel and the St. Gotthard Pass
St. Gotthard Pass

St. Gotthard Pass is a high mountain pass in Switzerland between Airolo in the Cantons of Switzerland of Ticino, and G?schenen in the canton of Uri, connecting the northern German-speaking part of Switzerland with the Italian-speaking part, along the route onwards to Milan....
.

Citizens of Liestal participated in the Burgundian Wars
Burgundian Wars

The Burgundian Wars were a conflict between the Duchy of Burgundy and the Valois Dynasty, later involving the Old Swiss Confederacy, which would play a decisive role....
 in 1476 and 1477 against Charles the Bold.






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Liestal (in former times Liesthal) is the capital of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Basel-Country
Basel-Country

Basel-Country is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal. It shares borders with the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Solothurn , Canton of Jura and Aargau, and with the France r?gion of Alsace and the Germany state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
 in Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, 17 km south of Basel
Basel

Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
.

It is an industrial town with a cobble-street Old Town.

History

The name Lihstal was first mentioned in 1189, and the settlement dates at least from Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times. The development of the town is due to its strategic location on the road between the first bridge over the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 at Basel and the St. Gotthard Pass
St. Gotthard Pass

St. Gotthard Pass is a high mountain pass in Switzerland between Airolo in the Cantons of Switzerland of Ticino, and G?schenen in the canton of Uri, connecting the northern German-speaking part of Switzerland with the Italian-speaking part, along the route onwards to Milan....
.

Citizens of Liestal participated in the Burgundian Wars
Burgundian Wars

The Burgundian Wars were a conflict between the Duchy of Burgundy and the Valois Dynasty, later involving the Old Swiss Confederacy, which would play a decisive role....
 in 1476 and 1477 against Charles the Bold. In 1501, the mayor swore allegiance to the Swiss Confederation, and this caused repeated conflict with neighboring Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden

File:Rheinfelden Feldschloesschen.jpgRheinfelden is a municipalities of Switzerland in the Cantons of Switzerland of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden ....
, which belonged to the Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
s.

In the 17th century, Liestal rebelled against Basel as part of the Farmers' Rebellion and was occupied by troops from that city. Three leaders of the rebellion were beheaded in Basel.

In 1789, the town enthusiastically hailed the French call for freedom and equality. It celebrated Napoleon, when he traveled through town in 1797. After his fall, the earlier subjection to Basel was re-established.

The French July Revolution of 1830 also caused upheaval in Liestal. A provisional government was established, and the town was chosen as the capital of a new canton on March 17, 1832.

Numbers and facts

  • Area: 18 km², of it 10 km² forest
  • Temperature: 10.1 °C (yearly temperature), 2.1 °C (January temperature), 20.8 °C (July temperature)
  • Rain: Precipitation per year 933 mm


Customs

On the Sunday night after Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras

The terms "Mardi Gras" and "Mardi Gras season", in English language, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, ending on the day before Ash Wednesday....
, Chienbäse is celebrated with a spectacular parade and bonfires, known as Chienbäse. The tradition goes back at least to the 16th century. Other towns in the neighborhood also celebrate in a similar manner.

Other local festivals are the following:
  • Santichlaus-Ylüüte
  • Banntag


Sister cities

Onex
Onex, Switzerland

Onex is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the Cantons of Switzerland of Geneva in Switzerland.ReferencesExternal links ...
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, USA Waldkirch
Waldkirch

Waldkirch is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is known as "the place of mechanical organs", where Barrel organs are manufactured and played on the streets from well-known manufacturers, such as A....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....


See also

  • Waldenburgerbahn


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