Cultural Property of National Significance in the Canton of Basel-Country - Munchenstein, Arlesheim, Allschwil, Aesch, Basel-Country, Muttenz (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 79. Chapters: Munchenstein, Arlesheim, Allschwil, Aesch, Basel-Country, Muttenz, Liestal, Laufen, Switzerland, Sissach, Langenbruck, Birsfelden, Waldenburg, Switzerland, Reigoldswil, Bottmingen, Ormalingen, Augst, Lausen, Bubendorf, Laufelfingen, Duggingen, Itingen, Brislach, List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Basel-Landschaft, Pfeffingen, Buus, Maisprach, Oltingen, Rumlingen, Zunzgen, Bennwil, Ziefen, Nenzlingen, Lampenberg, Kilchberg, Basel-Country, Augusta Raurica, Schloss Ebenrain, Fortified Church of St. Arbogast, Birseck Castle. Excerpt: Munchenstein is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Ruins of Munchenstein Castle.Munchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as Kekingen. In 1270 it was mentioned as Geckingen and in 1279 as Munchenstein. Munchenstein rail disaster in 1881 Birs river at MunchensteinMunchenstein has an area, as of 2009, of 7.18 square kilometers (2.77 sq mi). Of this area, 1.12 km (0.43 sq mi) or 15.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.73 km (0.67 sq mi) or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.17 km (1.61 sq mi) or 58.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.15 km (37 acres) or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 23.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 12.5%. Out of the forested land, 23.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.6% is in lakes and 1.5% is in rivers an...