Binningen
Country Switzerland Canton Basel-Country District Arlesheim 47°32′N 7°34′E / 47.533°N 7.567°E / 47.533; 7.567Coordinates: 47°32′N 7°34′E / 47.533°N 7.567°E / 47.533; 7.567
Population	14,533 (December 2008[update])
- Density	3,281 /km2 (8,497 /sq mi)
Area	4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Elevation	292 m (958 ft)
Postal code	4102
SFOS number	2765
Surrounded by	Allschwil, Basel (BS), Bottmingen, Oberwil
Website	www.binningen.ch SFSO statistics
Binningen

Binningen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel.

[edit] Banner

Said to be on a "silver backdrop with a black arrow and three silver stars".

The municipality banner is confirmed to be from the time period between 1292 and 1300. Back then, the banner was the family banner of the family "von Binningen" from Basel, who acquired the medieval town in 1921.

[edit] History

Various versions of the name Binningen appear in records dating from between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, such as "Binnengin" and "Biningin". In 2004 the municipality was able to celebrate the thousand year anniversary of the first recorded use of the name Binningen, from a record dating back to 1004.

[edit] Sights

• Allschwiler forest: nature reservoire on the Western end of Binningen
• Astronomic observatory from the University of Basel
• Binningen castle: former lake castle, which was built in the 13th century and belongs now to the municipality of Binningen. Since 1870 it has a restaurant in it and since 2007 an adjacent hotel.

Zoo Basels South entrance, North of Binningen

• Catholic church
• Holee castle from 1550: is now in private ownership
• Ice statium St. Margarethen
• Monteverdi Car Collection: largest Swiss car museum
• Neubad Inn: former wellness bath built in 1765
• Sunbath St. Margarethen
• St. Margarethen: church on the Margarethen hill
• Ortsmuseum (town museum)
• Zoo Basel (on Binningen ground no public access - public entrance just outside of city limits

[edit] Famous People

• Roger Federer (* 1981), born in Binningen (Canton Hospital)
• Hans Fünfschilling (* 1940), Basel-Country senator (1999-2007)
• Curt Goetz (1888–1960), actor, author, screenwriter; and Hollywood film director; spent early youth in Binningen and called his autobiography „Die Memoiren des Peterhans von Binningen“ (Peterhans's Memories from Binningen)
• René C. Jäggi (* 1948), business man, lived in Binningen
• Claude Janiak (* 1948), lawyer, politician, and president of the Swiss National Council (2005/2006 term)
• Peter Monteverdi (1934–1998), car manufacturer, born in Binningen
• Bruno Sidler (* ?), CEO of Panalpina 1998-2006, lived in Binningen

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[edit] External links

• Official website (German)
• Binningen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

[edit] References

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