Allschwil

Geschichte

Allschwil is a statistic town and a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.Allschwil is a seamless suburb of Basel and is located between Basel to the east and Alsace in France to the west.The official language of Allschwil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.HistoryThe modern municipality of Allschwil is first mentioned in 1118 as Almswilre.Prehistoric AllschwilThe region around Allschwil has been occupied since at least the Middle Paleolithic. Archeological finds from the municipality include a few scattered Middle Paleolithic items, cups from the Glockenbecherkultur (c. 2400–1800 BC), a mid-Bronze Age hoard (presumably a metal depot) and a Hallstatt culture settlement at in den Vogelgärten. In 1937, at New-Allschwil, a Gallo-Roman cremation cemetery (from c. AD 25–60) was discovered. It is one of the oldest in northern Switzerland. It is possible that the Roman road station Arialbinum (mentioned in "Antonine Itinerary" and "Tabula Peutingeriana") may correspond to Allschwil.