Bottmingen

Geschichte

Bottmingen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.HistoryBottmingen is first mentioned in 1246 as Bothmingen.GeographyBottmingen has an area, of 2.99km2. Of this area, 0.77km2 or 25.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.55km2 or 18.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.61km2 or 53.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 34.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 14.0% is used for growing crops and 5.0% is pastures, while 6.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, along the Birsig river. Until 1837 it was part of Binningen. Over the course of the 19th century, it was absorbed by the agglomeration of Basel.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is described as "Two crossed figures on a red background whose meaning cannot be determined with certainty. It is the seal of the Basel aristocrat Schilling, the second owner of the Bottmingen castle."