Oberdorf, Basel-Landschaft

Geschichte

Oberdorf is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.area = 6.19HistoryOberdorf is first mentioned in 835 as Honoltesuuilare. In 1345-89 it was mentioned as Onoltzwil in dem obern dorff and in 1491 it was mentioned as Oberdorf. Like Niederdorf it was part of the village of Onoldswil, until that village was dissolved in the 13th Century.GeographyOberdorf has an area, of 6.19km2. Of this area, 2.69km2 or 43.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.71km2 or 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79km2 or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 42.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.2% is used for growing crops and 25.5% is pastures, while 5.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in the Waldenburger Valley or Vorderen Frenken Valley on the old road over the Oberen Hauenstein Pass. It consists of the village of Oberdorf and 13 scattered farming settlements, which were all founded since the 19th Century.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend sinistre Argent and Azure, overall a Key sinister palewise counterchanged.