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Chienbäse is a Fasnacht tradition of Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. On the Sunday night after Ash Wednesday , the night before the Morgestraich in Basel city, a procession begins of people carrying burning bundles of pinewood chips (called Chienbäse , the Alemannic German for "pinewood besom") through the medieval town center along ...
Chienbäse procession with burning wood bundles and fire carts in Liestal, Switzerland (2013) Processions are found in almost every form of religious worship, such as Holy Week processions. Some biblical examples were the processions with the Ark of Covenant and the procession of Jesus on a donkey into Jerusalem. [30]
Rico Freiermuth (born 1958 in Liestal), a Swiss bobsledder, bronze medallist at the 1984 Winter Olympics; Adrian Knup (born 1968 in Liestal), is a Swiss retired football striker, 273 club caps and 49 for Switzerland; David Degen (born 1983 in Liestal), a former Swiss footballer, 269 club caps and 17 for Switzerland
Fastnacht mask in Swabia. Fastnacht is held in the settlement area of the Germanic tribes of the Swabians and Alemanni, where Swabian-Alemannic dialects are spoken. The region covers German Switzerland, the larger part of Baden-Württemberg, Alsace, south-western Bavaria and Vorarlberg (western Austria).
There were 11,599 or 21.3% who were born in the same canton, while 14,741 or 27.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 12,944 or 23.8% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 4 ] In 2008 [update] there were 363 live births to Swiss citizens and 159 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 355 deaths of Swiss citizens ...
This is a list of mayors of Liestal, Basel-Land, Switzerland. The mayor ( Stadtpräsident , earlier: Gemeindepräsident ) chairs the five-member city council ( Stadtrat ) of Liestal . [ 1 ]
This is a list of former municipalities of Switzerland, i.e. municipalities of Switzerland (German: Gemeinden, French: communes, Italian: comuni, Romansh: vischnancas) that no longer exist. In 1850, Switzerland had 3203 municipalities . [ 1 ]
A fire at the Star City amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. [235] October 22 – New Zealand International Convention Centre fire. A fire in the roof of an under-construction building led to disruption in Auckland's central business district for three days. [236] The fire was left to burn itself out, four were injured. [237]