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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 ...
Liestal is home to 2 libraries. These libraries include; the Kantonsbibliothek Baselland and the Pädagogische Hochschule in Liestal. There was a combined total (as of 2008 [update] ) of 249,271 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 757,718 items were loaned out.
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.
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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 ...
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Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country, informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (/ ˌ b ɑː z ə l ˈ l æ n d ʃ ɑː f t /; German: Kanton Basel-Landschaft [ˈkantɔn ˌbaːzl̩ ˈlantʃaft] ⓘ; Romansh: Chantun Basilea-Champagna; French: Canton de Bâle-Campagne [bɑl.kɑ̃.paɲ]; Italian: Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
There were 7 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 13 non-Swiss men and 24 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 6 and the non-Swiss population ...