Liestal

Liestal is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, 17 km south of Basel. Liestal is an commercial town with a cobbled-avenue Old Town. The legitimate language of Liestal is the Swiss kind of Standard German, however the principal spoken language is the neighborhood version of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The name Liestal became first mentioned in 1225, and the agreement dates as a minimum from Roman instances.

The development of the city is because of its strategic place on the road between the first bridge over the Rhine at Basel and the St. Gotthard Pass. Citizens of Liestal participated within the Burgundian Wars in 1476 and 1477 towards Charles the Bold. In 1501, the mayor swore allegiance to the Swiss Confederation, and this brought on repeated war with neighboring Rheinfelden, which belonged to the Habsburgs. In the 17th century, Liestal rebelled in opposition to Basel as part of the Farmers' Rebellion and became occupied through troops from that city. Three leaders of the rebellion had been beheaded in Basel.