- Lausen
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Lausen
municipality_name = Lausen
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Lausen-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
image_photo = Lausen.jpg
image_caption = Lausen.
languages = German
canton = Basel-Country
iso-code-region = CH-BL
district = Liestal
lat_d=47|lat_m=28|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=46|long_EW=E
postal_code = 4415
municipality_code = 2828
area = 5.56
elevation = 343|elevation_description=
population = 4829|populationof=2003
website = www.lausen.ch
mayor = Ernst Dill-Gysin|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Bubendorf ,Hersberg ,Itingen ,Liestal ,Ramlinsburg ,Sissach
twintowns = |Lausen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of
Basel-Country inSwitzerland . It lies in the middle of theErgolz valley and has grown together withLiestal .The municipality was first mentioned in
1275 by the name "Langenso". In1305 it became the property of theBishop of Basel , passing in1400 to the city ofBasel . The remains of a deserted medieval settlement ("Wüstung") to the east of the Roman Catholic church is listed as a heritage site of national significance. [Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 69.]The most famous citizen of the municipality was the nineteenth-century mathematician
Johann Jakob Balmer .Steve Ballmer was made an honorary citizen of Lausen onOctober 4 ,2007 . His father, Hans Friedrich Balmer, was a citizen of Lausen before he emigrated to America and assumed the name "Frederick Ballmer".Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.lausen.ch Official Homepage] de icon
*HDS|1210|Lausen
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