Frenkendorf

History

Frenkendorf is first mentioned in 1249 as Frenchendorf.

Geography

Frenkendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 40.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.2% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old village center is located on a terrace above the Ergolz valley. After 1854, the settlement of Neu-Frenkendorf grew up in the valley along the Basel-Olten railway line.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,103
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,306
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,234
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,735
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  9,563
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  9,349
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,602
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,427

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany