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46-789: Seyler is a surname, and may refer to: Seyler family , a Swiss-German family of artists and bankers, including Abel Seyler (1730–1801), Swiss theatre director Friederike Sophie Seyler (1737/38–1789), German actress and librettist Ludwig Edwin Seyler (1758–1836), German banker Seyler theatrical company Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty Athene Seyler (1889–1990), English actress Harry E. Seyler (1908–1994), American politician and educator Tomas Seyler (born 1974), German darts player See also [ edit ] Hoppe-Seyler Seiler Sailer (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

92-494: A member of the Hamburg Parliament (Erbgesessene Bürgerschaft). He was the brother in law of Hamburg senator Johann Heinrich Gossler and the uncle of First Mayor (head of state) Hermann Gossler . Ludwig Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler were the parents of The only daughter of Abel Seyler, Sophie Marie Katharina Seyler (1762–1833), who was regarded as strikingly beautiful, was married (1781) to their distant relative,

138-505: A second father to his wife's orphaned younger siblings, and in 1864 he formally adopted his 25 years younger brother in law, the later noted physiologist and chemist Felix Hoppe-Seyler , who added the Seyler name to his birth name. The second son of Abel Seyler, Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (1758–1836), was married to Anna Henriette Gossler (1771–1836), a member of the Hamburg Hanseatic Berenberg-Gossler banking dynasty , who

184-543: A total of 5,584 households that answered this question, 34.7% were households made up of just one person and 30 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,585 married couples without children, 1,505 married couples with children. There were 286 single parents with a child or children. There were 109 households that were made up unrelated people and 134 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing. In 2000 there were 1,470 single family homes (or 59.3% of

230-581: A wealthy businessman there. He established the bank Seyler & Tillemann with his business associate Johann Martin Tillemann , which speculated heavily on currency debasement during the Seven Years' War . The company went spectacularly bankrupt in what was termed a "malicious bankruptcy" with 3 million Mark Banco , an enormous sum, in debts, but Seyler and Tillemann were able to retain some of their fortunes. Subsequently, Seyler devoted himself completely to

276-551: Is 1,620 people or 12.0% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 593 people or 4.4% who are over 80. As of 2000 , there were 5,441 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,993 married individuals, 751 widows or widowers and 745 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000 , there were 5,450 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 1,935 households that consist of only one person and 322 households with five or more people. Out of

322-413: Is also credited with introducing Shakespeare to a German language audience. He inter alia commissioned the play Sturm und Drang by Klinger , that gave its name to the era. In 1754, Abel Seyler married Sophie Elisabeth Andreae (1730–1764), the daughter of the wealthy Hanover court pharmacist Leopold Andreae (1686–1730) and the sister of the renowned natural scientist J.G.R. Andreae . They were

368-641: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Seyler family Among the earliest known family members are Johannes Seyler, who was a councillor in Liestal in 1445, and Martin Seyler, a Schultheiß (mayor) of Liestal in 1477. Balthasar Seyler (died 1460) was a canon and dean of the Stift of St. Peter. Magister Friedrich Seyler (1603–1676), a native of Basel , first served as parish priest of Bichwyl and Lütisburg in St. Gallen , later as teacher and rector of

414-492: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.35 km (1.68 sq mi) or 23.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km (25 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of

460-593: Is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, 17 km (11 mi) south of Basel . Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town. The official language of Liestal is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German , but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The name Liestal was first mentioned in 1225, and

506-536: Is the capital of the canton of Basel-Country. The old town is situated on a rocky outcrop between the Ergolz and Orisbach rivers and between Basel and the Jura Mountains . The town is fan-shaped, consisting of a wide main street (Gassenmarkt) and two side streets. In the 18th century small suburbs developed around the lower and the upper city gates. In the 17th century the commercial district of Gestadeck developed along

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552-737: The Frenkenbrücke (bridge), the Munzach which was a Roman farmhouse, the Roman aqueduct and the Cantonal Archive of Basel-Landschaft are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance . The entire old town of Liestal is listed in the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 25.95% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were

598-599: The Habsburgs . In the 17th century, Liestal rebelled against Basel as part of the Farmers' Rebellion and was occupied by troops from that city. Three leaders of the rebellion were beheaded in Basel. In 1789, the town enthusiastically hailed the French call for freedom and equality. It celebrated Napoleon , when he traveled through town in 1797. After his fall, the earlier subjection to Basel

644-632: The SVP (25.05%), the FDP (18.83%) and the Green Party (17.23%). In the federal election, a total of 4,243 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.8%. As of  2007 , Liestal had an unemployment rate of 2.75%. As of 2005 , there were 160 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 2,324 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 145 businesses in this sector. 10,189 people were employed in

690-560: The Schule auf Burg gymnasium in Basel , and then again as parish priest, and obtained the Basel burghership in 1670. He was married to Rosina Stöcklin (1612–1681), daughter of the Basel council member Matthys Stöcklin (1577-1649), and they were the parents of Margaretha Seyler (1639–1695), who married Professor of Ethics, Rhetoric and Law Simon Battier (1629–1681), and of the noted Calvinist theologian Friedrich Seyler (1642–1708). Friedrich Seyler

736-598: The Sturm und Drang poet Johann Anton Leisewitz , the author of Julius of Taranto . They had no children. Gules , a rising deer , argent , with antler and cloven hooves, Or , that is, a rising white deer with golden antler and cloven hooves in a red shield. Sometimes the arms also includes a green base or mountain, e.g. in the arms of mayor of Liestal Adam Seiler from 1587. Liestal Liestal ( Alemannic German: [ˈliə̯ʃd̥l̩] , Standard German: [ˈliːstal] ), formerly spelled Liesthal ,

782-440: The surname Seyler . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seyler&oldid=996788161 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

828-441: The tertiary sector , with 824 businesses in this sector. There were 6,829 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which women made up 44.9% of the workforce. In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 10,921. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 50, of which 36 were in agriculture, 12 were in forestry or lumber production and 2 were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in

874-437: The area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 57.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.7% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams. The municipality

920-604: The bank by marrying her in 1768, as her father had no male heirs and as the Hamburg branch of the Berenberg family was becoming extinct in the male line. In 1788, Gossler took on Seyler, his son-in-law, as the new partner, and following Gossler's death in 1790, Ludwig Seyler became head of the firm. Ludwig Seyler served, inter alia , as President of the Commerz-Deputation (1817–18), one of Hamburg's three main political bodies, and as

966-595: The canal. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent, a crozier issuant Gules, and Gules. Liestal has a population (as of June 2021 ) of 14,963. As of 2008 , 23.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (10,759 or 83.2%), with Italian being second most common (660 or 5.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (276 or 2.1%). There are 122 people who speak French and 12 people who speak Romansh . As of 2008 ,

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1012-559: The following: Liestal railway station is on the Swiss Federal Railway 's Hauenstein main line , which connects Basel and Olten . It is served by five trains per hour to Basel, four trains per hour to Olten, and hourly trains to Bern , Lucerne and Zürich . Several trains a day operate through to Frankfurt and Berlin . The station is also the junction for, and terminus of, the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway , which operates

1058-750: The gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. The population was made up of 10,104 Swiss citizens (74.6% of the population), and 3,447 non-Swiss residents (25.4%) Of the population in the municipality 3,257 or about 25.2% were born in Liestal and lived there in 2000. There were 2,648 or 20.5% who were born in the same canton, while 3,406 or 26.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,129 or 24.2% were born outside of Switzerland. In 2008 there were 102 live births to Swiss citizens and 44 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 109 deaths of Swiss citizens and 7 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration,

1104-408: The insurance or financial industry, 638 or 7.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 660 or 7.6% were in education and 2,819 or 32.5% were in health care. In 2000 , there were 10,031 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,911 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 5.3% of

1150-687: The municipality. 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 ) of 249,271 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 757,718 items were loaned out. In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Liestal

1196-420: The municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 1,710. There were 268 single room apartments and 1,538 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 5,316 apartments (90.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 379 apartments (6.4%) were seasonally occupied and 181 apartments (3.1%) were empty. As of 2007 , the construction rate of new housing units

1242-417: The parents of the theologian Dr.theol. Abel Seyler (1684–1767), who was parish priest of Frenkendorf-Munzach in the Liestal district of Basel from 1714 to 1763. Abel Seyler was married to Anna Katharina Burckhardt (1694–1773), a member of the Basel patrician Burckhardt family and the daughter of Johann Rudolf Burckhardt and Anna Maria Merian , and granddaughter of Susanna Faesch . Anna Katharina Burckhardt

1288-559: The parents of two sons and a daughter, the court pharmacist and Illuminati member Abel Jacob Gerhard Seyler , the prominent Hamburg banker Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (1758–1836) and Sophie Marie Katharina Seyler (1762–1833). Following the death of their mother in 1764, the Seyler children grew up with their uncle J.G.R. Andreae in Hanover and hardly saw their biological father for the rest of his life. In 1772, Abel Seyler married his long-time mistress Friederike Sophie Seyler (1737/1738–1789), who

1334-428: The population of Swiss citizens decreased by 7 while the foreign population increased by 37. There were 5 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland and 4 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 41 non-Swiss men and 41 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)

1380-658: The population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 452 individuals (or about 3.50% of the population) did not answer the question. In Liestal about 4,911 or (38.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 1,895 or (14.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 1,895 who completed tertiary schooling, 59.3% were Swiss men, 25.1% were Swiss women, 9.0% were non-Swiss men and 6.6% were non-Swiss women. As of 2000 , there were 2,096 students in Liestal who came from another municipality, while 220 residents attended schools outside

1426-603: The population), there were 36 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 383 individuals (or about 2.96% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 8 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who were Jewish , and 699 (or about 5.41% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 31 individuals who were Buddhist , 119 individuals who were Hindu and 30 individuals who belonged to another church. 1,644 (or about 12.71% of

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1472-437: The secondary sector was 2,204, of which 1,107 or (50.2%) were in manufacturing and 896 (40.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 8,667. In the tertiary sector; 899 or 10.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 348 or 4.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 258 or 3.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 117 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 651 or 7.5% were

1518-668: The settlement dates at least from Roman times. The development of the town is due to its strategic location on the road between the first bridge over the Rhine at Basel and the St. Gotthard Pass . Citizens of Liestal participated in the Burgundian Wars in 1476 and 1477 against Charles the Bold . In 1501, the mayor swore allegiance to the Swiss Confederation, and this caused repeated conflict with neighboring Rheinfelden , which belonged to

1564-595: The theatre, first as the main financial backer of the Hamburgische Entreprise (the Hamburg National Theatre), collaborating closely with its dramaturge Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , and subsequently as the founder and director of the Seyler theatrical company , becoming "the leading patron of German theatre" in his lifetime and employing some of Germany's foremost actors, playwrights and composers. Abel Seyler

1610-501: The total) out of a total of 2,479 inhabited buildings. There were 474 multi-family buildings (19.1%), along with 301 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (12.1%) and 234 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (9.4%). Of the single family homes 141 were built before 1919, while 241 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (353) were built between 1919 and 1945. In 2000 there were 5,876 apartments in

1656-526: The workforce coming into Liestal are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.2% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 25.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 35.7% used a private car. From the 2000 census , 3,641 or 28.2% were Roman Catholic , while 5,626 or 43.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there were 261 members of an Orthodox church (or about 2.02% of

1702-492: Was 1.7 per thousand residents. This rate is 88.9% greater than the rate in the canton but is only 34.7% of the rate for the entire country. On the Sunday night after Mardi Gras , Chienbäse is celebrated with a spectacular parade and bonfires, from which the celebration takes its name. The tradition goes back at least to the 16th century. Other towns in the neighborhood also celebrate in a similar manner. Other local festivals are

1748-452: Was 2.2 new units per 1000 residents. As of 2000 the average price to rent a two-room apartment was about 871.00 CHF (US$ 700, £390, €560), a three-room apartment was about 1063.00 CHF (US$ 850, £480, €680) and a four-room apartment cost an average of 1260.00 CHF (US$ 1010, £570, €810). The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008 , was 1.21%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Depot of Archeology of Basel-land,

1794-465: Was 73.2 per thousand residents, slightly higher than the national average (64.6 per thousand). During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 6.1 per thousand residents. This rate is 103.3% greater than the rate in the district, additionally it is 125.9% greater than the rate in the canton, however, due to lower rates in the district and canton it is still only 61.6% of the national rate. The rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws

1840-510: Was a descendant of the famous publisher and humanist Johann Froben and many of her ancestors had been councillors and burgomasters of Basel. Abel Seyler the Elder and Anna Katharina Burckhardt were the parents of Elisabeth Seyler (1715–1798), married to parish priest Daniel Merian (1700–1779), and businessman and famed theatre director Abel Seyler (1730–1801). Abel Seyler (1730–1801) emigrated from Liestal to Hamburg and established himself as

1886-600: Was alongside Friederike Caroline Neuber Germany's leading actress of the 18th century, and who wrote the Singspiel Hüon und Amande that was a major inspiration for the libretto of the opera The Magic Flute . They had no children. The oldest son of Abel Seyler, Abel Jacob Gerhard Seyler (1756–1805), was court pharmacist in Celle 1791–1803 and also inherited the Andreae & Co. pharmacy with his two siblings as co-heirs, which

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1932-575: Was an increase of 80 and the non-Swiss population decreased by 36 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.3%. The age distribution, as of 2010 , in Liestal is; 917 children or 6.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 1,827 teenagers or 13.5% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,924 people or 14.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,828 people or 13.5% are between 30 and 39, 2,137 people or 15.8% are between 40 and 49, and 2,705 people or 20.0% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution

1978-538: Was pastor at St. Peter's Church in Basel and wrote a history of Anabaptism and a refutation of Anabaptist "errors." In 1672, he married Elisabeth Socin (born 1655), who belonged to an Italian-origined noble family and who was the daughter of the Basel judge, member of the Grand Council and envoy to the French court Abel Socin (1632–1695) and Maria Hummel (1635–1681), as well as a niece of Basel burgomaster Emanuel Socin . Friedrich Seyler and Elisabeth Socin were

2024-442: Was re-established. The French July Revolution of 1830 also caused upheaval in Liestal. A provisional government was established, and the town was chosen as the capital of a new canton on 17 March 1832. Liestal has an area, as of 2009 , of 18.19 square kilometers (7.02 sq mi). Of this area, 2.99 km (1.15 sq mi) or 16.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.68 km (4.12 sq mi) or 58.7%

2070-514: Was sold in 1803. He was married to Karoline Auguste Luise Klügel (1770–1841), a daughter of the noted mathematician and physicist Georg Simon Klügel . Their only son was Georg August Wilhelm Seyler (1800–1866), a doctor of theology and pastor in Annaburg . He was married (1826) to Klara Franziska Hoppe, a daughter of the Freiburg superintendent (bishop) Ernst August Dankegott Hoppe. Georg Seyler became

2116-506: Was the eldest daughter of banker Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg (1749–1822). Elisabeth Berenberg was the only heir of the Flemish -origined Berenberg banking family of grand burghers who established Berenberg Bank in 1590, and her grandfather Rudolf Berenberg had become a senator in 1735. She was also descended from the Welser family. Johann Hinrich Gossler had become owner of

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