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Münchenstein commune (Baselland canton, Switzerland)

• Arlesheim district
• Baselland canton
• Switzerland

Münchenstein

Argent, a Monk (German:Mönch) Proper passant habited (unhooded) Sable and booted Gules.
Christopher Southworth

This is not a monk at all – seeMünchenstein'swebsite. A guy named Münch built a castle here c. 1270. That castle(Stein) gave the village its name. Blazon in German is: "Seit1946. Auf silbernem Grund ein schwarzer, barhäuptiger, rot beschuhter Mönch.Das Wappen entspricht dem Siegel des bischöflich-baslerischenMinisterialengeschlechts Münch. Flagge: weiss-schwarz (
CoA: Since 1946. Argent, a Monk habited unhooded Sable and shoed Gulespassant. The arms are like the seal of the episcopal-Baselian family of bondednobility Münch. Flag: WN.
Jarig Bakker, 13 November 2001

[Of course the emblem shows a monk – that's what the blazon says too. This does notchange the fact that it was historically incorrectly derived. –Ed.]

Information from Münchenstein'swebsite:
Münchenstein is called Kekingen at its first written mention in 1196. In 1270, the name Geckingenappears in a deed of donation from Basel Cathedral.
Today's place name appears for the first time in 1295 in the formMünchenstein. It means:"castle rock of the Münchs". The wordMünch refers to the builders of the castle namedafter them, the episcopal servants from the Münch family. The wordStein used to be a common term for castles that stood on rocks.
In 1334, the change of name is explicitly mentioned in a document issued by the cathedral chapter of Basel:Geckingen que nunc Münchenstein appellatur (Geckingen, which is now called Münchenstein).
In 1421 the umlaut "ö" was used and the village was written asMönchenstein. This namelasted until 1881. With the municipal law of 1881, the name Münchenstein was officiallyre-introduced.