Basel (Switzerland)

Basel or Basel is a city in the Northwest of Switzerland. The city is located on the Rhine and the Birs at an altitude of approximately 260 metres and is bordered to the Northwest by France and Germany to the Northeast.

Basel has approximately 173,000 inhabitants (June 2013), making it the third largest city of Switzerland by population is. The Metropolitan agglomeration, which also French (Saint-Louis) and German cities (Weil am Rhein, Lörrach) includes, has around 830,000 inhabitants (2004). The city covers almost entirely the Basel CantonBasel-Stadt. In the East of the city canton, however, are the more rural municipalities Riehen and Bettingen.

Basel is an important cultural center in Switzerland and seat of the Bank for International Settlements, an international central bank, which has named its plans to the city (Basel I and Basel II) and since 1976 is based in a remarkable Brown, round Office Tower, 70 m high, at the central station SBB.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Basel in the Nuremberg Chronicle(1493)Already in 374 ad, mention of a settlement on the Rhine, Basilea. In 740 Basel Episcopal city and the place was made a stormy development by mainly because the Bishops of Basel were powerful people. The territory was expanded with large fields and fields. Eventually arose an area on which city and country were called and talked about Basel Basel-Stadt (Basel-City) and Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Country ' ').
 * 2 administrative divisions
 * 3 cityscape
 * 3.1 points of interest
 * 3.2 street scene
 * 3.3 modern architecture
 * 4 Economy
 * 5 Transport
 * 6 Culture
 * 6.1 Art
 * 6.2 Sports
 * 7 sister cities
 * 8 born in Basel
 * 9 see also
 * 10 external links

On 18 October 1356, the town was largely destroyed by an earthquake. In 1417 raged in Basel a great City fire. From 1431 to 1449 found the Council of Basel place.

In 1501 Basel joined the Old Confederation as Canton Basel. Town and country In 1833 were at odds over various schemes so that the country of the city separated. From this moment on Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland so called halfkantons.

In november 1986 a fire broke out at the chemical company Sandoz in the industrial area of Schweizerhalle industrial area in Muttenz East of Basel. With run-off from toxic chemicals in the Rhine flowed, making half a million fish died. ==Administrative divisions[ Edit] == Basel consists of 19 Quartiere that are to the left and right of the Rhine .

Basel Quartieren<p len="4" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ==Cityscape<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Basel is located on either side of the Rhine; on the left bank is located on the right bank Small large Basel and Basel. The two city parts are connected by five bridges, one railway bridge. The Mittlere Rheinbrücke is the best known.
 * Quartiere left bank of the Rhine/large Basel: Altstadt Grossbasel, Vorstädte, Am Ring, Breite, St. Alban/Gellert, Bruderholz, Gundeldingen, Bachletten, Gotthelf, Iselin, St. Johann.
 * Quartiere right bank of the Rhine/small Basel: Altstadt Kleinbasel, Clara, Wettstein, Hirzbrunnen, Rosental, Matthäus Kleinhüningen and Klybeck and (1893 annexed).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">United Basel houses the historic center of the city with the 12th-century Münster of Basel as an important eye-catcher. The Marktplatz with the Gothic town hall and Art Nouveau buildings belongs to the more important squares. Another striking square is called locally the Barfüsserplatz: Barfi. The square takes its name from the Franciscans here ever had their monastery and barefoot, barfuss either milling about. The residential areas in large Basel have a green, park-like character.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Kleinbasel, North/East of the Rhine, is the cityscape what more messy and more industrial. These features make Small-Basel a popular town among young people for both live when going out. In Kleinbasel is also the Messe, where each year many large exhibition be organized including Art Basel. On the banks of the Rhine to mainly in the suburbs, such as the extensive industrial sites are located against Germany Kleinhüningen,. There are some tall office buildings in Kleinbasel (partially under construction), such as the 105 m high Messeturm (2003) with 31 floors and the 178 m high Roche-Turm (2015) with 41 floors, the latter will be Switzerland's tallest building at completion. ===Points Of Interest<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Basel and the Rhine
 * <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Munster of Basel


 * <p lang="en" len="286" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The City Hall of Basel


 * <p lang="en" len="23" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The Mittlere Rheinbrücke

===Street Scene<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * <p lang="en" len="32" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Typical basilisks source in Basel
 * <p lang="en" len="8" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Gems Mountain
 * <p lang="en" len="30" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Steinenberg-Sankt Alban Graben


 * <p lang="en" len="14" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Barfüssenplatz


 * <p lang="en" len="11" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Klosterberg

===Modern architecture<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Basel is one of the most important European centres for contemporary architecture. The Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron in 2001 won the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel Prize for architecture. They designed the Tate Modern museum in London, the Pradastore in Tokyo and the Olympic Stadium for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
 * <p lang="en" len="34" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Monumental building on the Maño

<p lang="en" len="127" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Some examples of contemporary architecture in Basel with the history of the year and the name of the respective designer (s):

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the field of furniture manufacturer Vitra in the Basle trinational conurbation belonging to the German town of Weil am Rhein are further important buildings of Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Álvaro Siza. ==Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Messezentrum Basel<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The pharmaceutical and chemical industry is the main industry, with head offices of companies such as Novartis, Roche, Syngenta and Ciba. In addition the city is a major international hub of railand motorways. Furthermore Basel is a financial centre with offices of insurance companies and banks, though the importance of this sector by a gradual shift to Zurich over the years declined. The city is also seat of the International Bank for payment systems (Bank for International Settlements) that regulates the payment traffic.
 * 1995: Bank building Aeschenplatz- Mario Botta
 * 1996: Tinguely Museum -Mario Botta
 * 1997: Fondation Beyeler - Renzo Piano
 * 1999: Peter-Merian-Haus-Hans Zwimpfer, with facades of Visual artist Donald Judd
 * 2003: Messeturm Morger Degelo Marques-
 * 2005: office building Elsässertor-Herzog & de Meuron
 * 2005: Novartis office building-Diener, and Irene Grundel Wiederin

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Thanks to the great location of the city, on the border with France and Germany is the logistics and transport industry is strongly represented. The goods station of the railways is the largest in Switzerland. From the 90 's of the 20th century is the information and communications industry strong in attendance.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Mustermesse Basel is the largest stock exchange in the country. International conferences and trade shows take place here. The Convention Center is located in small Basel. ==Transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Badischer Bahnhof<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Basel is an important international railway verkeersknooppunt where German, French and Swiss long-distance connections meet. In addition, large local rail network, theRegion S-Bahn Basel. Basel has two large tram companies, the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe for the city and the Baselland transport for the suburbs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 1953 the city possesses an airport, lying on French territory. Germany, France and Switzerland both have an interest in this trinational airport is EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg calls it. The airport maintains connections with almost all major European cities. ==Culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="526" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Bazelduits spoken in this city is the only Nederalemannische dialect spoken in Switzerland. ===Art<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Basel is a major cultural city. The city has 41 museums, including the most important:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The theatre Basel international has a good name. The main hall seats up to 1000 people. ===Sports<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="757" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The largest, best known and most popular football club from FC Baselis Basel, the club plays at the St. Jakob-Park where in 2008 under more matches for the UEFA Euro 2008 were played. ==Cities band<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Born in Basel<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="473" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,95);">Desiderius Erasmus is buried in the Munster, after he had spent last years of his life in Basel.
 * Kunstmuseum Basel
 * Kunstmuseum Basel, ' Kupferstichkabinett '
 * Museum für Gegenwartskunst
 * Kunsthalle Basel
 * Tinguely Museum
 * Fondation Beyeler
 * Antikenmuseum
 * Rotterdam (Netherlands), since 1945
 * Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486), Swiss/German composer
 * Jakob Bernoulli (1654), Swiss mathematician and physicist
 * Johan Bernoulli (1667), Swiss mathematician
 * Nikolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Swiss mathematician
 * Leonhard Euler (1707), Swiss mathematician
 * Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Swiss historian
 * Karl Barth (1886), Swiss theologian
 * Hannes Meyer (1889-1954), Swiss architect
 * Alice Eckenstein (1890-1984), Swiss aid worker WW I
 * René Matthes (1897-1967), composer, conductor and percussionist
 * Marc Allégret (1900-1973), French film director
 * Donald Brun (1909-1999), Swiss artist
 * Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913), Swiss politician
 * Eléonore Hirt (1919), French actress
 * Marthe Keller (1943), Swiss actress
 * Peter Zumthor (1943), Swiss architect
 * David Brandes (1968), German/Swiss songwriter and producer
 * Murat Yakin (1974), Swiss footballer
 * Hakan Yakin (1977), Swiss footballer
 * Patty Schnyder (1978), Swiss tennis player
 * Alexander Frei (1979), Swiss footballer
 * Roger Federer (1981), Swiss tennis player
 * Marco Streller (1981), Swiss footballer
 * Eren Derdiyok (1988), Swiss footballer
 * Taulant Xhaka (1991), Swiss footballer
 * Abcd A.r (1993), Swiss footballer
 * Maria A.r (1993), Swiss footballer
 * Miloš Veljković (1995), Serbian footballer