The Association is the Swiss partner for the Upper Rhine cooperation and the competence centre to foster cross-border activities with France and Germany. It aims to provide incentives from the Swiss side designed to develop the Upper Rhine area into a cohesive European border region and to actively contribute to attaining this objective. Since it … Read more » “Association Regio Basiliensis”
The village of Stans is the capital of Canton Nidwalden. It is the oldest settlement in the Nidwalden Valley. The Roman name was Stagnum. The Alemanni settled in the 7th and 8th centuries, and they built the first churches. The Tagsatzung of Stans (meeting of the eight cities/Orte of the Confederation/Eidgenossenschaft) led to the Treaty … Read more » “Stans and Nidwalden”
Bubendorf is an old small Roman settlement. In the Middle Ages, the village fell under the Frohburgers, then the bishop of Basel and, from 1400, the city of Basel. The village was a health resort in the 17th century because of the springs. The revolt against the city of Basel started in Bubendorf in 1830. … Read more » “Bubendorf and Wildenstein Castle”
