On 27 February 2020, the Bundesrat/Conseil fédéral (the national government) and the canton of Basel-Stadt decided to cancel the Fasnacht of 2020 (from 2 to 4 March) because of the Covid epidemic. The disappointment was omnipresent, but the following year, the cancellation was self-evident. Finally, on 7 March 2022, at 4 a.m., the Vorwärts Marsch order was given … Read more » “The Basler Fasnacht 2022”
The world’s most international and inter-cantonal tramway is number 10, which runs from Dornach (canton of Solothurn) via villages in canton Basel-Landschaft (a.o. Arlesheim, Binningen and Bottmingen), the city of Basel (canton of Basel-Stadt) and the village of Leymen in Alsace (France) back to Rodersdorf (again canton of Solothurn). The course of this tramway of … Read more » “Saint John Nepomuk and tramway 10 of Basel”
The St. Chrischona church on the Dinkelsberg near the municipality of Bettingen (Canton of Basel-City) is dedicated to St. Chrischona. According to the Legenda Aurea, Chrischona and her two sisters survived the journey of Ursula and 11 000 virgins to Cologne. Chrischona is said to have died on the spot of the church. Her remains … Read more » “The St. Chrischona Church in Bettingen”
