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Basel is one of the important cities of Switzerland. One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a vibrant Carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron. Basel is also rich in architecture old and new, with a Romanesque Münster (cathedral), a Renaissance Rathaus (town hall), and various examples of high quality contemporary architecture, including more buildings by Herzog & De Meuron, Richard Meier, Diener & Diener, and various others.
Located in the Dreiländereck (three countries' corner), Basel is a gateway to the Swiss Jura mountains and nearby cities of Zürich and Lucerne, as well as the neighbouring French region of Alsace and the German Black Forest. If interested in a trip to the country side visit Sissach a nice little town about 20 minutes from Basel. There are a number of things to see and do if you have a few days to spend.
This is the standard mode of travel for many within the city. Old Basel isn't very large and there are many narrow and winding side streets with incredible slopes. Basel has an extensive tram (light rail) and bus network.
The city itself has 19 quarters:
Grossbasel (Greater Basel):
1 Altstadt Grossbasel
2 Vorstädte
3 Am Ring
4 Breite
5 St. Alban
6 Gundeldingen
7 Bruderholz
8 Bachletten
9 Gotthelf
10 Iselin
11 St. Johann
Kleinbasel (Lesser Basel):
12 Altstadt Kleinbasel
13 Clara
14 Wettstein
15 Hirzbrunnen
16 Rosental
17 Matthäus
18 Klybeck
19 Kleinhüningen
Most of the old town attractions in Basel are in a walkable area between the Basel Zoo (just south of the Basel SBB train station) and the Rhine. Since most stores are closed on Sundays, it is a good day to plan to see one of the many museums, which are usually open. Basel and surroundings have over 20 museums, and many of these have a free opening hour at the end of the day.
Münster and Pfalz. Walk up cobbled streets and alleys from Marktplatz or Mittlere Brücke to Münsterplatz (Cathedral square) to see Basel's Münster (cathedral). Elisabethen, Elisabethenstrasse. St. Elizabeth is relatively underrated in Basel guides and maps given its historical significance. Marktplatz, Market square. Fresh fruits and vegetables, breads and pastries, flowers are available each working day. Considerably more vendors on Saturday morning.
The Gates to the Walled City. A (third) ring of fortifications around the whole old city was constructed after the great earthquake of 1356, to provide security for the then roughly 20,000 inhabitants of Basel. A number of these gates can still be seen at the perimeter of what used to be the medieval city: Spalentor
Basel prides itself on having more than two dozen museums, covering a wide range of subjects, from art - emphasized below - and architecture to cartoons and even doll houses. Among others, there is the Anatomical Museum of the University Basel, Berri-Villen and Museum of Ancient Art Basel and Ludwig Collection, Former Franciscan Barefoot Order Church and Basel Historical Museum, Company Archive of Novartis, Haus zum Kirschgarten which is part of the Basel Historical Museum, Historic Archive Roche and Industrial Complex Hoffmann-La Roche, Jewish Museum of Switzerland, Caricature & Cartoon Museum Basel, Karl Barth-Archive, Kleines Klingental (Lower Klingen Valley) with Museum Klingental, Art Museum of Basel, hosting the world's oldest art collection accessible to the public, Natural History Museum of Basel and the Museum of Cultures Basel, Museum of Modern Art Basel with the E. Hoffmann collection, Museum Jean Tinguely Basel, Music Museum, Pharmacy Historical Museum of the University of Basel, Poster Collection of the School for Design (Schule für Gestaltung), Swiss Business Archives, Sculpture Hall, Sports Museum of Switzerland, Archives of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, UBS AG Corporate Archives, University Library with manuscripts and music collection, Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten).
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Истори́ческий музе́й. Historical Museum
The exhibition opens cross year of Russia-Germany 2012/13 and is held under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin and President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck. Joint cultural and historical project gathered in a single exhibition space of more than seven hundred sites provided 75 participants from the Russian and German sides, museums and archives in Austria, Switzerland and Latvia. After exposure, the State Historical Museum exhibition will be held at the New Museum in Berlin (from 6 Oct 2012 to 13 Jan 2013). The chronological framework of the exhibition project - X-XX centuries, from the Middle Ages to the era of achievement and turmoil of recent times - cover the thousand-year period of the history of our people, to include many of the same record pages. Presents exhibits relating to different aspects of historical life of nations and peoples of the two countries, diplomacy, literature, economics, science, architecture, literature, commerce, film, etc. The relevant sections of the exhibition reflects not only historical landmark events, but also human destiny, and individual events. The exhibition is unique and the fact that more than half of the exhibits are displayed for the first time. Among the monuments of great historical and literary value, are: the oldest manuscripts - Izbornik Prince Sviatoslav (1073) and Psalms Egbert (ok.980), which represent the first portraits of the Russian-German families.
Jewish Watchmakers as Leading Figures in the Industrialization of Switzerland - Dr. Stephani Mahrer
Jewish Watchmakers as Leading Figures in the Industrialization of the Watchmaking Sector of Switzerland, a Lecture by Dr. Stephani Mahrer, of the University of Basel.
The lecture was given during the conference Economic History of the Jews throughout the Ages: Sources, Methodologies, Narratives, jointly organized by the Department of Economics and the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University, in June 2013.
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Family Frank Center at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
In cooperation with the Anne Frank Fund Basel, the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt in 2012 established the Frank Family Center as a new central focus of the museum. The Anne Frank Fund Basle and its president Buddy Elias consign to the Jewish Museum Frankfurt the estate (paintings, photographs, memorabilia and furniture) of the family of Anne Frank whose roots in Frankfurt can be traced back to the 16th century. These objects will form a significant part of the new permanent exhibition at the Jewish Museum (reopening 2019)
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Édouard Vuillard 1868 – 1940 (24. August – 23. November 2014)
1935 wurde das erste Gemälde Vuillards für die Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Winterthur erworben, 2010 das bisher letzte, und so besitzt das Museum heute acht zumeist aus seinen frühen Jahren stammende Gemälde. Von diesen Werken ausgehend, gliedert sich die Ausstellung in sechs Kapitel, die Vuillards wichtigste Themen berühren. An einigen Stellen werden seine Werke ergänzt durch verwandte Gemälde von Pierre Bonnard und Félix Vallotton, um die thematischen Zusammenhänge zwischen den befreundeten Malern zu veranschaulichen.
General Idea: Found Formats / Kunsthalle Zurich
Documentary video by Kunsthalle Zurich presents the oeuvre of Canadian artists group General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz†, Jorge Zontal†) for the first time since their 1992 show Fin de Siecle in Stuttgart's Kunstverein and their last exhibition in Switzerland, in 1984 at Kunsthalle Basel in the biggest comprehensive overview of their work to be assembled and seen in Europe to date. (PR Kunsthalle Zürich). General Idea at Kunsthalle Zurich, Löwenbräu, Zürich / Switzerland. Impressions from the opening reception, November 10, 2006.
Prof. Lyndal Roper | Basel History Lecture 2017
Nach einer kurzen Begrüssung von Prof. Dr. Lucas Burkart und einer Einführung von Prof. Dr. Susanna Burghartz referiert Prof. Lyndal Roper, Regius Professorin für Geschichte an der University of Oxford über „Luther und die Träume“. In ihrem Vortrag geht Roper Frage nach, wie Historiker und Historikerinnen Träume dafür verwenden können, die Subjektivität von Menschen der Vergangenheit zu verstehen.
Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist Across Two Continents
An exhibition on the life and work of the Swiss sculptor and painter Alice Boner (1889–1981) who moved to India in 1935. Her insights into form in Indian sculpture, and writings on architecture and the metaphysical principles of art remain landmarks in art history. A walk through the exhibition with Dr Johannes Beltz and Andrea Kuratli at the National Museum, New Delhi.
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Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert | Basel History Lecture 2015
An der History Lecture 2015 des Departements Geschichte hielt Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert, Direktorin des Max-Planck-Instituts für Bildungsforschung in Berlin, einen Vortrag über Gefühle im Krieg.
Prof. Dr. Frithjof Benjamin Schenk (Departement Geschichte, Universität Basel) und Prof. Dr. Martin Lengwiler (Departement Geschichte, Universität Basel) sprechen die einführenden Worte.
Dann: Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert, Direktorin des Max-Planck-Instituts für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
The Confusing Borders of Lake Constance
If you're sitting on a boat in Lake Constance, are you in three countries at once? Or just in one? Does it even matter? Because strangely, it turns out there are parts of the world where no-one really minds when international borders are not just ignored, but are completely undefined.
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Interview mit Buddy Elias (1925 - 2015), Cousin von Anne Frank
Der Cousin von Anne Frank erzählt von seiner Kindheit in Frankfurt a.M. und der Emigration der Familien Frank und Elias aus Nazi-Deutschland.
Šafov (Schaffe) - jüdischer Friedhof
Der Jüdische Friedhof in Šafov im südmährischen Kreis Okres Znojmo in Tschechien wurde gegen Ende des 17. Jh errichtet.
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic situated in western, central and southern Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (land area 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi)). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight-and-a-half million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The establishment of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, resulting from a series of military successes against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The country has a history of armed neutrality going back to the Reformation; it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organisations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. However, it participates in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through bilateral treaties.
Spanning the intersection of Germanic and Romance Europe, Switzerland comprises four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although the majority of the population are German speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by a variety of native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German); Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] (Romansh). On coins and stamps, the Latin name – frequently shortened to Helvetia – is used instead of the four national languages.
Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world, with the highest nominal wealth per adult and the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product according to the IMF. Switzerland ranks at or near the top globally in several metrics of national performance, including government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic competitiveness, and human development. Zürich and Geneva have each been ranked among the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life, with the former ranked second globally, according to Mercer.
USA: US REPORT ON WWII NAZI GOLD HELD IN SWITZERLAND
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A U-S report on Nazi gold says Switzerland prolonged World War Two through its business as usual attitude in accepting gold looted by the Nazis.
The report says gold, jewellery, coins and melted down dental fillings of concentration camp victims were taken by the Germans, mixed with plundered bank gold and re-smelted into bars that were traded abroad.
But the report found no evidence that neutral countries, such as Switzerland, knowingly accepted these tainted gold bars.
Journalists and leaders of Jewish organisations queued up to be the first to gain access to the long-awaited report.
11 U-S agencies compiled the report under the direction of Commerce Under Secretary Stuart Eizenstat.
The report made no recommendations, but it did offer conclusive evidence, for the first time, that the Reichsbank incorporated smelted dental fillings and jewellery into Germany's gold reserves.
The report finds the the S-S had robbed from Jews, and Jewish and non-Jewish concentration camp inmates.
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The report concludes that some Nazi victim gold was sent abroad to Switzerland and other neutral countries, and that some victim gold was also included in the Tripartite Gold Commission gold pool, into which looted central bank gold was placed for redistribution to the governments from whom it was stolen during the war.
SUPER CAPTION: Stuart Eizenstat, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce
Jewish leaders were not surprised by the finding.
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What is clear now, what is firmly established is what the survivors have always maintained. The gold that was returned to central banks of Europe contained gold that was robbed - literally from the teeth of victims.
SUPER CAPTION: Elan Steinberg, President of the World Jewish Congress
The World Jewish Congress issued an immediate call for the remaining tripartite funds to go to Jewish victims.
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We would like to see moral and material restitution done. We hope that the government of Switzerland and the other neutral countries take the lessons from the report and act in an appropriately moral manner.
SUPER CAPTION: Elan Steinberg, President of the World Jewish Congress
The 200-page study, with 350 pages of documents attached, examined U-S and Swiss roles during and after World War Two.
It focused on what American officials knew and did about Switzerland's dealings in looted gold.
According to the report, between January 1939 and June 30th, 1945, Germany transferred 400 (m) million dollars - or 3.9 (b) billion dollars in today's dollars - worth of looted gold to the Swiss National Bank to finance its war machine.
Overall, Nazi Germany confiscated an estimated 580 (m) million of central bank gold - some 5.6 (b) billion in today's money - in what the study called one of the greatest thefts by a government in history.
Eizenstat harshly criticised Switzerland for using its neutrality as an excuse to do business with Nazi Germany.
Swiss officials say they welcome the report and are fully willing to take a critical look back.
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If you judge Switzerland, you shouldn't do it so much on how Switzerland behaved 50 years ago. You should judge Switzerland by the steps it took over the last months.
SUPER CAPTION: Thomas Borer, Swiss Ambassador to the U.S.
Borer also heads a Swiss task force dedicated to addressing the implications of the Swiss role before, during and after the Second World War.
A bipartisan group in the U-S congress was responsible for putting pressure on the U-S administration to commission the Nazi gold report.
One Senator who played an early role, and who is credited in the report, is Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York.
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Basel | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:13 1 History
00:03:22 1.1 Early history
00:06:10 1.2 Prince-Bishopric of Basel
00:10:08 1.3 As a member state in the Swiss Confederacy
00:13:22 1.4 Modern history
00:14:30 1.5 Basel as a historical, international meeting place
00:15:39 2 Name
00:16:15 3 Geography and climate
00:16:25 3.1 Topography
00:18:08 3.2 Climate
00:19:04 4 Politics
00:19:30 4.1 Canton
00:19:52 4.2 City
00:20:00 4.2.1 Quarters
00:20:19 4.3 Coat of arms
00:20:42 4.4 Government
00:22:28 4.5 Parliament
00:24:32 4.6 Federal elections
00:24:41 4.6.1 National Council
00:25:28 4.6.2 Council of States
00:26:07 4.7 International relations
00:26:16 4.7.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:26:44 5 Demographics
00:26:53 5.1 Population
00:34:42 5.1.1 Historical population
00:34:51 5.2 Language
00:35:26 5.3 Religion
00:37:22 6 Infrastructure
00:37:31 6.1 Quarters
00:37:54 6.2 Transport
00:38:30 6.2.1 Port
00:38:49 6.2.2 Air transport
00:39:29 6.2.3 Railways
00:40:35 6.2.4 Roads
00:41:26 6.2.5 Ferries
00:42:17 6.2.6 Public transport
00:43:17 6.2.7 Border crossings
00:46:21 6.3 Health
00:47:06 6.4 Energy
00:48:16 7 Economy
00:52:09 7.1 Chemical industry
00:52:45 7.2 Banking
00:55:16 7.3 Air
00:55:46 7.4 Media
00:56:23 7.5 Trade fairs
00:56:50 8 Education
00:58:48 8.1 Universities
01:00:25 8.2 Volksschule
01:01:25 8.3 Upper secondary school
01:03:38 8.4 International schools
01:04:16 8.5 Libraries
01:05:12 9 Culture
01:05:21 9.1 Main sights
01:06:52 9.1.1 Heritage sites
01:11:28 9.2 Theatre and music
01:13:26 9.3 Museums
01:16:31 9.4 Events
01:18:27 9.5 Cuisine
01:18:58 9.6 Zoo
01:20:09 9.7 Sport
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Basel (; also Basle ; German pronunciation: [ˈbaːzl̩]; French: Bâle [bɑːl]; Italian: Basilea [baziˈlɛːa]) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva) with about 180,000 inhabitants.Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. As of 2016, the Swiss Basel agglomeration was the third-largest in Switzerland, with a population of 541,000 in 74 municipalities in Switzerland (municipal count as of 2018). The initiative Trinational Eurodistrict Basel (TEB) of 62 suburban communes including municipalities in neighboring countries, counted 829,000 inhabitants in 2007.The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect.
The city is known for its many internationally renowned museums, ranging from the Kunstmuseum, the first collection of art accessible to the public in Europe (1661) and the largest museum of art in the whole of Switzerland, to the Fondation Beyeler (located in Riehen). The University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university (founded in 1460), and the city's centuries-long commitment to humanism, have made Basel a safe haven at times of political unrest in other parts of Europe for such notable people as Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Holbein family, Friedrich Nietzsche and in the 20th century also Hermann Hesse and Karl Jaspers.
The city of Basel is Switzerland's second-largest economic centre after the city of Zürich and has the highest GDP per capita in the country, ahead of the cantons of Zug and Geneva. In terms of value, over 94% of Basel City's goods exports are in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. With production facilities located in the neighboring Schweizerhalle, Basel accounts for 20% of Swiss exports and generates one third of the national product.Basel has been the seat of a Prince-Bishopric since the 11th century, and joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1501. The city has been a commercial hub and an important cultural centre since the Renaissance, and has emerged as a centre ...