Basel width

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Broad
quarter of Basel
Map of latitude
Coordinates 613 150  /  267 188 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '19 "  N , 7 ° 36' 48"  O ; CH1903:  613,150  /  267,188
surface 0.68 km²
Residents 8990 (December 31, 2018)
Population density 13'221 inhabitants / km²
BFS no. 2701-004
Post Code 4052

Breite , called Braiti in Basel German , is a district of the Swiss city ​​of Basel . It is located at the eastern end of Grossbasel at the mouth of the Birs ( Birsköpfli ) and borders the Rhine in the north, the Birs and the neighboring Birsfelden in the east and the St. Alban district ( St. Alban-Teich ) in the south and west. . On the north-western edge at the St. Alban-Tor , the preserved piece of the Basel city wall forms the short border to the suburbs ; the southernmost point of the Breite district also borders the municipality of Muttenz .

The Breite-Quartier is named after the field name of a former open, flat field between the St. Alban-Quartier and the Birs estuary . As early as the 14th century , this field was known as "the width". From 1811 the road to Birsfelden and Zurich running there was called "Breite Strasse". After a new workers' settlement was built around the street in the 1850s, i.e. today's Breite-Quartier, the name of the street was changed to "Zürcherstrasse". A resident of the Breite-Quartier is known colloquially as a Braitlemer .

Residential districts

The width is divided into two residential districts:

Basel, district of Breite
  • Lehenmatte (Lehenmattstrasse, Birsköpfli)
  • Zürcherstrasse (Letziturm, Cécile Ines Loos facility)

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