Basel suburbs

Suburbs district of Basel
Coordinates	611 186  /  266 721 coordinates: 47 ° 33 '4 "  N , 7 ° 35' 14"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred eleven thousand one hundred and eighty-six  /  266721
surface	0.90 km²
Residents	5013 (December 31, 2018)
Population density	5570 inhabitants / km²
BFS no.	2701-002
Post Code	4051

The suburbs form a district of the Swiss city ​​of Basel . They surround the city ​​center of Grossbasel (Petersgraben, Leonhardsgraben, Kohlenberg, Steinenberg, St. Alban-Graben) and border on the outside in the north to the district of St. Johann (St. Johanns-Park), in the west to the Ring-Quartier (Johanniter- , Schanzenstrasse, Klingelbergstrasse and Schönbeinstrasse, Schützen- and Steinengraben, Heuwaage Viaduct ), in the south to the St. Alban district (St. Alban-Anlage, Aeschengraben) and in the east to the Breite district (" Dalbeloch ").

The suburbs emerged in the 15th century in Grossbasel as the construction of the outer Walls of Basel a large population growth took place in the formerly sparsely populated country outside the old wall. The suburban societies , which today belong to the traditional Basel corporations , also emerged during this period .

In the suburbs there used to be the city ​​gates of the city ​​wall , of which the Spalentor , St. Johanns-Tor and St. Alban-Tor are still preserved today. There are also a lot of museums in the suburbs.

Residential districts

The suburbs are divided into six residential districts:

• Albantal (Letziplatz, St. Alban-Tor)
• Alban (St. Alban-Vorstadt, St. Alban-Anlage)
• Aeschen (bank association, Elisabethenkirche, bulwark)
• Steinen (Steinenvorstadt, Music Academy, Holbeinplatz)
• Spalen (fire department, Spalentor)
• St. Johann and University (St. Peter's Square, Dance of Death, St. Johanns Gate)

Buildings and landmarks

Churches

• Preacher Church
• Elisabethenkirche
• St. Alban's Church

Museums

• Architecture Museum Basel
• Swiss Fire Brigade Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Jewish Museum of Switzerland
• Cartoon Museum Basel
• Kunsthalle Basel
• Art Museum Basel
• Basel paper mill
• Toy Worlds Museum Basel

Other buildings

• University of Basel
• Basel University Library
• Bernoullianum
• St. Peter's Square
• Wildt's house
• Basel dance of death
• Music Academy of the City of Basel
• Theater Basel with Theaterplatz and Tinguely Fountain
• St. Alban's Monastery
• Leonhard High School

gallery

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  Spalentor

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  St. Peter's Square, villa

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  Side entrance to the college building of the University of Basel

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  Leonhard High School

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  Entrance to the Leonhardskirche

Web links

• Statistical Office of the Canton of Basel-Stadt - Portrait of the suburbs