Pruntrutermatte
The Pruntrutermatte is a park and sports facility in the Swiss city of Basel .
location
The facility is located on the edge of the Gundeldingen district . The Dorenbach Viaduct and the Margarethenhügel adjoin to the south . In the western neighborhood, on the other bank of the Birsig, which flows in the valley, is Basel Zoo . The name comes from the adjacent Pruntruterstrasse to the east, which leads to Pruntrut , the capital of the Ajoie in the canton of Jura . This street was built in 1877 on the western edge of the new Gundeldinger district. It was not until 1990 that the park and sports facility was officially named “Pruntrutermatte”.
use
In 1892 and 1901, the complex was the scene of the two Basler Festspiele by Hans Huber , in whose memory the street next door was named "Hans Huber-Strasse" in 1930. More recently, the square has been used primarily for sporting events: From 1975 to 1982 and again since 2007, the Pruntrutermatte has been the home of the Basel Rugby Football Club . The Swiss national rugby union team also regularly plays international matches here. The American football club Basel Meanmachine , founded in 2008, plays its home games on the Pruntrutermatte after the gladiators of both Basel have moved to the Rankhof stadium .
The Pruntrutermatte also has a playground, a jogging track , as well as freely accessible fitness equipment and is used for various private events and football tournaments , for example for the Basler Kulturgrümpeli, which has been held every autumn since 2006 .
Other sports facilities
Other sports facilities in Basel with a similar use are the Schützenmatte , the Rankhof stadium and the Landhof .