Rümelinbach

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Rümelinbach
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location Cantons of Basel-Country and Basel-Stadt , Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Birsig  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Derivation from the Birsig for binning protection
47 ° 32 ′ 27 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 34 ″  O
muzzle historically behind the Sattelgasse and as Rünselin behind the Hutgasse in the Birsig; Today two derivations by Basel Zoo , also in the Birsig coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 15 ″  E ; CH1903:  611 197  /  267 515 47 ° 33 '30 "  N , 7 ° 35' 15"  O

The Chiesa di San Pio X on today's Rümelinbachweg

The Rümelinbach (also called Oberer Birsig or Steinenbach ) is a small artificial tributary of the Birsig , which was branched off from the Birsig in the early Middle Ages near the border between the city of Basel and Binningen . For centuries it served as a commercial sewer for various people interested in water use in the area (from 1874 also for Basel Zoo ). In the 1870s, 1930s and 1950s parts of the stream were overturned. Because of ongoing flood damage, the Rümelinbach was finally completely overturned from the zoological garden and later dismantled. In the course above the zoological garden, the Rümelinbach mostly continues to flow open. Special features are the underground stream crossing with the Dorenbach south of the Dorenbach viaduct and the crossing with the Basel-Mulhouse railway line at the same level in a culvert .

Today two streets in Basel (Rümelinbachweg, Steinenbachgässlein), which follow the former course of the river, are named after the brook. It used to flow partially openly through the Gerbergässlein and the Münzgasse, before flowing back into the Birsig at the market square .

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