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| Riehen | ||
| Canton | Basel city | |
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| Residents | 21.448 (2018) | |
| height | 278 m, 295 m | |
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Riehen is one of the two rural communities in the canton Basel city. Although Riehen has a good 20,000 inhabitants, the population still likes to refer to their town as a village. Riehen is on the border to Germany. The world-famous Beyeler Museum is located in Riehen.
background
Neighboring municipalities:
- In Switzerland, canton Basel city: Basel, Bettingen
- In Switzerland, canton Basel-Country: Birsfelden
- In Germany, Baden (region): Because on the Rhine, Loerrach, Inzlingen, Grenzach
getting there
By plane
The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is about 20 km west of Riehen. The journey takes place with the bus line 50 to the train station Basel SBB (7 departures per hour), then with the S 6 to Riehen.
By train
The S 6 the Basel S-Bahn connects Riehen with the Basel Bad train stations. Bf. And Basel SBB, where there is a connection to long-distance traffic. In the other direction the S6 runs over Loerrach to Zell im Wiesental.
Halt in Riehen are the 1 Riehen railway station and 2 Riehen-Niederholz station.
By tram
With the tram line 6 of the BVB Basler Verkehrsbetriebe Riehen can be reached from Basel city center and from Badischer Bahnhof.
By bus
With the bus line 34 you can reach Riehen from downtown Basel.
Long-distance buses go to Lörrach or to Basel SBB train station. From there you can take the S-Bahn to Riehen.
In the street
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Beyeler Foundation, Baselstrasse 101, CH-4125 Riehen. Tel.: (0)61 645 97 00, Fax: 41 (0)61 645 97 19.
The Beyeler Foundation was opened on October 21, 1997 in the park of the Berowergut. The foundation manages the art collection of the married couple Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which have amassed modern art over 50 years.Open: Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wed 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.Price: adults CHF 23.– (CHF 16.–) disabled persons with ID (also group price) CHF 18.– (CHF 12.–), students up to 30 years CHF 12.– (CHF 8.–), young people 11 to 19 Years CHF 6.–, children up to 10 years free. Family pass CHF 46.– (CHF 32.–) Owners of the Upper Rhine Museum Pass pay CHF 5. The prices in brackets are valid Monday and Wednesday from 5 pm.
- 2 Village, viticulture and toy museum, Baselstrasse 34, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland. Tel.: 41 (0)61 646 81 00, Email: [email protected]. in the old Wettsteinhaus from the 17th century. The toy department is particularly worth seeing.Open: Wed-Mon 11 am-5pm, closed on Tuesdays.Price: 7 CHF.
- 3 Memorial for refugees, Inzlingerstrasse 44, 4125 Riehen near Basel. Tel.: 41 61 645 96 50, Email: [email protected]. The sometimes bizarre border in the Riehen / Lörrach area has been an invitation to smugglers and migrants since the Middle Ages. This memorial is dedicated to the refugees during the Third Reich who sought their way to security and freedom here.Open: daily 9 am-5pm.Price: Donations are welcome.
- The 4 St. Martin village church forms the center of Riehen. The 41 meter high tower was built in 1395. It was given its current form as a late Gothic church in 1694.
- The 5 Kornfeldkirche was built between 1959 and 1964. It is the work of the Swiss architect Werner Max Moser.
- The old and the new 6 Wenkenhof;.
- There are several publicly accessible parks in Riehen, such as the 7 Wenkenpark, the 8 Wettsteinpark and the 9 Sarasin Park.
activities
- 1 Riehen natural pool, Weilstrasse 69, 4125 Riehen. Tel.: 41 61 646 81 18, Email: [email protected]. Outdoor pool designed by the Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron.Open: May-September.Price: 6 CHF.
