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Middle Bridge (Mittlere Brücke), Basel

Middle Bridge (Mittlere Brücke), Basel

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Middle Bridge (Mittlere Brücke), Basel

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Location: Basel-Stadt, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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1. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster (Basler Münster) loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

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2. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster (Basler Münster) loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

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3. St. Johann's Gate – Unterer Rheinweg Promenade loop from Altstadt Kleinbasel

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Úlfhéðinn

June 8, 2018

In addition to the great view of the Rhine, the cathedral and both banks of the Rhine, the bridge itself is a beautiful piece of urban architecture.

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Matto

August 29, 2022

The Middle Bridge is the oldest surviving Rhine crossing between Lake Constance and the North Sea and also marks the boundary between the High Rhine and the Upper Rhine.

In 1225, under Prince-Bishop Heinrich von Thun, a bridge partly made of wood and partly of stone was built across the Rhine.

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Gudi

July 14, 2024

The bridge was initially used for local traffic, but in the 14th century, when the road over the Gotthard Pass gained international importance, it became an important crossing point for long-distance trade over the Rhine. After the introduction of the electric tram, the old bridge had to make way for the current Middle Bridge from 1905. A copy of the old bridge chapel, the so-called Käppelijoch, where death sentences were carried out in the Middle Ages, still reminds us of the original structure.

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Middle Bridge (Mittlere Brücke), Basel

1. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster (Basler Münster) loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

2. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster (Basler Münster) loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

3. St. Johann's Gate – Unterer Rheinweg Promenade loop from Altstadt Kleinbasel

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