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Paul

March 17, 2022

Church of St. Elisabethen from 1864, Basel

The Elisabethenkirche in Basel is located in the city center right next to the Theater Basel. It is considered the most important neo-Gothic church in Switzerland and is a testament to historicism in terms of architecture and furnishings.

The new building, donated by Christoph Merian and Margarethe Merian-Burckhardt, was built between 1857 and 1864 according to plans by Ferdinand Stadler. This prevailed in an architectural competition in the second round against Joseph Caspar Jeuch. Jeuch managed to have some influence on the build after the first lap. The founder was never to see his church finished, because he died in 1858 shortly before the cornerstone was laid. Christoph Merian financed the construction of the church with the intention of erecting a "memorial against the evil spirit of the time", i.e. against the de-Christianization of state and society. It was the first new church to be built in Basel since the Reformation.

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April 2, 2023

More information at the following link:

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Karsten S.

July 8, 2019

The church was supposed to be demolished in the 1980s, but this was prevented by interested citizens.

The organ was built in 1861-1864 by the organ builder Joseph Merklin (Paris/Brussels).

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Location: Basel-Stadt, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

Elisabethenkirche Basel

1. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

2. Basel Town Hall – Basel Minster loop from Basel Badischer Bahnhof

3. Middle Bridge (Mittlere Brücke), Basel – Basel Minster loop from Basel SBB

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