The St. Alban Canal in Basel
3 March 2021
Bishop Burkhard von Fenis (1040-1107) founded the city’s first monastery in the St. Alban Valley (St. Albantal) in 1083. The monks built mills next to the monastery. The water from a branch of the Birs was redirected at the mills. The St. Albanteich (Dalbedyych in the local Basler dialect) was created. For centuries it remained … Read more » “The St. Alban Canal in Basel”