Boris, Basel and Anna

21 October 2021

Three years ago, in 2018, an international research group led by the Natural History Museum Basel (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) managed to identify a mummy as Anna Catharina Bischoff (1719-1787). A team of scientists from various medical disciplines, art scholars, genealogists, historians, and archivists studied Switzerland’s best-preserved mummy in a project that lasted for years. It … Read more » “Boris, Basel and Anna”

The First and Only Swiss Colony

19 October 2021

Aymons de Ginges (1823-1893), the heir to the Barony of La Sarraz (Canton of Vaud), began his military career at the age of 16 in the service of the King of Naples, in the regiment of his father, Colonel Henri de Gingins, Baron de la Sarraz (1792-1874). He returned to the land of Vaud and … Read more » “The First and Only Swiss Colony”

A Courageous, Unique and Topical Exhibition in Basel

12 October 2021

The British artist and ceramicist Paddy Hartley was commissioned by the pharmaceutical company Roche in Basel to create a double exhibition at the Tinguely Museum and the Pharmacy Museum in Basel on Roche’s 125-year jubilee. To a certain extent, the exhibition is the continuation of the symposium and the discussion that marked the 75th anniversary … Read more » “A Courageous, Unique and Topical Exhibition in Basel”

Certification of the Romansh Language

16 September 2021

Thanks to the Staatssekretariat für Migration (State Secretariat for Migration, SEM) initiative, the Integration Office of the Canton of Graubünden, the fide office and the Lia Rumantscha, Romansh language skills can now be tested and verified within the framework of the fide system. All idioms and Rumantsch Grischun are certified. From now on, you can … Read more » “Certification of the Romansh Language”

Annual Meeting Regio Basiliensis

12 September 2021

The Swiss organisation Regio Basiliensis held its 58th annual meeting on 9 September in St. Louis, France. Regio Basiliensis has about 450 members (public authorities, entrepreneurs, educational institutions and private persons) in the cantons of Jura, Aargau, Alsace, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn.  Its goal is to promote, stimulate and initiate cooperation and integration in the Rhine … Read more » “Annual Meeting Regio Basiliensis”

Language Panorama in Laufenburg

7 September 2021

The institute/ museum Sprachpanorama) in Laufenburg (Canton of Aargau) is a ‘living’ museum. On the one hand, it presents an exhibition on Swiss dialects, the dialect landscape in all its variations, the history of the German language from the Germanic/Aleman period to the 20th century, and multilingualism in Switzerland. Other topics include reading and writing, … Read more » “Language Panorama in Laufenburg”

A Hommage to Camille Pissarro in Basel

2 September 2021

“We may all come from Pissaro. He had the good fortune to be born in the Antilles. There he learned to draw without a master. The first Impressionist, yes, that’s him” (Michael Doran, Paul Cézanne, Conversations avec Cézanne, Paris 1978). Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) ranks among the most distinguished artists of nineteenth-century France. To retrace the arc … Read more » “A Hommage to Camille Pissarro in Basel”

Switzerland-European Union

27 August 2021

The Thinktank Metrobasel organised a meeting on 25 August on the Swiss-European Union relationship and, in particular, the so-called Institutional Treaty (Rahmenabkommen/accord cadre). The fresco in the main chamber of the city hall (symbolically) commemorates the accession of canton Basel to the Confederation (Eidgenossenschaft) in 1501. The ambassador of the European Union, Petros Mavromichalis, stated … Read more » “Switzerland-European Union”

Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine and Basel

12 August 2021

On 24 March 1815, the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) decided on freedom of navigation on the Rhine and its tributaries. One year later, the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine was founded with its seat in Mainz. The Mainz Act of 31 March 1831 confirmed the principle of freedom of navigation on the Rhine.  … Read more » “Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine and Basel”

Association Regio Basiliensis

9 August 2021

The Association is the Swiss partner for the Upper Rhine cooperation and the competence centre to foster cross-border activities with France and Germany. It aims to provide incentives from the Swiss side designed to develop the Upper Rhine area into a cohesive European border region and to actively contribute to attaining this objective. Since it … Read more » “Association Regio Basiliensis”