Basel SBB railway station | Basel Bahnhof SBB, self proclaimed " world's first international train station.

Three railway stations — those of the German, French and Swiss networks — lie within the city ( although the Swiss ( Basel SBB ) and French ( Bâle SNCF ) stations are actually in the same complex, separated by Customs and Immigration facilities ).

The Basel Regional S-Bahn, the commuter rail network connecting to suburbs surrounding the city, is jointly operated by SBB, SNCF and DB.

** Basel SBB railway station

** Between Basel SBB and Basel Badischer Bahnhof – Basel Badischer Bahnhof, and all other railway property and stations on the right bank of the Rhine belong to DB and are classed as German customs territory.

* 1997 SBB switchtower, Basel, Switzerland

* Basel SBB in Switzerland.

* Geneva Airport – Biel / Bienne – Delémont – Basel SBB

* Lausanne – Biel / Bienne – Delémont – Basel SBB

* 1973 – A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.

At its most recent meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006, the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Agreement focused on issues of electronic waste and the dismantling of ships.

Since the donation of the Abbey Moutier-Grandvalto and all its possessions to Bishop Adalbero II in 999 till the Reformation, Basel was ruled by prince-bishops ( see Bishop of Basel, whose memory is preserved in the crosier shown on the Basel coat-of-arms – see above ).

In 1225 – 1226 the Bridge over the Rhine was constructed by Bishop Heinrich von Thun and lesser Basel ( Kleinbasel ) founded as a bridgehead to protect the bridge.

Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th century Council of Basel ( 1431 – 1449 ), including the 1439 election of antipope Felix V.

The first edition of Christianae religionis institutio ( Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin's great exposition of Calvinist doctrine ) was published at Basel in March 1536.

In 1543 De humani corporis fabrica, the first book on human anatomy, was published and printed in Basel by Andreas Vesalius ( 1514 – 1564 ).

* – C E V Borio, Bank for International Settlements, Basel

Council of Basel, Ferrara and Florence ( 1431 – 1445 ) addressed church reform and reunion with the Eastern Churches, but split into two parties.

After repeated negotiations between the Basel Council and Bohemia, a Bohemian – Moravian state assembly in Prague accepted the " Compacta " of Prague on 30 November 1433.

* 1954 – UEFA ( Union of European Football Associations ) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.

* 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.

* 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.

* 1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

* 1356 – Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.

After studying at the universities of Siena and Florence, he settled in the former city as a teacher, but in 1431 accepted the post of secretary to Domenico Capranica, bishop of Fermo, then on his way to the Council of Basel ( 1431 – 39 ).

His early career was spent as a professor of law at the University of Lleida and then as a diplomat in the service of the Kings of Aragon, especially during the Council of Basel ( 1431 – 1439 ).

* Universität Basel – Upper Rhine Graben Evolution and Neotectonics

To minimise such differences, seven of the most respected labs, AGTA-GTL ( New York ), CISGEM ( Milano ), GAAJ-ZENHOKYO ( Tokyo ), GIA ( Carlsbad ), GIT ( Bangkok ), Gübelin ( Lucerne ) and SSEF ( Basel ), have established the Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee ( LMHC ), for the standardization of wording reports, promotion of certain analytical methods and interpretation of results.

Zürich adopted the Protestant religion, joined by Berne, Basel, and Schaffhausen, while Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Nidwalden, Zug, Fribourg and Solothurn remained Catholic.

In 1653, peasants of territories subject to Lucerne, Bern, Solothurn, and Basel revolted because of currency devaluation.

The 2006 tournament was held in Switzerland, in the cities of Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St Gallen and Zürich.

* link = European route E35 –: Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Emmerich – Oberhausen – Cologne – Frankfurt am Main – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Basel – Olten – Lucerne – Altdorf – Gotthard Pass – Bellinzona – Lugano – Chiasso – Como – Milan – Piacenza – Parma – Modena – Florence – Rome

Oswald Myconius ( 1488, Lucerne – 14 October 1552, Basel ) was a follower of Huldrych Zwingli.

Also, when the Old Swiss Confederacy gained its formal independence from the Empire in 1648 ( it had been de facto independent since 1499 ), the independence of the Imperial Cities of Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, and Zürich was formally recognized.

There is a railway junction at Olten with direct trains to Geneva, Zurich, Basel and the Ticino via Lucerne.

In addition, the choir has been invited to participate in important music festivals, including the Lucerne Festival under James Conlon, Mario Venzago, Riccardo Chailly and Mariss Jansons, the European Music Festival in Berlin under Roland Bader, the International Festival of Boys Choirs in Poznań ( Poland ), as well as festivals in Nancy, Maastricht, Venice, Basel, and the Schubert Choir Festival in Vienna in 1997.

Additionally, the boys ' choir has participated in the Lucerne Festival as well as the following opera performances in Basel: Die Zauberflöte, Tosca, Mefistofele, Carmen, La Bohème, Carmina Burana und Macbeth.

Following the collapse of the monarchy Eugen first settled in Lucerne and then at Basel where he lived modestly in a hotel from 1918 to 1934.

It is south of the city of Langenthal ( center of the Oberaargau with 14, 400 inhabitants ) and from Basel, Berne and Lucerne, in the country of Switzerland.

Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.

In 1653 the largest uprising occurred as peasants of territories subject to Lucerne, Bern, Solothurn and Basel revolted because of currency devaluation.

Meetings of the Diet were to be held alternately at Fribourg, Bern, Solothurn, Basel, Zurich and Lucerne.

He was director of the Trumpet Museum in Bad Säckingen, Germany from 1985 to 2004, taught modern and Baroque trumpet at the Basel Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland ( modern trumpet at the Conservatory and Baroque trumpet at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ) from 1972 to 2001 and is presently teaching Baroque trumpet in the superior conservatories ( Musikhochschulen ) of Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, and Lucerne.

The outcome of the war also confirmed and cemented the Catholic majority among the thirteen full members of the Swiss Confederation: after later settlements in Glarus and Appenzell, seven full and two half cantons remained Catholic ( Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Fribourg, Solothurn, and half of Glarus and Appenzell ), while four and two halves became firmly Swiss Reformed Protestant ( Zurich, Bern, Basel, Schaffhausen, and half of Glarus and Appenzell ).

Today the diocese of Basel includes the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Basel-Country, Basel-City, Berne, Jura, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, and Zug.

Securitas AG is a Swiss family company providing security services with head office in Zollikofen, regional offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Olten, St. Gallen, Thun and Zürich as well as 25 other branches all over Switzerland.

The municipality is located in the lower Wiggertal, on the A2 motorway between Basel and Lucerne.

Hans Urs von Balthasar ( 12 August 1905, Lucerne – 26 June 1988, Basel ) was a Swiss theologian and priest ( incardinated into Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur ) who was nominated to be a cardinal of the Catholic Church.

From Germany runs a line from Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Basel to Lucerne.

Chiumiento scored his first goal for Lucerne against FC Basel.