The canton of Basel-Landschaft is part of the economic region around Basel that includes parts of France and Germany as well as both half cantons of Basel.

This period also saw the introduction of Christianity to the region when the Basel Mission set up a station at Eséka.

More recently, the Committee has deferred to the predominantly German-speaking population of the region and used the spelling " Basel ", which is also a common spelling in English ( if not the most common ).

Due to the coin's wide circulation in the Upper Rhine region, it was adopted as standard currency in the so-called Rappenbund (" Rappen federation "), a union of regional mints formed in 1399 that included the Bishop of Basel and most of the region's larger cities.

The two strategically important cities — they offered the only two fortified bridges over the river Rhine between Constance and Basel — not only struggled with the robber barons from the neighbouring Hegau region but also were under pressure from the Habsburg dukes, who sought to re-integrate the cities into their domain.

In the same time period he often traveled to his native Transylvania, gathering information that was to serve in his design of a map of Transylvania, commonly known as Siebenbuergen, one that he engraved and printed in Basel, and the very first one of the region to be printed.

Soon thereafter, French forces reached the Rhine in the region north of the Swiss border between Mulhouse and Basel.

It is 50 kilometers ( about 30 miles ) long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerland, and the North Sea for barges of up to 1, 350 metric tons.

ICE high speed lines also connect the region to Cologne, Paris, Karlsruhe / Basel, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden.

Basel let several players go, not extending the contracts with Ronny Hodel, Jürgen Gjasula, Ivan Ergić and Eduardo.

This would seem to indicate the colony extending from Basel toward the mouth of the Aare, then up the Aare to the mouth of the Sigger below Solothurn, across to the Lüssel, and then back down the Birs to Basel, though this is still conjecture at the moment.

The number of ratification for the entry-into force of the Ban Amendment is under debate: Amendments to the convention enter into force after ratification of " three-fourths of the Parties who accepted them " 17. 5 ; so far, the Parties of the Basel Convention could not yet agree whether this would be three fourth of the Parties that were Party to the Basel Convention when the Ban was adopted, or three fourth of the current Parties of the ConventionReport of COP 9 of the Basel Convention.

About 23. 9 % of the workforce coming into Basel are coming from outside Switzerland, while 1. 0 % of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.

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

Although he was a Roman Catholic, his body was buried in the Basel Minster, despite its having been changed into a Reformed church several years earlier.

In 1943, he went into exile in Switzerland, exhibiting in Basel, Bern, and Zurich.

The Basel II framework breaks risks into market risk ( price risk ), credit risk and operational risk and also specifies methods for calculating capital requirements for each of these components.

In the various controversies into which he was drawn, Beza often showed an excess of irritation and intolerance, from which Bernardino Ochino, pastor of the Italian congregation at Zurich ( on account of a treatise which contained some objectionable points on polygamy ), and Sebastian Castellio at Basel ( on account of his Latin and French translations of the Bible ) had especially to suffer.

In the following November the council elected the ambitious Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, as antipope under the name of Felix V. The conduct of France and Germany seemed to warrant this action, for King Charles VII of France had introduced the decrees of the Council of Basel, with slight changes, into France through the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges ( 7 July 1438 ), and the Diet of Mainz had deprived the Pope of most of his rights in the Empire ( 26 March 1439 ).

In 1377 the cities of Freiburg, Basel, Colmar, and Breisach entered into an alliance known as the Genossenschaft des Rappenpfennigs ( Rappenpfennig Collective ).

Around 35 million years ago, a rift valley of about 300 km long and 50 km wide came into being between the present cities of Basel and Frankfurt.

During the tertiary, the High Rhine continued West from Basel and flowed via the Doubs and the Saône, into the Rhône.

The provisions of the Basel convention have been integrated into the EU waste shipment regulation.

After losing out on a place in the UEFA Champions League following an away goals defeat to Basel, Celtic parachuted into the UEFA Cup.

The dioceses of Lausanne, Basel, Sion, Chur and Constance were all established before the new faith made inroads into the valley.

Bern entered into a series of agreements with Biel / Bienne, which led to a conflict with Biel's ruler, the Prince-Bishop of Basel in 1367-68.

The term Pharmacopoeia first appears as a distinct title in a work published at Basel in 1561 by Dr A. Foes, but does not appear to have come into general use until the beginning of the 17th century.

Gross ' appointment went hand-in-hand with the financial backing that had just been put into the club and it was not long until Basel returned to the top.

In the first group stage, Basel were drawn into Group B with Valencia CF, Liverpool, and Spartak Moscow.

After being the surprise package in Europe in the 2002 – 03 season, Basel could not bring this form into the UEFA Cup in 2003 – 04 as they were eliminated by Newcastle United in the second round after defeating Malatyaspor in the previous round.

Basel were then dropped into the UEFA Cup, where they met NK Široki Brijeg of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first round.

Basel sealed a 6 – 0 aggregate win and were drawn into Group E alongside RC Strasbourg, Roma, Red Star Belgrade, and Tromsø.

Basel were then drawn into a ' death group ' of Group D alongside SK Brann, Dinamo Zagreb, Hamburger SV and Rennes, all of which were ranked within the top three of their own leagues at the start of the stage.

Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany.

The local variant of the Swiss German dialects is called Basel German.

In addition the Theater Basel was chosen in 1999 as the best stage for German-language performances and in 2009 & 2010 as " Opera of the Year " by German Opera Magazine " Opernwelt ".

In 1019 the construction of the cathedral of Basel ( known locally as the Münster ) began under German Emperor Heinrich II.

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 ).

** 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.

True to the practice observed in preceding papal elections, the German court nominated another candidate, Cadalus, bishop of Parma, who was proclaimed Pope at the council of Basel under the name of Honorius II.

He struck up a friendship with Cranmer and after his return to Basel, he wrote about Cranmer to the German reformer Martin Bucer in Strasbourg.

* A sermon by a German monk states " the game of cards has come to us this year " and prohibitions against cards are issued by Prince John of Castile and the cities of Florence and Basel.

Politically, he concluded the Concordat of Vienna, or Aschaffenburg ( 17 February 1448 ) with the German King, Frederick III, by which the decrees of the Council of Basel against papal annates and reservations were abrogated so far as Germany was concerned.

In contrast, many people living near the border with Basel, Switzerland, will speak their dialect with a Swiss person from that area, as they are mutually understandable for the most part ; similar habits may apply to conversations with people of the nearby German Markgräflerland.

( Basel / Stuttgart ), Greek text ( excluding the harmonic fragments, rhythmic fragments, On the Primary Duration, and On tonoi: see p. 28 ) with commentary in German

Bucer then travelled to several southern German cities, including Ulm, Isny, Konstanz, Memmingen, and Lindau, and to the Swiss cities of Basel and Zürich.

On occasion minster is used to translate the German münster ( e. g. Basel, Bonn, Constance, Essen, Freiburg, Ulm ), which is a parallel translation of monasterium, but reflects a history of monasticism different from that of England.

In 1854, he visited Europe, representing the American German churches at the ecclesiastical diet at Frankfurt am Main and at the Swiss pastoral conference at Basel.

At Basel Reuchlin took his master's degree ( 1477 ), and began to lecture with success, teaching a more classical Latin than was then common in German schools, and explaining Aristotle in Greek.

) ( 2005 ) Bathroom Unplugged: Architecture and Intimacy ( German / English dual language edition ) Bad ohne Zimmer: Architektur und Intimität-Birkhäuser, Basel ISBN 3-7643-7232-X

Eight years after the establishment of the German Football Association ( DFB ), the first official match of the Germany national football team was played on 5 April 1908, against Switzerland in Basel, with the Swiss winning 5 – 3.

Its establishment belongs to the second wave of German university foundings in the late Middle Ages, like the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the University of Basel.

The bishop of Basel consequently was its provost or chancellor ( Kanzler ), the bishop of Constance was its patron while the real founder of the university was the sovereign, Archduke Albert VI of Austria, being the brother of Frederick III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

Johann Jakob Herzog ( 12 September 1805, Basel – 30 September 1882, Erlangen ), German Protestant theologian, was born at Basel.