Canton of Basel-City
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Strassburger memorial

The Strassburger memorial is a monument in established in memory of the help the civil population of received from Switzerland during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870–1871.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: monument in the city of Basel, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Strassburger Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basel SBB Railway Station and Wurzel fountain.

Railway station
Photo: Chiccodoro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station. is situated 180 metres southwest of Strassburger memorial.

Fountain
Photo: Caahlo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 100 metres north of Strassburger memorial.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.
The houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in . is situated 690 metres northeast of Strassburger memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Binningen.

Suburb
Photo: Laloom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Town
Photo: Daendy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in . It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of .

Suburb
Photo: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Strassburger memorial

Latitude
47.54898° or 47° 32′ 56″ north
Longitude
7.5909° or 7° 35′ 27″ east
Inception
1895
Open location code
8FV9GHXR+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 168317097
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q1577575
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Strassburger memorial” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “斯特拉斯堡纪念碑”
  • German: “Strassburger Denkmal”
  • German: “Strassburgerdenkmal”
  • Swiss German: “S Stroossburger Dänggmol”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Strassburger Denkmal”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Strassburger memorial”. Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.