St. Margarethen observatory

St. Margarethen observatory is a building in Basel, Canton of Basel-City, which is located on Venusstrasse. St. Margarethen observatory is situated near Margarethenpark, as well as near the swimming pool Schwimmerbecken.

Photo: Patrik Tschudin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Building
Description: observatory in Binningen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Address: Venusstrasse 9, Binningen, 4102

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Basel Zoo and Basel SBB Railway Station.

Basel Zoo

Zoo

Photo: TeamBurton, Public domain.

Zoo Basel is a zoological garden in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Basel Zoo is situated 730 metres northwest of St. Margarethen observatory.

Basel SBB Railway Station

Railway station

Basel SBB Railway Station

Photo: Chiccodoro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Basel SBB railway station is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Basel SBB Railway Station is situated 1 km northeast of St. Margarethen observatory.

Church St. Margarethen

Church

Church St. Margarethen

Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church St. Margarethen is situated 370 metres northwest of St. Margarethen observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Binningen.

Basel-Gundeldingen

Suburb

Basel-Gundeldingen

Photo: Laloom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Basel-Gundeldingen is a suburb.

Binningen

Town

Photo: Daendy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Binningen is a municipality in the district…

Bottmingen

Village

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Bottmingen is a municipality in the district…

St. Margarethen observatory

Categories: built structure and astronomical observatory
Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.5409° or 47° 32′ 27″ north

Longitude

7.5833° or 7° 34′ 60″ east

Open location code

8FV9GHRM+98

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=telescope

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Luxembourgish—“St. Margarethen observatory” goes by many names.

French: “observatoire de Bâle”
French: “Observatoire de Bâle”
German: “Sternwarte St. Margarethen”
Italian: “osservatorio di Bâle”
Luxembourgish: “Observatoire St. Margarethen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sternwarte St. Margarethen and Margarethenpark.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Basel-Binningen and Freizeitgartenverein Sternwarte.

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