St. Chrischona

St. Chrischona church

St. Chrischona is a hamlet in the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. It is part of the municipality of Bettingen. The centre of the village is located on the highest point of the canton, at 522 metres above sea level.[1]

East of St. Chrischona, near the German border, is located a 250 m high communication tower.

St. Chrischona was the home of the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission, an evangelical training school for home and foreign missions, led by Karl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909) and his wife Dora Rappard.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps
  2. ↑ Raupp, Werner (27 July 2010), "Rappard, Dora", Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz (in German), retrieved 2017-11-25

Coordinates: 47°34′24″N 7°40′49″E / 47.57333°N 7.68028°E / 47.57333; 7.68028

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