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 is the home of the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission (today: Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona TSC), an evangelical training school for home and foreign missions, led by Karl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909) and his wife Dora Rappard. [2]
See also
- Conrad Schick (1822-1901), German architect, archaeologist and evangelical missionary active in Jerusalem
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps
- ^ Raupp, Werner (27 July 2010), "Rappard, Dora", Das Historische Lexikon der Schweiz (in German), retrieved 2017-11-25
External links
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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 is the home of the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission (today: Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona TSC), an evangelical training school for home and foreign missions, led by Karl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909) and his wife Dora Rappard. [2]
See also
- Conrad Schick (1822-1901), German architect, archaeologist and evangelical missionary active in Jerusalem
References
- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps
- ^ Raupp, Werner (27 July 2010), "Rappard, Dora", Das Historische Lexikon der Schweiz (in German), retrieved 2017-11-25
External links
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