ViaJura
Overzicht
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Afstand 14 km
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Duur 3 h 20 min
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Stijging 120 m
Inleiding
Gemakkelijke wandeling vanaf de oever van de Rijn langs het middeleeuwse handelskanaal Dalbedych en de oever van de Birs. Langs de weg: de botanische tuin “Merian Park” Brüglingen, de landschapstuin Ermitage Arlesheim en natuurgebied Reinacher Heide.
Beschrijving
The hike starts at Basel railway station and takes about 20 minutes, passing Aeschengraben and St. Alban-Anlage to St. Albanteich. The name is deceiving, because the pond is actually an artificially created water canal dating back to the 12th century, which used to serve local businesses and trades. Its water power was used for grain mills, sawmills, hammer mills or fulling mills, with which wool was felted by machine.
Continue for about 30 minutes along the old industrial canal. On the opposite side, chestnut trees and grazing deer catch the eye. Then comes a change of scenery. After a pedestrian and cycling underpass, you suddenly find yourself in front of St. Jakob Park, or "Joggeli", as the people of Basel call it. The Joggeli is home to FC Basel and Switzerland's largest football stadium. It was designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. After the stadium, the path branches off to the left. It will take you to the Birs and then along the river, where one sports field follows another: football, basketball, volleyball, athletics, tennis and much more. Incidentally, the Birs separates the half-cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft here for a while.
Arriving at the Neuewelt hydroelectric power station, you have already been on the road for about one and a half hours. The power station in the Birs produces electricity for around 1,000 households. Continuing along the riverbank, you reach the Reinacher Heide nature reserve. After lengthy political processes, it was first declared a cantonal nature reserve in 1974 and then a nature reserve of national importance in 1994. The heathland is home to half of all plant species found in the canton and is characterised by gravel areas, dry meadows and alluvial forest. The dry meadows are reminiscent of a Mediterranean landscape on hot summer days. Dogs and bicycles are not allowed to cross the heathland.
Continuing along the Birs, the route leads past the second power station, Dornachbrügg, to the finish in Aesch. You are often surrounded by nature on this leg. At the same time, you feel the proximity to the city of Basel, which provides attractive housing space and a correspondingly dense transport network. In 1793, Aesch belonged to the Departement du Mont-Terrible (Schreckensberg) for a short period, and its inhabitants were French citizens. The village has been Swiss again since 1815 and has retained its rural character despite its proximity to the big city of Basel.
De sleutel voor een prettige wandeltocht is onder andere een zorgvuldige planning. Win op voorhand inlichtingen in bij de plaatselijke informatiedienst over de toestand van het traject en de weersomstandigheden. Afhankelijk van het seizoen en de weersomstandigheden kan de route gesloten of onderbroken zijn.
| Vertrek |
Basel
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| Aankomst |
Aesch (BL)
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| Richting |
Eén richting
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| Stijging |
120 m
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| Daling |
90 m
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| Afstand |
14 km
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| Duur |
3 h 20 min
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| Duur omgekeerde richting |
3 h 20 min
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| Technische vereisten |
Eenvoudig
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| Vereiste conditie |
Gemiddeld
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| Geschikt seizoen |
Het hele jaar door
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Feiten
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