Canton of Basel

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former Swiss canton

The Canton of Basel was a historical Swiss canton centered on the city of Basel, known as a significant political and economic hub in the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kanton Baselland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Swiss canton ⓘ
borderedBy	France NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ other Swiss cantons ⓘ
capital	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn	city of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	black crozier on white field ⓘ
country	Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Canton of Basel-Landschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
dividedInto	Canton of Basel-Landschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	banking ⓘ chemical and pharmaceutical precursors ⓘ crafts ⓘ textile industry ⓘ trade ⓘ
event	Basel split of 1833 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	canton government ⓘ
hasCity	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInstitution	University of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	city of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Prince-Bishopric of Basel (in part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Switzerland ⓘ
memberOf	Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	sovereign member of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
role	major urban and commercial center of the Confederacy ⓘ
significantFor	banking and finance ⓘ economic importance in the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ political influence in the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ printing and publishing ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ university education ⓘ
symbol	Basel crosier NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Early modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ until 1833 ⓘ
todayPartlyCorrespondsTo	Canton of Basel-Landschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	Alemannic German dialects ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First War of Kappel → belligerent → Canton of Basel ⓘ

Canton of Basel-Landschaft → nativeName → Canton of Basel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanton Baselland