St. Chrischona is a hamlet in the

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canton of

Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (german: Kanton ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Citad; french: Canton de Bâle-Ville; it, Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as t ...

. 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. 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: TSC), an

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training school for home and foreign missions, led by Karl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909) and his wife

Dora Rappard Dora Rappard (1 September 1842 – 10 October 1923) was a Swiss missionary and hymn writer. For many years she taught and gave spiritual guidance at the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission, a training school for evangelical missionaries near Basel, Sw ...

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St. Chrischona, mythische-orte.eu
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