City tour

Mission and colonialism in Basel: city tour in March

February 19, 2026
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Various places in Basel remind us of the city's special missionary history and its international links with colonialism. What entanglements of the past continue to have an impact today? The tour makes this visible in the city.

With Claudia Buess, historian, Team Education, Mission 21,
Alexandra Flury-Schölch, Theologian, Education Team Mission 21
and Dr. Christian Weber, Church Historian, Education Team, Mission 21

Guided tour in German

Meeting point: Main entrance Missionhaus, Missionstrasse 21, 4055 Basel

Contribution towards expenses CHF 20.-
CHF 15.- for persons in training

Registration deadline: March 27, 2025 For a place on the waiting list, please contact monika.dipietrantonio@mission-21.org directly or register for the next city tour on June 1.

This city tour has been well received - by the public and the media. For example in the article in the Kirchenbote Basel-Stadt:

â–º Article about a past city tour on Kirchenbote-online: "On the trail of colonialism in Basel"

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Hope thanks to your support

Mission 21
Protestant Mission Basel

PO Box 270
Missionsstrasse 21
4009 Basel, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)61 260 21 20
info@mission-21.org

Donation account Switzerland:
IBAN: CH58 0900 0000 4072 6233 2
Tax exemption number:
CHE-105.706.527

Donation account Germany:
Savings Bank Lörrach-Rheinfelden
Swift BIC: SKLODE66
BLZ: 683 500 48
IBAN: DE39 6835 0048 0001 0323 33
Account No. : 1032333

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