Horburgpark - Basel, Switzerland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
N 47° 34.357 E 007° 35.666
32T E 394288 N 5269757
A municipal park in Basel.
Waymark Code: WMB6EC
Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland
Date Posted: 04/11/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 6

Horburgpark -just called "Horbi" by locals - was established in the 1950s on the area of a former cemetery. It has a small playground with a large three-lane slide, benches, a small pool, rest rooms and mostly grass and trees.

A special feature of this park is "Horburg Trail", a dirt park for mountain bikers that was established in 2001 in the Southern corner of the park.
Name: Horburgpark

Street Location: Hammerstrasse / Gottesackerstrasse

Local Municipality: Basel

State/Province, etc.: Basel-Stadt

Country: Switzerland

Picnic Facilities: Tables, but no fireplaces

Recreational Facilities:
Playground, pool, dirt park


Web Site: Not listed

Memorial/Commemoration: Not listed

Date Established: Not listed

Monuments/Statues: Not listed

Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed

Fountains: Not listed

Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed

Special Events: Not listed

Traditional Geocaches: Not listed

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