St. Chrischona

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St. Chrischona church

St. Chrischona is a hamlet in the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. 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.[1]

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 (Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona [de] or TSC), an evangelical training school for home and foreign missions, led by Karl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909) and his wife Dora Rappard.[2]

See also

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  • Conrad Schick (1822-1901), German architect, archaeologist and evangelical missionary active in Jerusalem
  • Moritz Hall (1838-1914), Polish missionary who worked in Ethiopia with the Chrischona Brethren

References

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  1. ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps
  2. ^ Raupp, Werner (27 July 2010), "Rappard, Dora", Das Historische Lexikon der Schweiz (in German), retrieved 2017-11-25
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47°34′24″N 7°40′49″E / 47.57333°N 7.68028°E / 47.57333; 7.68028

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