11. Grave of the fallen Basel people

11. Grave of the fallen Basel people

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Resting place of thirty-three soldiers from the city of Basel killde in the fratricidal wars on August 3, 1833. Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2011.

Originally there were two memorial plaques for Dietrich Wettstein and August Wieland on the facade of the ossuary. Muttenz, chapel, exterior view, until 1903 Photo: Rud. Fechter, Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, NEG A 324

The grave plaques are in the staircase to the ossuary. Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2011.

Landerer (1784 - 1833) was a lieutenant colonel in the Basel cavalry. Personenlexikon BL Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2021.

Wettstein (1795 - 1833) was a descendant of Johann Rudolf Wettstein. Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2021.

1795-1833,Personenlexikon BL. Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2021.

In the battle at the Hülftenschanz in 1833, 69 soldiers died and over 100 were wounded. In the communities of Frenkendorf, Pratteln and Muttenz, hand carts were requisitioned to bury the dead in the church yards. 33 people from Basel were buried in Muttenz.