21. Hauptstrasse 54/56: Rössli - oldest inn in Muttenz

21. Hauptstrasse 54/56: Rössli - oldest inn in Muttenz

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Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2021

In the middle the inn, on the left the farm wing and on the right the slaughterhouse, behind it the garden with large chestnut trees, in which major Basel festivals were celebrated. Around 1905, i.e. before the conversion and expansion in 1909. Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

At the Rössli up the village, 01.06.1909

With village stream. Photo taken during the culverting of the village stream. Photo: Baselland State Archives

In the gable-end part of the house, Kaiser's coffee shop on the left, the Rahm butcher's shop on the right. In the eaves-side part of the house, with a lower gable, the annex. Photo: Museen Muttenz, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

On the right the «Gasthof zum Rössli». Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0

With Kaiser's coffee shop and the butcher's shop Otto Gloor. On the left health food store in house No. 58, from 1960 on access to the Athina cinema (15.1.1960-31.12.1981), then Denner. Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the church book gives us information about an innkeeper named Niklaus Brüderlin for the first time, because in 1601 court was held by the village court in his inn dwelling. The inn in question concerns today's Gasthaus zum Rössli, which can therefore be described as the oldest tavern in Muttenz.
In 1909 the property was extended, an extension with a deep gable. In addition to the Wirtschaft zum Rössli, Kaiser's coffee shop and the Rahm butcher's shop were now also located there.
In 1986 the demolition of the Hotel «Rössli» began and a new residential and commercial building was erected.