Pratteln

Few towns in Basel-Landschaft have a history as closely tied to salt extraction and industry as Pratteln. Set on the Rhine plain east of Basel, the municipality reaches from the river corridor towards the foothills of the Jura, on a major transport route through northwestern Switzerland. Salt discovered at Schweizerhalle in 1836 led to the development of saltworks, followed by chemical and pharmaceutical industry. In 1986, a fire at a Sandoz warehouse in Schweizerhalle polluted the Rhine, becoming a major environmental event. Pratteln’s older settlement core remains part of this intensely connected urban-industrial setting. Continue with webcams elsewhere in Basel-Landschaft to contrast the Rhine corridor and Jura edge around Pratteln.

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