Weil-amndts-Rhein

Weil-amndts-Rhein is a German commune located close to the borders Suisse S and French, at the edge of the the Rhine.

It belongs to the District of the three borders with Saint-Louis (France) and Basle (Suisse).

Population

This town of 29  455 inhabitants (2003) is integrated in a urban Unité with the agglomeration of Basle.

Geography

It is located at the extreme south-west of the Germany (Land Bade-Wurtemberg district of Lörrach) to 4km of the French border and 7 km of the Swiss border.

The city is located in edge of the Rhine and close to the Black Forest which gives him a continental climate.

Partnership

Near to the Alsatian areas and baloises, they have much common point such as the history and the Germanic dialect.

Twin city

Tourism and Leisures

  • Musée Glazed Design, conceived by Frank Gehry, surrounded of the factory Vitra, conceived by Zaha Hadid and of a house of Tadao Ando
  • Parc watery Laguna

External bonds

  • Official site of the city in German
  • Images and history of Weil amndt Rhein
  • museum Glazed
  • Site of the watery park '' Laguna ''

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