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Hirzbrunnen, Basel — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hirzbrunnen holds Museum Tinguely, the Tierpark Lange Erlen and the Eglisee across three square kilometres of Basel.
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Where to stay in Hirzbrunnen
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
A room out by the Tierpark Lange Erlen is a different Basel proposition from one in the thick of the city, since Hirzbrunnen runs to three square kilometres of housing, animal park and the water at the Eglisee. Few beds carry a sign. Most travellers book centrally and come out for Museum Tinguely or an afternoon among the Lange Erlen paddocks.
Few places to stay in Hirzbrunnen — most visitors book in Basel nearby.
About Hirzbrunnen
What are the main landmarks in Hirzbrunnen?
Museum Tinguely carries the name most visitors arrive knowing, and the Tierpark Lange Erlen, the Eglisee, St.-Markus-Kirche and St. Michael fill out the rest of what this quarter is credited with. Archaeology accounts for the remainder. An Alamanni cemetery at Gotterbarmweg, Early Latène graves, an Early Medieval cemetery of slab graves and a coin deposit from a suspected Roman villa rustica are all recorded within Hirzbrunnen.
What is the history of Hirzbrunnen?
Hirzbrunnen's beginning went unwritten. The ground under it has been dug all the same: Early Latène graves, an Alamanni cemetery at Gotterbarmweg, Early Medieval slab graves and a coin deposit tied to a probable Roman villa rustica have all come out of these three square kilometres of Basel. Settlement here is old.
What stands on top is far younger, from the water at the Eglisee to the paddocks of the Tierpark Lange Erlen and the collection gathered into Museum Tinguely.
Where is Hirzbrunnen?
Three square kilometres of Basel make up Hirzbrunnen, ground taking in the Tierpark Lange Erlen, the Eglisee and Museum Tinguely.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Hirzbrunnen?
Basel: seeing the whole city with Hirzbrunnen kept as an afternoon out.
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Updated August 2026