Erasmus Route Basel - Freiburg.

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85.5 km

521 m

01h25

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Last verified: 1 July 2025

Description by the author

Erasums settled in Basel to publish his work. Erasmus had to leave his beloved Basel for Freiburg in 1529 after the Reformation. This route takes you also from Basel to Freiburg. The exact route Erasmus took is not known. But this route does take you along some nice spots and along the French-German border along the Rhine. In 1535, Erasmus returned back to Basel where he died in 1536, and is burried.

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Baden-Württemberg University Hospital of Basel Ausstellungsraum Klingental Kohlenberg Basel

Statistics

Difficulty level: Medium (60/100)

Length: 85.5 km

Duration: 01h25

Total ascent: 521 m

Maximal slope: 7.6 %

Average slope: 0.6 %

Net ascent: -7 m

Total descent: 528 m

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Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 83 km (97 %)

Cobblestones: 320 m (0 %)

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Scenery

Car free roads: 2.74 km (3 %)

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Natural area

Urban area

Water rich area

Characteristics

Paved (100%)
Public transport accessible

Themes

Border routes
Culture
History
Literature
Science & math

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Start and end of the route

Closest address to start: Basler Münster, Münsterplatz 9, 4051 Basel, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra

Closest address to end: Fütterer, Hauptstraße, 79104 Freiburg, Deutschland

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Münster of Basel
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This church contains the grave of Erasmus, who died here in 1536. First, an grave was excavated …
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Rhine in Basel
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The Rhine''s origins are in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, where its two main initial …
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Abteikirche Ottmarsheim
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The abbey church of Ottmarsheim.
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Staufen im Breisgau
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Staufen lies at the foot of the Black Forest at the exit from the Münstertal. The Black Forest …
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Gasthaus Löwen
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The story is that the Alchemist Faust, the character created by Goethe, died here in the Gasthaus …
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Naturpark Südschwarzwald
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Burgruine Staufen
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Freiburg im Breisgau
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Freiburg was founded in the 12th century as a free market town, hence its name. This town was …
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Martinstor
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The Martinstor, one of the original city gates in Freiburg
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Münster Freiburg
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The Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt is quoted as having said that the church''s 116-metre tower …
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Münster of Basel

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Abteikirche Ottmarsheim

Staufen im Breisgau

Gasthaus Löwen

Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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Freiburg im Breisgau

Martinstor

Münster Freiburg

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