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    St. Chrischona is a hamlet in the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. It is part of the municipality of Bettingen. The centre of the village is located on the...
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    Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona is a communications tower built in 1980–1984 near Basel, Switzerland, on the territory of the municipality Bettingen...
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  • Protestantism, cannon-caster of Tewodros II of Ethiopia and missionary of St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission [de] in Ethiopia, and later in Jaffa. Magdalena and...
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    with a height difference of only 277 metres between the Rhine and St. Chrischona. Bettingen, Riehen and a part of Basel city lie on the east bank of...
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    Reformed Churches of Bern-Solothurn. After serving in the Reformed St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission [de] at Bettingen from 1823 to 1826, he went to Paris...
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    "Treasured Towers". In Hannon, Robert E. (ed.). St. Louis: Its Neighborhoods and Neighbors, Landmarks and Milestones. St. Louis, MO: Buxton & Skinner Printing Co...
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  • (1831–1870), who both worked in Jaffa as Protestant missionaries for the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission [de]. The couple earned their livelihood through several...
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    of Basel, on the right bank of the Rhine river and on the slopes of St. Chrischona. Bettingen is split into two settlements. Dorf Bettingen is an Alemannic...
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    of corrugated pattern used for béton brut on the Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona television tower (1984) in Switzerland Béton brut seen on the interior...
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    Dora Rappard (category People from St. Julian's, Malta)
    writer. For many years she taught and gave spiritual guidance at the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission, a training school for evangelical missionaries near...
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  • Staatsunabhängigen Theologischen Hochschule Basel Theologische Seminar St. Chrischona All Nations Christian College (Hertfordshire, England) Belfast Bible...
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    (Basler Messeturm, 105 m (344 ft)) and Switzerland's tallest tower (St. Chrischona TV tower, 250 m (820 ft)). The Swiss chemical industry operates largely...
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    Tower Pinnacle height Year Country City Remarks St. Chrischona Tower 250 m 1984   Switzerland Bettingen Jeddah TV Tower 250 m 2006  Saudi Arabia Jeddah...
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  • TV Transmitter Bad Marienberg for FM and TV Transmitter Fernsehturm St. Chrischona (Switzerland) for FM and TV Transmitter Feldberg im Schwarzwald for...
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    Guragesch, hrsg. von L. Krapf. Basel: Pilgermissions-Buchsdruckerei St. Chrischona. Bitima, Tamene (2000). A Dictionary of Oromo Technical Terms: Oromo...
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    his studies in Basel, he settled in Palestine in October 1846. The St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission at Bettingen sent him out as missionary. When Schick...
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    applied for the position of a missionary inspector with the Protestant St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission of Basel in 1853, but left the position after two years...
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  • Smurfit-Stone Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona, near Basel, Switzerland. Southeast Financial Center, Miami, Florida...
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    In July 1852, the first leg of the country's telegraph system — between St. Gallen and Zürich — was operational. By the end of that year, most of the...
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    126 ft) 25 Basel-Stadt St. Chrischona 522 m (1,713 ft) 47°34′23″N 7°40′48″E / 47.57306°N 7.68000°E / 47.57306; 7.68000 (St. Chrischona) Rhine, national...
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  • pastors trained in interdenominational missionary societies such as the St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission in Basel, Switzerland, in the early 19th century; they...
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    but did not find a buyer. It was housed at the Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona near Basel, Switzerland, for 138 years, until 2012 when it was purchased...
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    twenty-fourth year of her age". Her grave is in the churchyard of Riehen, near St. Chrischona. "Her sepulchre is to us a continual admonition not to forget the millions...
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    enrolled in the Evangelical Training School for Foreign Missionaries in St. Chrischona and was consecrated in September 1858. Under the guidance of Bishop...
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    Barcelona, the Tibidabo (512 m) Ascona, Monte Verità (321 m) Basel, St. Chrischona (522 m; 250 m above the city) Bern, the Gurten (858 m; 300 m above the...
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    Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona 1983 tower St. Chrischona, Bettingen 250 m 47°34′18.26″N 7°41′13.16″E / 47.5717389°N 7.6869889°E / 47.5717389; 7.6869889 (St. Chrischona...
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  • adjusted to the new environment. He (among selected students) moved to St. Chrischona (another CMS outpost) near Basel, in 1872. Gebru graduated in 1876 with...
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    Metzler [de], then leading a Protestant mission in Jaffa for the Swiss St. Chrischona Pilgrims Mission [de], helped the American colonists to sell their real...
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    degree in theology from Missions Seminary of St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission (German: Pilgermission St. Chrischona) (Basel, Switzerland, 1978-1982). He worked...
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  • Protestant Methodist Church Mission 1902 St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission (became Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona [Wikidata]) 1895 The Scandinavian Alliance...
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