Basel Minster
Basel, Switzerland
Münsterplatz 9, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
The tomb is indoors. Services, concerts and conservation work can change access; ordinary entry is free. Use an off-site city garage such as Parking Kunstmuseum and walk to the Minster; motor vehicle access to Münsterplatz requires a permit.
Summer: weekdays 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday about 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; shorter winter hours. Check the church schedule.
Consider May–June or September–October for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About Basel Minster
Humanist scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam is buried inside Basel Minster.
The Protestant church maintains the minster and its funerary monuments; access is managed around worship and events.
History happened here at Basel Minster
The former episcopal church was built and altered over centuries from 1019 to about 1500.
Erasmus died in Basel in 1536; his tomb is among the minster’s historic interior memorials.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Erasmus
EXTERNAL LINKS
Basel tourism, Erasmus tomb and church history: https://www.basel.com/en/attractions/basler-muenster-bc9d869a33
Basel Minster, seasonal opening: https://baslermuenster.ch/infos-kontakt/oeffnungszeiten
Map coordinates: https://mapcarta.com/28945256