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43-576: Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a privately owned art gallery) as well as a toy museum and several parks. Riehen was the first municipality in Switzerland to elect a woman, Trudy Späth-Schweizer to political office, in 1958. The mathematician Leonhard Euler and the tennis player Roger Federer lived in Riehen during their childhood years. Riehen is first mentioned in 1157 as Rieheim . Riehen

86-560: A Fachhochschule ). Of the 4,205 who completed tertiary schooling, 53.5% were Swiss men, 29.0% were Swiss women, 10.2% were non-Swiss men and 7.3% were non-Swiss women. As of 2000, there were 310 students in Riehen who came from another municipality, while 1,280 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Riehen is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Riehen (municipal library of Riehen). The library has (as of 2008) 37,413 books or other media, and loaned out 149,733 items in

129-593: A museum but also a small power plant in which its visitors were to regain strength. The building features a glazed façade largely looking out onto the corn fields and vines covering the Tüllinger Hills. The two perimeter walls of the original garden site inspired the idea of the museum’s layout. A red wall built with porphyry from Patagonia , South America replaced to the original in place before. The four 115-metre (377 ft) long porphyry walls running from north to south and standing 7 metres (23 ft) apart define

172-688: A museum to house their private collection. The collection was first publicly exhibited in its entirety at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid in 1989, and was subsequently shown at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 1993 and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney in 1997. In September 1994 the groundbreaking of the museum took place. The inauguration was scheduled for 1996, but postponed until 1997 due to delays in

215-498: A population (as of July 2021) of 21,788. As of 2008, 18.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.2%. It has changed at a rate of 4.9% due to migration and at a rate of -4.9% due to births and deaths. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (18,509 or 90.9%), with French being second most common (365 or 1.8%) and Italian being third (355 or 1.7%). There are 29 people who speak Romansh . Of

258-544: A private car. From the 2000 census, 4,683 or 23.0% were Roman Catholic , while 7,464 or 36.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there were 213 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.05% of the population), there were 56 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 1,030 individuals (or about 5.06% of

301-422: A space for special exhibitions staged to complement the permanent collection. In 2006, approximately 340,000 persons visited the museum. The number of visitors in 2016 was 332,000. The Beyeler Foundation is the most visited museum of art in all of Switzerland. The museum is properly funded, and it receives annual grants from the cantons of Basel City and Basel County and the commune of Riehen. Major partners of

344-642: A specific artist. According to a design of the Italian architect Renzo Piano the construction of the museum began in September 1994 in the Berower Park in Riehen. The museum was meant to be embedded in the English landscape garden in the park and according to Beyeler, not only be a museum but also a small power plant in which its visitors were to regain strength. The building features a glazed façade largely looking out onto

387-552: A total of 9,315 households that answered this question, 34.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 82 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 3,073 married couples without children, 2,232 married couples with children There were 468 single parents with a child or children. There were 98 households that were made up of unrelated people and 114 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. In 2000 there were 2,460 single-family homes (or 63.2% of

430-402: Is May, with an average of 12.7, but with only 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain or snow. The driest month of the year is March with an average of 49 mm (1.9 in) of precipitation over 10.7 days. In Riehen about 8,191 or (40.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 4,205 or (20.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or

473-461: Is bounded by two different municipalities in Switzerland and Germany. Riehen has an area, as of 2009, of 10.86 square kilometers (4.19 sq mi). Of this area, 2.78 km (1.07 sq mi) or 25.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.74 km (1.06 sq mi) or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.19 km (2.00 sq mi) or 47.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.23 km (0.089 sq mi) or 2.1%

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516-420: Is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 28.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 11.3%. Out of the forested land, 23.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.2% is used for growing crops and 7.3% is pastures, while 4.1%

559-400: Is expanding, particularly in terms of works made after 1950 (recent acquisitions include pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Wolfgang Tillmans ). In 2013, French art collector Micheline Renard donated several artworks to the museum, including by Jean Dubuffet , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Sam Francis , and Sigmar Polke ; the trove was first exhibited at the museum in 2014. The garden surrounding

602-701: Is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites . In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.29% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (21.11%), the LPS Party (14.32%) and the FDP (13.19%). In the federal election, a total of 8,209 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.6%. As of  2010, Riehen had an unemployment rate of 2.1%. As of 2008, there were 33 people employed in

645-518: Is properly funded, and it receives annual grants from the cantons of Basel City and Basel County and the commune of Riehen. Major partners of the Foundation are Bayer AG, Novartis and Swiss bank UBS . Art dealers Ernst Beyeler (16 July 1921 – 25 February 2010) and Hilda Kunz (1922 – 18 July 2008), known as Hildy, created the Beyeler Foundation in 1982 and commissioned Renzo Piano to design

688-670: Is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 1.9% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located on the right bank of the Rhine on the Swiss-German border between Wiese and the Chrischonahügel. A salient around 2 km in length protrudes from the northeast, over the Herrenwald forest. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, six Bricks Argent one, two and three. Riehen has

731-405: The primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 552 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 88 businesses in this sector. 3,392 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 506 businesses in this sector. There were 8,930 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.2% of the workforce. In 2008

774-420: The Foundation are Bayer AG, Novartis and Swiss bank UBS . Art dealers Ernst Beyeler (16 July 1921 – 25 February 2010) and Hilda Kunz (1922 – 18 July 2008), known as Hildy, created the Beyeler Foundation in 1982 and commissioned Renzo Piano to design a museum to house their private collection. The collection was first publicly exhibited in its entirety at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid in 1989, and

817-405: The art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler , which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes a space for special exhibitions staged to complement the permanent collection. In 2006, approximately 340,000 persons visited the museum. The number of visitors in 2016 was 332,000. The Beyeler Foundation is the most visited museum of art in all of Switzerland. The museum

860-647: The construction. In October 1997, the Beyeler Foundation made its collection accessible to the public. The Beyeler Foundation opened its doors on 18 October 1997, presenting 140 works of modern classics, including 23 Picassos. The overall collection of 200 works of classic modernism reflect the views of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler on 20th-century art and highlight features typical of the period from Claude Monet , Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh to Pablo Picasso , Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein and Francis Bacon . The paintings appear alongside some 25 objects of tribal art from Africa , Oceania and Alaska . A third of

903-430: The corn fields and vines covering the Tüllinger Hills. The two perimeter walls of the original garden site inspired the idea of the museum’s layout. A red wall built with porphyry from Patagonia , South America replaced to the original in place before. The four 115-metre (377 ft) long porphyry walls running from north to south and standing 7 metres (23 ft) apart define the plan of the building. Resting on top of

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946-424: The exhibition space is reserved for special exhibitions staged to complement the permanent collection. The culmination of Beyeler's career came in 2007 when all the works that passed through his hands were reunited at the museum for a grand exhibition that included van Gogh's 1889 Portrait of Postman Roulin , Lichtenstein's Plus and Minus III and a huge expressive drip painting by Jackson Pollock . The collection

989-410: The municipality and 6,673 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 21.0% of the workforce coming into Riehen are coming from outside Switzerland, while 1.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 41.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 31.4% used

1032-414: The municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 2,998. There were 353 single-room apartments and 2,649 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 9,063 apartments (93.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 453 apartments (4.7%) were seasonally occupied and 224 apartments (2.3%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units

1075-399: The museum also periodically serves as a venue for special exhibitions. In a work called "Wrapped Trees", Christo and Jeanne-Claude veiled 178 trees in the park around the Beyeler Foundation and in the adjacent Berower Park between 13 November and 14 December 1998. Recently, the permanent collections are rarely open to the public and the visitors can only visit temporary exhibitions featuring

1118-455: The museum building, the late-Baroque Villa Berower houses the museum's administration department and a restaurant. Beyeler Foundation The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler , with its museum in Riehen , near Basel ( Switzerland ), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler , which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes

1161-459: The museum, including by Jean Dubuffet , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Sam Francis , and Sigmar Polke ; the trove was first exhibited at the museum in 2014. The garden surrounding the museum also periodically serves as a venue for special exhibitions. In a work called "Wrapped Trees", Christo and Jeanne-Claude veiled 178 trees in the park around the Beyeler Foundation and in the adjacent Berower Park between 13 November and 14 December 1998. Recently,

1204-567: The permanent collection. The culmination of Beyeler's career came in 2007 when all the works that passed through his hands were reunited at the museum for a grand exhibition that included van Gogh's 1889 Portrait of Postman Roulin , Lichtenstein's Plus and Minus III and a huge expressive drip painting by Jackson Pollock . The collection is expanding, particularly in terms of works made after 1950 (recent acquisitions include pieces by Louise Bourgeois and Wolfgang Tillmans ). In 2013, French art collector Micheline Renard donated several artworks to

1247-407: The permanent collections are rarely open to the public and the visitors can only visit temporary exhibitions featuring a specific artist. According to a design of the Italian architect Renzo Piano the construction of the museum began in September 1994 in the Berower Park in Riehen. The museum was meant to be embedded in the English landscape garden in the park and according to Beyeler, not only be

1290-408: The plan of the building. Resting on top of the solid foundation walls, the lightweight glass roof, white enamelled on the reverse, admits northern light but screens off light from the east and the west. Along the northern and the southern sides the roof projects far beyond the walls, shading the glass façades from the sun. In 1999, less than two years after the opening of the museum edifice, the building

1333-497: The population in the municipality 4,549 or about 22.3% were born in Riehen and lived there in 2000. There were 4,939 or 24.2% who were born in the same canton, while 5,700 or 28.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,420 or 21.7% were born outside of Switzerland. In 2008 there were 94 live births to Swiss citizens and 33 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 226 deaths of Swiss citizens and 5 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration,

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1376-428: The population of Swiss citizens decreased by 132 while the foreign population increased by 28. There were 4 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland and 22 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 73 non-Swiss men and 41 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders)

1419-410: The population) did not answer the question. Riehen has an average of 123.3 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 763 mm (30.0 in) of precipitation . The wettest month is June during which time Riehen receives an average of 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain or snow. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.6 days. The month with the most days of precipitation

1462-459: The population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 95 individuals (or about 0.47% of the population) who were Jewish, and 272 (or about 1.34% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 53 individuals who were Buddhist , 48 individuals who were Hindu and 36 individuals who belonged to another church. 5,731 (or about 28.13% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 689 individuals (or about 3.38% of

1505-404: The repair of motor vehicles, 115 or 4.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 152 or 5.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 60 or 2.3% were in the information industry, 79 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 190 or 7.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 366 or 14.2% were in education and 713 or 27.6% were in health care. In 2000, there were 3,207 workers who commuted into

1548-557: The same year. It was open a total of 310 days with average of 24 hours per week during that year. The municipality has two railway stations, Riehen and Riehen Niederholz , with frequent service to Basel. In addition, the Basel tram network runs through the municipality to the German border. Beyeler Foundation The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler , with its museum in Riehen , near Basel ( Switzerland ), owns and oversees

1591-597: The solid foundation walls, the lightweight glass roof, white enamelled on the reverse, admits northern light but screens off light from the east and the west. Along the northern and the southern sides the roof projects far beyond the walls, shading the glass façades from the sun. In 1999, less than two years after the opening of the museum edifice, the building was lengthened by 12 metres (39 ft), which increased total exhibition space by 458 square metres (4,930 sq ft) to its present (as of April 2020 ) 3,764 square metres (40,520 sq ft). Situated vis-à-vis

1634-446: The total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 3,120. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 22, of which 15 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 514 of which 134 or (26.1%) were in manufacturing and 363 (70.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2,584. In the tertiary sector; 388 or 15.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or

1677-494: The total) out of a total of 3,894 inhabited buildings. There were 999 multi-family buildings (25.7%), along with 337 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.7%) and 98 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.5%). Of the single-family homes 124 were built before 1919, while 206 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes (852) were built between 1946 and 1960. In 2000 there were 9,740 apartments in

1720-426: The views of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler on 20th-century art and highlight features typical of the period from Claude Monet , Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh to Pablo Picasso , Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein and Francis Bacon . The paintings appear alongside some 25 objects of tribal art from Africa , Oceania and Alaska . A third of the exhibition space is reserved for special exhibitions staged to complement

1763-823: Was 2.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.52%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Beyeler Foundation , the Cemetery am Hörnli with crematorium, the New and Old Wenkenhof with Park, the Reformed Village Church of St Martin with Meierhof and ring wall, the Wettsteinhäuser (Toy Museum and Village Museum), the Colnaghi House, Huber House and Schaeffer-von Déchend House are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance . The entire town of Riehen

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1806-551: Was a decrease of 95 and the non-Swiss population increased by 117 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.1%. As of 2000, there were 7,169 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 10,466 married individuals, 1,621 widows or widowers and 1,114 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 9,201 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.1 persons per household. There were 3,248 households that consist of only one person and 409 households with five or more people. Out of

1849-575: Was subsequently shown at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 1993 and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney in 1997. In September 1994 the groundbreaking of the museum took place. The inauguration was scheduled for 1996, but postponed until 1997 due to delays in the construction. In October 1997, the Beyeler Foundation made its collection accessible to the public. The Beyeler Foundation opened its doors on 18 October 1997, presenting 140 works of modern classics, including 23 Picassos. The overall collection of 200 works of classic modernism reflect

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