page_title: Neue Welt
section_title: Geographical location
hierarchical_section_title: Neue Welt / Geographical location
caption_attribution_description: English: Birs Waterfall, Münchenstein Deutsch: Birswasserfall, Kraftwerk, Münchenstein
context_page_description: The Neue Welt is a sub-district of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
context_section_description: The geographical area called the Neue Welt (new world) evolved in the 17th century as the industry started establishing itself around the upper end of the "St. Alban-Teich". This is a canal, artificially constructed by the Basler Kloster St. Alban during the 12th century, so as to bring water and water power to the industry in Basel. Later, during the years 1624–25, the canal was prolonged through Brüglingen towards the Birs waterfall in Münchenstein and from here the water is diverged.
  The Neue Welt is the northernmost district of Münchenstein. Neue Welt lies along the western bank of the river Birs. To its east it borders on the municipality of Muttenz and to the west it borders on Dreispitz, a business and economic service neighbourhood that lies half in Basel and in Münchenstein. To the north Neue Welt borders on St. Jakob an der Birs (now part of Basel), this was the site of the famous Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs, on 26 August 1444.
caption: Birs Waterfall and the small power station
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