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The Belchenflue is a mountain of the Jura, located on the border between the 
Belchenflue on Hikr
Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Basel-Landschaft Mountains of the Jura Mountains of the canton of Solothurn One-thousanders of Switzerland Basel-Landschaft–Solothurn border {{Solothurn-geo-stub
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
*Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internati ...
cantons of Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
and Solothurn
, neighboring_municipalities = Bellach, Biberist, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Langendorf, Rüttenen, Zuchwil
, twintowns = Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland)
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; ...
, south of Eptingen
Eptingen is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
History
Eptingen is first mentioned in 1145 as ''Ebittingen''.
Castle Ruins Around Eptingen
The Burgruine Witwald, also called ''Wild-Ept ...
. The nearby Belchenflue Pass
Belchenflue Pass (el. 1055 m.) is a mountain pass to use only by hikers in the Jura Mountains between the cantons of Basel-Country and Solothurn. Nearestby access by car is on the Chilchzimmersattel. Actually the pass does not have a distinct n ...
links the two cantons.
The mountain is also known as the Swiss Belchen (''Schweizer Belchen'') and is part of the so-called Belchen System
The Belchen System refers to five mountains with the name ''Belchen'' around the tripoint of Germany, France and Switzerland that may have been used by the Celts as a solar calendar. The term is an extension of the Belchen Triangle. The mount ...
, a group of mountains with the name "Belchen" that may have been part of a Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foo ...
sun calendar
A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the season or almost equivalently the apparent position of the Sun relative to the stars. The Gregorian calendar, widely accepted as a standard in the world, is an example of a solar calendar.
...
.Chevrier, Jean-François. ''From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron'', Basel: Birkhäuser, 2016, p. 52.
See also
*Belchen Tunnel
The Belchen Tunnel is a motorway tunnel in Switzerland, and forms part of the A2 motorway from Basel to Chiasso. It links Eptingen in the canton of Basel-Country with Hägendorf in the Canton of Solothurn. The tunnel was opened in 1966, and is ...
References
External links
Belchenflue on Hikr
Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Basel-Landschaft Mountains of the Jura Mountains of the canton of Solothurn One-thousanders of Switzerland Basel-Landschaft–Solothurn border {{Solothurn-geo-stub