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Overnight stays in nature in the canton of Basel-Stadt

0 of 3 municipalities individually documented

In the canton of Basel-Stadt there is no general cantonal rule; the municipality decides. None of the 3 municipalities has been looked up yet.

Cantonal: no general rule

What the canton itself regulates
Tentunclear
Bivouacunclear
Car / camperunclear

What this means

Basel-Stadt kennt keine kantonale Regelung zum Campieren oder Biwakieren. Gesucht wurde von zwei Seiten: im gesamten schweizerischen Kantonsrecht über lexfind.ch (Begriffe «campieren», «kampieren», «biwakieren», «camping sauvage», «bivouaquer») und in der Erlass-Sammlung des Kantons selbst nach «campieren», «übernachten», «nächtigen», «Zelt» und «Camping» — beide Suchen finden keinen Erlass, der das Übernachten im Freien regelt, und auch das Übertretungsstrafgesetz kennt unter seinen 21 Tatbeständen keinen dazu. Wer öffentlichen Grund über den Gemeingebrauch hinaus benützt, braucht dafür eine Bewilligung; ob ein Zelt darunter fällt, sagt kein Erlass ausdrücklich. Über das Übernachten im Freien entscheidet in diesem Kanton deshalb die Gemeinde. Was die Karte dazu weiss, steht bei der Gemeindefläche.

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Basel-Stadt does not have any cantonal regulations on camping or bivouacking. The search was carried out from two sides: in the entire Swiss cantonal law on lexfind.ch (terms "camping", "camping", "bivouacking", "camping sauvage", "bivouaquer") and in the collection of decrees of the canton itself for "camping", "overnight stay", "night", "tent" and "camping" — both searches do not find a decree regulating overnight stays outdoors, and the Offences Penalty Act does not contain any of its 21 offences. Anyone who uses public land beyond public use needs a permit to do so; no decree explicitly says whether a tent falls under it. In this canton, the municipality therefore decides on overnight stays outdoors. What the map knows about this is stated in the municipal area.

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Source & status
Volltextsuche im Kantonsrecht über lexfind.ch; Gegenprüfung in der Erlass-Sammlung des Kantons Basel-Stadt, einschliesslich Übertretungsstrafgesetz vom 13.02.2019 (SG 253.100) · Original document
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Municipalities with their own information

For the 3 municipalities of this canton, no individual research has been entered yet. Outside protected areas, the municipality still decides — the map shows its contact there instead of guessing a colour. No entry never means “allowed”.

Not yet looked up

These municipalities of the canton do not have their own entry yet. They are listed here anyway, because the answer “nothing is regulated at cantonal level for Basel-Stadt, and nothing has been looked up for your municipality yet” is an answer — and because the map holds the contact of each municipality.

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