Bruckgut (Münchenstein)

The Bruckgut estate lies at the foot of the hill, below the village centre of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

The Bruckgut estate lies in the Münchenstein lowlands on the right hand bank of the river Birs.

The most important crossing over the Birs between Basel and Münchenstein up until the mid 18th century was a wooden bridge and tollhouse by the Bruckgut.

Prior to the erection of the single-track railway bridge in 1874/75 by Gustave Eiffel the river was straightened and embanked.

It is exactly at this point where the Münchenstein rail disaster occurred on 14 June 1891, historically the worst railway accident ever to affect Switzerland.