Basler

1. A surname from German of German origin.

plural Baslers

1. Someone from Basel, Switzerland.

   Central to this is the understanding that Burckhardt was first and foremost a Basler.

   2000, John R. Hinde, Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity, →ISBN, page 6

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   For the Baslers no town exists but their own: only Basel is "civilized," and north of the river Birs the land of the barbarians begins.

   1989, C. G. Jung, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, →ISBN

   Although the bishop was nonresident, his officials and administrators still lived in Basel and staffed the episcopal courts. Their presence, in turn, provided employment for many Baslers and made the area around the chapel a community in itself.

   2006, Amy Nelson Burnett, chapter 1, in Teaching the Reformation, →ISBN, page 21

   Baslers consider their Fasnacht the "drey scheenschte Dääg," or the "three most beautiful days" of the year.

   2008, Christine Macy, chapter 10, in Festival Architecture, →ISBN, page 238