Spezi-Clique 1905
One of the oldest Grossbasel Stammvereine, rooted in the Breite quarter. Maintains Stamm and Alti Garde formations marching with Sujet (annual theme), Larven and Laternen.
Breite-quarter Stammverein, over 120 years old
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Other basel fasnacht cliquen
Oldest still-existing Fasnacht clique in Basel, founded on the Kleinbasel (right-bank) side. The VKB are widely cited as the seed organization of the modern organized clique movement and remain a Stammverein with Alti Garde and Jungi Garde sections.
Second-oldest Basler Fasnachtsclique, originating in Kleinbasel. A classic Pfyffer-und-Tambouren (piccolo and drum) Stammverein still active in the Cortege and Morgenstreich.
Founded by members of the Basel artillery (Saint Barbara is the patron saint of artillerymen), the Barbara-Club has a military-rooted Stammverein with Alti Garde and is one of the very early 20th-century cliques shaping the Cortege.
Historic Stammverein with clubhouse in St. Alban-Vorstadt 15; runs Stamm, Alte Garde and Jungi Garde (Binggis) sections of pfeifer and tambouren, with strong fife-and-drum schooling tradition.
Stammverein historically meeting Wednesdays (hence Mittwoch-Gesellschaft) at Löwenzorn and later Gemsberg from 1922; one of the senior Grossbasel cliques.
Pioneering Grossbasel clique credited with launching the modern Basel Larve tradition: their 1920s 'Modern Art' Sujet drove the commissioning of papier-mache masks, which became the prototype for the now-standard Basler Kuenstlerlarve.