Aedermannsdorf
Aedermannsdorf
Aedermannsdorf ( in local dialect: [ æ ː ˌ dmiʃ dɔ ː (r ) f ː ] / [ æ ː ː ʃ ˌ dərman dɔ ː (r ) f ː ] ) is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Geography
Aedermannsdorf is located at 531 m above sea level. M., 7 km west of the district town Balsthal (air line). The scattered village extends in a hollow of the tit Bach, on the sunny side at the northern edge of the valley of the Balsthalertals, at the foot of Brunner mountain range in the Jura Mountains.
The area of 12.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the western part of Balsthalertal or Dünnerntal, a valley in the Solothurn Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by approximately 500 m wide flat valley floor of the Dünnern. To the south of the municipality spell goes on the anticline of white stone chain and encompasses the densely wooded steep northern slope of Rüttelhorns ( 1,193 m above sea level. M. ) between the two Erosionstälchen Riedgraben in the west and Horn Graben in the east, which are cut into the hard limestone.
To the north of the valley of the Dünnern adjoins the creek, crossed by Meise trough Aedermannsdorf. Further north the municipality of ground above the initially relatively gently sloping hillside M. extends to the anticline of Brunner mountain range with heights of Karli mountain ( 1,171 m above sea level. M. ), hundredweight ( with 1'238 m above sea level., The highest elevation Aedermannsdorf ) and the rocky Geissflue ( 1'102 m above sea level. M. ). A small part of the upper catchment area of the Guldentals also belongs to Aedermannsdorf. The northwestern border is the opposite when Scheltenpass Matze villages Taurus mountain ( 1,222 m above sea level. M. ). With a narrow lobe in the far west, the municipal area extends into the heavily chambered area at the courts of Solterschwang in the source area of the Gabiare (inflow of scolding Bach ). From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 47 % of forest and woody plants and 50 % to agriculture.
To Aedermannsdorf include numerous individual farms, which are widely scattered in Balsthalertal and on the heights of Brunnersberg chain. Neighboring communities Aedermannsdorf are Beinwil, Mümliswil -Ramiswil, Matze village and Herbetswil in the canton of Solothurn and Rumisberg, Seehof and rebuke in the canton of Bern.
Population
With 555 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Aedermannsdorf one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Aedermannsdorf counted 1850 486 inhabitants, in 1900 there were 476 During the 20th century, the population fluctuated in the range of 450-550 inhabitants. Since 1980 (461 inhabitants) a population growth was recorded in total again.
Economy
Aedermannsdorf was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. During the 16th century, the heights of the mountains were cleared Brunner, created extensive summer pastures for the cattle, and built Mountain several courtyards. Since the Middle Ages there were iron melts at Aedermannsdorf. In the 18th century the weaving was widespread and in 1840 the Posamenterei was done in homework, often as additional purchase in addition to agriculture.
Even today, agriculture in the deeper layers as well as the dairy and livestock in the upper parts of the municipality have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Aedermannsdorf operations of timber construction and wood processing, construction and agricultural machinery manufacturing as well as earthenware and porcelain factory are (1961 emerged from the former faience ) represented. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Balsthal as well as in the area of Olten -Solothurn.
Traffic
The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It is located approximately one kilometer off the main road from Oensingen to Moutier. By Postbus course, which serves the route of Balsthal to Gänsbrunnen, Aedermannsdorf is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1308 as Odermarstorf; later the name appears in the variants Eder Mans village ( 1318 ), Edelmanstorff (1406), Edermarstorf (1494 ) & c. The name goes back to a composition from the Old High German personal name * Adermar or Odermar and the spread in Alemannic settlement name base word village, hamlet, farm, village, estate, district '.
In the Middle Ages Aedermannsdorf belonged to the rule of Neu-Falkenstein. In 1420 the place came by purchase under the rule of Solothurn and the bailiwick of Falkenstein has been assigned. Since the 15th century there were several iron smelting in the area of the village. 1779 the forge at the Dünnern was founded, were forged in the arms, pans and tools.
After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) Aedermannsdorf was assigned to the district Balsthal Valley. Also in 1798, Ludwig von Roll a faience factory that manufactured earthenware and Fayencegeschirr of high quality. In the 19th century, especially from 1850 to about 1870, the valley of severe poverty and famine was affected, so that many residents had to emigrate. The hammer mill was abandoned in 1841, and the building housed after a tannery, a spinning mill and a watch case factory, but no longer exist today.
Attractions
The construction of the Church of Saint Joseph Aedermannsdorf 1967 became an independent parish; previously it belonged to the parish Matze village. The oldest farmhouse in the village is the Galli house dating from 1510 in the core; the Joseph chapel was built in 1691. In the Horn Graben is the St. Anthony Chapel near a hermitage that was founded in 1450.
Pictures
Catholic Church of St. Joseph
St. Joseph Chapel
Cemetery
Meeting house
Schoolhouse
Coat of arms
Blazon