Biezwil

Biezwil is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Biezwil is located on 586 m above sea level. Level, 14 km south-west of the main town Canton Solothurn ( straight line ). The scattered village extends in a depression in the catchment area of ​​Rütibachs on the plateau of Bucheggbergs, in the Solothurn Plateau.

The area of ​​4.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehöhen of Bucheggberg. The central part of the area occupies the hollow of Biezwil, which goes north to a little valley and drained the Oberwiler Mülibach (source stream of the Rütibachs ). This high trough is bounded on the west by the meadow Aspi height (605 m above sea level. M. ), which gradually abdacht against Schnottwil. The east adjoins Biezwil plateau is flanked and Hubel ( 654 m above sea level. M. ) in the south of Forest Hills Shors (615 m above sea level. M. ), Flüeli ( the highest elevation of 673 meter above sea Biezwil. M. ). The southern boundary runs along the edge above the steep drop to Limpachtal. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 41 % of forest and woody plants and 52% to agriculture.

To Biezwil include various individual farms. Neighboring communities of Biezwil are Lüterswil - Gächliwil, fairs and Schnottwil in the canton of Solothurn and Oberwil at Buren in the Canton of Bern.

Population

With 323 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Biezwil one of the small communities of the Canton of Solothurn. Of the residents, 98.3 % speak German, 1.4% French-speaking and 0.4 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Biezwil amounted in 1850 to 579 residents in 1900 to 376 inhabitants. Through strong migration during the 20th century, the population increased to 1980 by a further 40 % to 226 persons. Since then, a significant increase in population was recorded again.

Economy

Biezwil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. During the 19th century was in Biezwil a significant Garnsiederei, which attracted many workers from the area, who had settled in the village.

Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding and forestry have an important place in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including in an establishment of timber construction. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Solothurn and Grenchen.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Lohn after Schnottwil. By Postbus course which from the station serves the route wage Lüterkofen after Schnottwil, as well as by the Paratransit Bucheggberg Biezwil is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The territory of Biezwil been inhabited since the Neolithic period and during the Roman period, which could be detected by various small finds. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1255 under the name Beizwile; by 1276 the name Bietzwile is preserved. The place name is derived from the Old High German personal name piezo and means in the courts of the piezo.

Since the 13th century Biezwil was under the rule Buchegg that was part of the land County Small Burgundy, acquired in 1391 from Solothurn and was converted to the Bailiwick Bucheggberg. Until 1798, the high court was the Bernese district court Zollikofen while Solothurn with the Schnottwil of court exercised the lower courts. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) Biezwil belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district Biberist and from 1803 to the District Bucheggberg. In 1893, numerous houses were a village destroyed by fire.

Attractions

The center of Biezwil characterized by many charming half-timbered houses after Bernerart.

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