Boningen

Boningen

Boningen is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality is located in Solothurn Gaeu and has consistently on a rural structure with few farms. Not even the construction of the highway and gravel pit with the various gravel processing industries have not changed.

Geography

The village is situated at the southern foot of the Borns (719 m above sea level. M. ) on two grounds steps above the left bank of the Aare. Of the 280 hectares of the municipality is 22.1% settlement area, 40.6 % of agricultural land, 30.6 % forest and shrubs, as well as 6.8 % unproductive areas.

Population

On December 31, 2012 730 persons were residing in Boningen, of which 9.5 % are foreign nationals. The language with 95.75 % according to 2000 census most commonly spoken language is Swiss German, followed by Serbo-Croatian (1.75 %) and Italian ( 0.63 ). On 11 December 2008, the 700 residents could be registered.

History

First documented in 1225 first mentioned, the village belonged in the Middle Ages Fridaueramt. The name means to the families of Bonno. Various monasteries and convents at that time owned land in Boningen. The tithe of Boningen originally belonged to the Counts of Froburg, then the Earl of Nidau, later the Barons of Falkenstein and then came in 1454 at the parsonage, " Our Lady " in Olten. Until 1687 Boningen was pfarrgenössig after Hägendorf. After creating a church in Kappel Kappel and Boningen formed their own parish. In the village itself since 1744 is a simple chapel, which was restored in 1974 with great effort. At the same time, the Bruder Klaus church was built, which fits well into the village next to the image Spycher and the pond and the old school house built in 1837.

Political system

The executive branch of the village lies the five-member council, of which each member heads a department. The legislative power is in the hands of the municipal assembly. This will ordinarily be convened twice a year and will be held in the multipurpose room of the village, " Schnäggehalle ". It consists of all voting residents.

Apart from the group consisting of all the inhabitants municipality there are the civil community, whose members all persons who hold citizenship of Boningen. The civil parish is one of the largest landowners. In addition to a large part of the forest it also has different properties and building land in their possession, including the land on which the plant is Boninger gravel. This gravel mining is next to rental and lease interest income is the largest source of community citizens dar.

Education

Boningen has a kindergarten for five -and six- year-old children and a primary school from the 1st to the 6th grade. After the students have to change in any case to the secondary schools of secondary education in Olten.

Economy

In addition to various SME companies and sole proprietorships is in Boningen a large gravel pit located. Similarly, a new hydroelectric plant in the Atel Hydro Ltd is located in the municipality.

Traffic

A well-developed postal buses connects Boningen with the Aaregäu Fulenbach about Wolfwil up to Oensingen and in the other direction with Aarburg and Olten.

Attractions

Chapel Mariahilf

Church

Tourist Information

Roundabout

Pond in the village center

Multi-purpose gym

Village store and farmhouse

Coat of arms

Blazon