Brunnenthal, Switzerland
Brunnenthal SO
Fountain valley was until December 31, 2009, a municipality in the district Bucheggberg the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, the merger of the municipalities Balm bei Messen, fountain valley, fairs and Oberramsern was completed measuring the new community.
Geography
Fountain valley lies 541 m above sea level. M., 14 km south-southwest of Canton main town of Solothurn (air line). The village is located on a hilltop between the Limpachtal the north and the little valley of the Mülchibachs in the east, the north-eastern part of the plateau Rapperswil, in the Solothurn Plateau.
The area of only 0.9 square kilometers just great former municipal area included a portion of the ground moraine of Rapperswil plateau in the extreme southwest of Solothurn midlands. The area stretched from the southern edge of the Limpachtals southward on the amount of fountain valley up to the Mülchibach. Furthermore, two clearings were as enclaves to the community: Castle swamp on the plateau ( 543 m above sea level, the highest elevation of fountain valley. ) Southwest of the village and castle on the eastern side of the valley of Messi Bach. From the former rural community area in 1997 12 % was attributable to settlements, 9% of forest and woody plants and 79% to agriculture.
To Brunnenthal included several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Fountain valley were measuring in the canton of Solothurn and Mülchi, Etzelkofen and barns in the Canton of Bern.
Population
With 203 inhabitants ( 31 December 2008) fountain valley was one of the small communities of the Canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 97.4 % are German and 2.6 % speak Dutch ( as of 2000). The population of fountain valley amounted in 1850 to 266 residents in 1900 to 214 inhabitants. During the 20th century, a population decline by another 30 % to 148 persons has been registered by strong emigration until 1970. Only since 1990 (153 inhabitants) a significant increase in population was recorded again.
Economy
Fountain valley was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important place in the economic structure of the population. Some other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available, including a paint store. In the valley of Mülchibachs below fountain valley, there is a clay pit, which is exploited by the Brickyard Etzelkofen. 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 Bern.
Traffic
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a link road of trade fairs for female fountain. By Postbus course, which serves the route from the train station to Jegenstorf fairs, fountain valley is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1396 under the name Brunental. Since its first mention of fountain valley was under the rule of measurement, with which it got to the pin Solothurn 1410 and was assigned as a result of the Bailiwick Bucheggberg. Until 1798, the high court was the Bernese district court Zollikofen while Solothurn with the measuring of Court exercising the lower courts. After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) fountain valley belonged to the district during the Helvetic Biberist and from 1803 to the District Bucheggberg. Fountain valley does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish fairs. With effect on 1 January 2010 merged with fountain valley Balm at trade shows, fairs and Oberramsern the new community fairs.
Coat of arms
Shared by red with yellow Weidbrunnen and yellow with green Two mountain.