Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus

View of field wells

Field Fountain St. Niklaus is a municipality in the district of livers of the canton Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Field Fountain St. Niklaus is situated on 452 m above sea level. M., 2 km north-east of the main town Canton of Solothurn (air line). The municipality extends on a terrace north of the River Aare, at the foot of the Jura east of Verena creek, in the Solothurn Plateau.

The area of ​​2.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Solothurn midlands. The southern boundary runs along the Aare. From here, the communal land extends northward along the gravel terrace of field wells, which is bounded on the west by the small valley of the brook Verena, and the plateau of the Spies Sacher ( 485 m above sea level. M. ) to the adjacent forest heights of Verena chain. This chain is a small chain of white stone upstream Jura fold. It is subdivided in the field of field wells Sankt Niklaus through the dry valley of the Chalchgrabens. On the Rehhubel ( 583 m above sea level. M. ) and on the moss with 595 m above sea level. M. achieved the highest elevations of the community. From the municipality surface 1997 14 % came from settlements, 46 % of forest and woody plants, 39% in agriculture and slightly more than 1% was unproductive land.

The municipality consists of the two districts of field wells (454 m above sea level. M. ) on the terrace north of the River Aare and Sankt Niklaus ( 466 m above sea level. M. ) at the outlet of Verena Verena Bach from the gorge. Neighboring communities of field wells Sankt Niklaus are Solothurn, Rüttenen, Ried wood and Zuchwil.

Population

With 919 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) field Fountain St. Niklaus is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Solothurn. Of the residents, 96.3 % speak German, 1.1% Italian-speaking and 0.8% speak French (as of 2000). The population of field wells Sankt Niklaus amounted in 1850 to 232 residents in 1900 to 275 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased continuously. Especially since 1990 (640 inhabitants) and 2006 (867 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.

Policy

  • FDP: 3
  • CVP: 2
  • SP: 1
  • SVP: 1

Source:

The municipal council ( executive) is including the mayor of 7 members. The seats were distributed as follows:

Economy

Field wells Sankt Niklaus was until the mid 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture village. Today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have only a minor role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including companies in the information technology, the construction industry and the marketing. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Solothurn region. Field wells Sankt Niklaus has a low tax rate, what the church in the cantons of Solothurn and Bern earned a reputation as a tax haven.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It lies on the main road 5 of Solothurn Olten. The nearest links to the motorway A5 ( Solothurn- Biel) is located approximately 4 km from the town center. On January 9, 1918, the railway line in the Solothurn- Niederbipp Railway was taken with a station in field wells in operation. By bus to the BSU, which operates direct flight from Zuchwil via Solothurn to Rüttenen, also Sankt Niklaus is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village on the present municipality took place in 1182, when the existence of a settlement called Wedelswile was documented in writing. This hamlet was the origin of Sankt Niklaus, but was destroyed in 1375 by the Guglern. The rebuilt town was now called based on the Nicholas Chapel of St Niklaus. Field wells is first mentioned in 1319 as Velbrunnen; 1455, the name comes Felbrunnen.

The area of Sankt Niklaus and field well under stood in the middle ages the St. Urs pin in Solothurn in 1344 and came to the city of Solothurn, which from then on both the low and the high jurisdiction exercised. Until 1720 both villages belonged directly to the old town district of Solothurn. With the exclusion of the narrow city district field wells and Sankt Niklaus were separated from the city and placed under the bailiwick Flumenthal.

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Field and fountain Sankt Niklaus belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the district livers. With the realignment of political communities in 1803 the two villages were not considered, so long time it was discussed via a connection to Ried wood. It was not until 1831 Feldbrunnen- Sankt Niklaus was raised to the politically independent municipality. Twice, in 1865 and at the beginning of the 20th century, there was a connection of the then very poor community to Solothurn to the debate, but this initially, later failed because of the resistance of the Solothurn to that of the village population.

Attractions

Intermediate field wells and Sankt Niklaus is the Waldegg Castle, which is one of the most beautiful Baroque buildings in the canton. It was built in 1682-1690 for Schultheiss Johann Viktor Besenval as a summer residence and is designed as a typical Solothurn " Türmlihaus ". The large palace with two chapels, a theater hall and a remarkable interior design from the 17th to the 19th century situated in a spacious park. Today, the castle serves as a living museum and is frequently the venue for exhibitions and concerts.

The little church at St. Nicholas cemetery is dated in its origins in the Middle Ages. The present building dates mainly from the 17th century. In the interior, on the outside walls of the church and the cemetery itself, there are tombs of former Solothurn patrician families and well-known personalities, including:

Personalities

  • Frank Buchser (1828-1890), painter and adventurer
  • Eliana Burki ( b. 1983 ), Swiss musician ( alphorn )
  • Erich von Daniken, Author ( many years, a few years ago Emigrants inhabitants field fountain )

Coat of arms

Blazon

Lebern District Swiss Plateau Riedholz Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Free Democratic Party of Switzerland A5 motorway (Switzerland) Bellach Bettlach, Switzerland Grenchen Kammersrohr Langendorf, Switzerland Niederwil, Solothurn Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
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