Fulenbach

Post office and the Catholic Church in the center of Fulenbach

Geography

Fulenbach is located on 429 m above sea level. M., 10 km southwest of the district town Olten ( straight line ). The village is located on the gravel terrace north of the river Aare, opposite the Swiss canton of Aargau Murgenthal, the so-called Aaregäu the Solothurn midlands.

The area of ​​4.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Aare valley in the Swiss Mittelland. The southern and eastern municipal boundary runs along the Aare River, which flows here around 30 m deeper than the surrounding gravel terraces in a valley. Even the little opening out below Fulenbach left side creek is slightly sunk in this country terrace. The main part of the municipal area is occupied by this little in relief terrace, which is passed in the vicinity of the village of arable and meadow land in the northern part of the vast forests ( Forenban ). The highest elevation of 432 m above sea Fulenbach is. M. at the outer reaches settlement eternity. From the municipality surface 1997 14 % came from settlements, 30 % of forest and shrubs, 53% to agriculture and slightly more than 3% was unproductive land.

To Fulenbach include the neighborhood near the Aareübergang Instead, the outer settlements eternity (432 m above sea level. M. ) and Faerch (430 m above sea level. M. ) on the gravel terrace and some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Fulenbach are Wolfwil, Neuendorf, Härkingen and Boningen in the canton of Solothurn and Murgenthal in the canton of Aargau.

Population

With 1676 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Fulenbach belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 93.9 % are German, 2.1 % and 0.7 % speak Italian albanischsprachig (as of 2000).

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1226 under the name Vulenbah. Later, the names Fulenbach ( 1260 ) and Fulenbac ( 1263 ) published. The place name derives originally from a water body name. The Old High German word ful has the meaning of slow, putrescent, which is why the village name can be interpreted as the lazily flowing / smelly creek.

Since the Middle Ages Fulenbach was the property of the Counts of Frohnburg and was part of the rule Fridau, which was named after a village south of the outgoing, happy burg small town on Aareübergang. It experienced the same fate as the rule Fridau and came in 1463 under the direct rule of the city of Solothurn, where it was assigned to the Office of the Bailiwick Low Bechburg. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) belonged Fulenbach during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the district of Olten. The documented since the 15th century ferry service on Aareübergang 1863 set with the Inauguration of the covered wooden bridge over the river.

Ecclesiastical Fulenbach formed already in 1253 an independent parish, but was cared for from 1547 to 1679 in succession from Hägendorf, Kesten wood and Wolfwil from. Since then, there is a separate parish again.

Economy

Fulenbach was until well into the 20th century a predominantly shaped by the agriculture community. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding and forestry have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Fulenbach today operations of the construction and transportation industries, metal construction, the advertising industry, carpentry and trading companies are represented. In recent decades, Fulenbach has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Olten and Langenthal.

Traffic

The community is conveniently technically quite well developed. It is located on a link road from Murgenthal after Hägendorf. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 6 km from the town center. By Postbus course which operates direct flight from Olten via Wolfwil to Oensingen, Fulenbach is connected to the public transport network. On the opposite side of the Aare, the Murgenthal railway station is on the route Olten- Bern.

Attractions

The attractions of Fulenbach include the deer park, the Chäppeli ( small chapel ) and the Aare bridge. The Chäppeli, actually the Mary Our Lady Chapel ( built in 1697 ) stands on the site of the 13th century, donated by the Earl of Frohnburg Stephen's Church. The present village church of St. Stephen was built in 1955; Furthermore, there is a Chapel of St Stephen.

Pictures

Old presbytery

Old farmhouse in the village center

Schoolhouse

Chapel Mariahilf " Chäppeli "

Chapel Mariahilf " Chäppeli "

Wooden bridge of Murgenthal after Fulenbach

Reformed Church

Personalities

National became known Fulenbach who has also composed the General-Guisan march and the Solothurnermarsch among other things by the composer Stephan Jaeggi (1903-1957). Were also born in Fulenbach Beat Jaeggi ( dialect writer ), Franz Anatol Wyss ( etcher and painter ) and Roman Candio ( painter ) and now lives in Solothurn. Became internationally known as a guitarist Fernando von Arb of the Solothurn rock band Krokus.

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