Härkingen

Reformed Church of Härkingen

Härkingen is a municipality in the district Gaeu of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

It lies at the southern foot of the Jura at the motorway junction of the A1 Zurich -Bern, where the A2 from Basel to encounters.

History

Neolithic remains on the book Rain and Roman finds on Grenzweg against Neuendorf are evidence of early settlement of the municipality. The first written mention of the village dates from December 7, 1080 in a certificate issued in Speyer deed of gift of Emperor Henry IV as Haerichingen, which means with the relatives of the Haricho. In 1402 Hans von Blaustein sold the Castle Neu -Falkenstein and the four villages Egerkingen, Härkingen, Neuendorf and Wolfwil to the city of Solothurn. This Härkingen 1481 together with Solothurn has been federally.

One of the worst fires investigated the village community home on March 3, 1730 as a 17 straw houses burned and 22 households were left homeless.

1754 the new building of St. John's Church was completed in the village center. 1798 occupied the French invasion army also Härkingen. The Liberty Tree stood before the tavern lamb. 1805 became Härkingen the ecclesiastical independence and became a separate parish. 1831, with the new cantonal constitution, the first municipal council was elected. Since the 18th century the following family names are detectable in Härkingen: Burkhardt, Free, Hauri, Jaeggi, Keust, minor, Oegerli, Pfluger, Studer, Von Arx, Wyss.

In 1953, the village was connected to the sewer, the village road was paved and provided the houses with house numbers.

Which is probably the oldest building in the village is the Gasthaus zum Lamm. According to the date inscribed on the round-arched basement doorway, the house was built in 1560.

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Population

Coat of arms

Blazon

Personalities

• Elizabeth Pfluger ( born October 21, 1919 in Härkingen ), writer and legends collector.