Horriwil

Horriwil

Horriwil is a municipality in the district water office of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Horriwil is located on 455 m above sea level. M., in a straight line 7 km east-southeast of the canton of Solothurn main town. The village is located in a small depression in slightly increased on the eastern edge of the flood plain of the river Emme, in southern Solothurn Plateau.

Neighboring municipalities are in the north Subingen, in the east Hüniken and Etziken, in the south the newly founded in 2013 by three fusion community farms and in the west with the longest municipal boundary Oekingen.

The area of ​​2.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating moraine landscape in the outer water office, which was formed by the glacial Rhône glacier. The communal land extends from the canalized course of Ösch to the southeast on the flood plain adjacent to the gravel slopes up in the vast forest area of Buechwalds, in the 501 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Horriwil is achieved. From the municipality surface 1997 13 % came from settlements, 27 % of forest and shrubs, 59% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Horriwil include the hamlet of Wil ( 446 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern edge of the flood plain of the river Emme as well as some individual farms.

Population

With 839 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Horriwil one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 97.9 % are German, 0.6 % French-speaking and 0.5 % speak Italian ( as of 2000). The population of Horriwil amounted in 1850 to 207 residents in 1900 to 299 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased to 1960 (428 inhabitants) to very little. Only since a significant population increase has been associated with almost a doubling of the population recorded within 40 years.

Policy

On May 17 In 2009, in a quiet election of municipal council consisting of four members concluded. Due to a conflict of interest that led to the disagreement of the municipal council, the municipal council decided in 2011, including the municipality of President Barbara Hofer closed his resignation. To bridge the former mayor of Luterbach Max Wittwer was appointed as trustee for the further conduct of the affairs of the Canton government. After a few months of the new council was formed in an equally quiet election of four new members. With Beat Noll also the post of mayor was re- occupied. The next local elections for the 2013-2017 term will be held on June 9, 2013. You can choose between seven candidates this time.

Economy

Horriwil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available, including companies in the construction industry, the computer science and in precision mechanical workshops. Horriwil is the site of the old people's home court Obermattstrasse, which was founded in 1982. 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 Herzogenbuchsee.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed, even though it is off the major thoroughfares on a link road of war Stetten Etziken. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 3 km from the center. By bus to the BSU, which serves the route from Solothurn to Herzogenbuchsee, Horriwil is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1264 under the name Horgenwile. Later, the names Horgunwile published ( 1294 ), Horchenwile ( 1341 ), Horchiwyl ( 1589 ) and Horriwyl ( 1747 ). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Horag, Horko or Horicon and means in the courts of the Horag / Horicon.

In the Middle Ages Horriwil initially formed their own little rule. Since the early 14th century, the village was part of the rule cheeks, which was under the suzerainty of the Count of Neu- Kyburg. After that, it moved in 1356 into the possession of the Counts of Neuchâtel - for IC- 1407 to Bern and in 1466 came to keep under the rule of Solothurn, where it was assigned to the Bailiwick of war Stetten. Was not until the 1665 Treaty Wyniger on the high justice of Bern Solothurn. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Horriwil belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district Biberist and from 1803 to the district Kriegstetten, which was officially renamed in 1988 in the district water office. Horriwil does not have its own church; it belongs to the parish war Stetten.

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