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Huber village, called in Swiss German Hopperschte, is a municipality in the district of livers of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Huber village is situated at 480 m above sea level. M., 5.5 km northeast of the Canton main town of Solothurn (air line). The village extends into the Talniederung the Siggern between the Jura south slope in the north and the height at cutting paths in the south, in the region of Lower Leberberg, in the Solothurn Plateau.

The area of ​​only just 1.4 km ² large municipality area includes a small section at the foot of the Jura south slope. The central part is the open valley which is traversed from west to east from the Siggern, a left tributary of the River Aare. To the north of the municipality extends to the bottom of the slopes of the Jura and reached below Kammersrohr 540 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Huber village (hamlet Rainacher ). South of Siggerntälchens enough, the area above the heights of cutting paths (up to 509 m above sea level. M. ), a native of the Ice Age moraine along the Aare, to the edge of the gravel terrace of Flumenthal. From the municipality surface 1997 15 % came from settlements, 32 % of forest and shrubs, 52 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

At Huber village include the village of cutting paths ( 496 m above sea level. M. ) and some new residential areas such as the Mid field (490 m above sea level. M. ), the Langacher ( also 490 m above sea level. M. ) and the higher-lying Rainacher (540 m above sea M. ). . Neighboring communities of Huber Village are from the north clockwise rotation Günsberg, chamber pipe, Attiswil (the only Bernese neighbor), and Flumenthal Ried wood.

Population

With 734 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Huber Village is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 98.0 % are German, 0.6 % French-speaking and 0.5 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Huber Village amounted in 1850 to 201 residents in 1900 to 223 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased continuously. Especially since 1980 (477 inhabitants) a significant population increase was recorded.

Economy

Huber village was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. The water power of the Siggern was formerly used for the operation of mills and sawmills. Even today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In the church today operations of the fireplace construction, computer science and horticulture are represented. Huber village is the site of community school district under Leberberg. A total of 165 students from the region are divided into nine classes, three each for the district school, secondary school and high school. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Solothurn region.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Attiswil after Günsberg. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located around 5 km from the village. By Postbus course, which serves the route from Solothurn to Balm bei Günsberg, Huber village is connected to the public transport network. In addition, the stop of the Aare Seeland mobil is to reach the neighboring Flumenthal in around 15 minutes walk from the village center.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1201 under the name Huopelstorff. Later, the names Hupolstron ( 1374 ) published, Hupelstrin ( 1399 ), Huppolstorff ( 1500), Hupelstorf ( 1508) and Hupperstorff ( 1555). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Huopold and the word spine ( thorn ) and thus means the Dornverhau of Huopold. Even today, in the vicinity of the name Hopperschte common. Even the website of the municipality is alternatively accessible under that name.

Since the Middle Ages Huber village was under the rule Balm. Along with this rule reached the village in 1312 as an imperial fief to the counts of Strassberg and after various changes in ownership, 1411 at Solothurn. Since 1344, the city had held the high jurisdiction over Huber village. In the 15th century the village was under the Bailiwick Balm, from 1487 it was part of the Bailiwick Flumenthal. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Huber village belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the district livers. Huber village belongs to the parish Flumenthal and has since 1987, with the village of Chapel of the Holy Cross its own house of worship.

Personalities

Otto Morach, painter

Coat of arms

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