Kleinlützel

Huggerwald

Huggerwald (French Petit- Lucelle ) is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipal area also includes the hamlet Huggerwald and ring. Since the place name " La Petite " originally 'small' means the name of the village is actually a pleonasm.

Geography

The territory of the municipality Huggerwald forms a scenic by the basel Laufental separated from the rest of the Solothurn canton exclave on the banks of the river La Petite on the border with France.

History

The oldest dwelling in the community spell of Huggerwald belongs to the Neolithic age to (3000-1800 BC). It is the blue stone rock cave that is located north of the village at the southern foot of the blue stone. In this Stone Age dwelling a polished stone ax and a piece of jewelery have been found by archaeologists.

Traces of the Roman Empire (125 AD to 400 AD before ) were found in clearings, between the Rämelweide and the bald mats, where has been in all probability a Roman settlement, or at least a workshop. This is confirmed by the presence of Roman routes between Huggerwald and bluestone and Castle and Rye Castle of over Huggerwald on the bald after Röschenz.

Fundgestände and remains of tombs from the Germanic period indicate that there must have existed an Alemannic settlement in the municipality spell. The Alemanni arrived in 416 AD under the supremacy of the Franks, who were a German tribe also and already aufführten the village name Huggerwald.

From the Middle Ages the ruins Blaustein, which is north of Huggerwald on a narrow rocky ridges originates. About the building of the castle is not known. As it stood at the junction of important Roman pass on the Blue Mountain range, you could fall back to Roman origins. The castle was destroyed in 1411 and never rebuilt.

1136 a small convent named Minor Lucella was founded in what is now " Klosterli ". It was subordinate to the abbot of ( grand) Luetzel. Even in the 12th century, the monastery was given to the Augustinian canons. Only in 1486 it was again nunnery ( Augustinian ). In the Swabian War ( 1499 ) and in the peasant unrest, the monastery suffered greatly. Today, chapel and farm buildings are still standing.

1527 bought Solothurn Huggerwald with the surrounding area and built this in his bailiwick Thierstein, which existed until 1798 and a uniform court circle formed. The parochial benefice to Huggerwald had apparently held Thiersteiner, then Luetzel until they have also been purchased in 1646 by Solothurn.

2003 to 2008 the church received national media attention because of a conflict between the priest Franz Sabo and Bishop Kurt Koch. In the conflict that also affected the neighboring community Röschenz, the local parish worker Sister Maria Romer and the monastery Maria Stein were also involved in the neighboring municipality of Metz alders.

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Attractions

• Remelturm