Laupersdorf

Lauper village

Lauper village is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Lauper village is situated at 493 m above sea level. M., 3 km west of the district town Balsthal (air line). The Bach rows village stretches along a sheltered position in the hollow of the village stream on the sunny side at the northern edge of the valley of the Balsthalertals, at the foot of Brunner mountain range in the Jura Mountains.

The area of ​​15.5 km ² large municipality area includes a section in the middle part of the Balsthalertal or Dünnerntal, a valley in the Solothurn Jura. The central part of the area is the approximately 500 to 1000 m wide flat valley floor of the Dünnern, which increases towards the south to the hill of Enerholzes. To the south of the municipality spell goes on the anticline of white stone chain and encompasses the densely wooded escarpment of Leberen. On the crest of this area of the Jura mountains are the pastures of Schwängimatt, the Rosschopf ( 1,115 m above sea level. M. ) and the Höllchöpfli on which to 1,215 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Lauper village is reached.

To the north of the valley of the Dünnern adjoins the village crossed by the creek basin of Lauper village. Further north, extends the communal land on the most steep and partly by covered with forest rock slope ( the so-called Sunnenberg ) to the anticline of Brunner mountain range with heights of small Brunnersberg ( 1,120 m above sea level. M. ), Lauper villages Stierenberg ( 1,105 m above sea level. M. ) and Bremgarten ( 960 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 47 % of forest and shrubs, 47% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Lauper village include the district Vorstatt ( 493 m above sea level. M. ) on the main road in Dünnerntal, the hamlet Höngen (664 m above sea level. M. ) on a terrace on the southern slope of the Brunner mountain range above Balsthal, the scattered settlement Enerholz (507 m above sea level. M. ) increased slightly south of the Dünnern at the foot of Leberen and various individual farms in the valley and Mountain farms of the Jura heights. Neighboring communities of Lauper village are Matzendorf, Mümliswil -Ramiswil and Balsthal in the canton of Solothurn and Niederbipp and Wolfi mountain in the canton of Bern.

Population

With 1682 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Lauper village belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 93.5 % are German, 1.9 % speak Serbo-Croatian and Albanian 1.6 % (as of 2000). The population of the village Lauper amounted in 1850 to 720 residents in 1900 to 862 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased continuously on. After a temporary decline in the 1960s, a significant population increase has been recorded since 1970 ( 1369 inhabitants) again.

Policy

• CVP: 5
• FDP: 2
• SVP: 2

Source:

In 2009, the council was reduced from 12 to 9 council seats. At the same time succeeded the Swiss People's Party for the first time in the municipal council to be represented by Lauper village.

Economy

Lauper village was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. During the 16th century, the heights of the mountains were cleared Brunner, created extensive summer pastures for the cattle, and built Mountain several courtyards. Even today, the farming and fruit growing in the deeper layers as well as the dairy and livestock in the upper parts of the municipality have an important place in the economic structure of the population.

Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. Add Lauper village enterprises of plastics processing, mechanical engineering, metal construction, the construction industry, mechanical workshops, a cardboard factory and a rope-making are represented. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in Balsthal as well as in the area of ​​Olten -Solothurn.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Oensingen to Moutier. By Postbus course which operates direct flight from Balsthal to Gänsbrunnen, Lauper village is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was already in the year 968 under the name Luiperestorf. Later, the names Loppestorf ( 1179 ), Luoperthurf ( 1194) and Loperstorf ( 1236 ) published. The place name is derived from the Old High German personal name Loubwar. In the High Middle Ages Lauper village initially belonged to the monastery of Moutier - Grandval before it got to the reign of Neu-Falkenstein. In 1420 the place came by purchase under the rule of Solothurn and the bailiwick of Falkenstein has been assigned. The next of trial was matzo village.

After the collapse of the ancien régime (1798 ) Lauper village was assigned to the district Balsthal Valley. In the 19th century, especially from 1850 to about 1870, the valley of severe poverty and famine was affected, so that many residents had to emigrate. Until about 1870, the Bohnerzvorkommen at Lauper village were mined for iron From Rollsche in Klus.

Coat of arms

The village coat of arms, a white 8 on a red background. The 8 has a military background: According to a source from 1689 included the Thaler communities to fourth and fifth company of the second regiment of militia army of Solothurn. The digit 4 was written at that time as a bottom open 8.

With the exception of Holder Bank, Mümliswil -Ramiswil and Gänsbrunnen all arms of the Thaler communities in this tradition seem to be. But only those of Lauper village and Balsthal have these eight shape. In the coat of arms of Aedermannsdorf, Herbetswil, Matze village and Welschenrohr the main subject is an angle - a variant of the old 5 - each with different color and shape variation.

Attractions

The St. Martin's Church of Lauper village was probably founded in the 7th century by the Moutier - Grandval. Its present form was given the Church the new building in 1860. Situated in the center some farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. In Höngen the St. James Chapel, which is mentioned in 1194 and 1714 moved to its present location is.

Pictures

School house Lauper village in the mist

Restaurant Vorstädtli