Luterbach

Church of Saint Joseph

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

Geography

Luterbach is on 431 m above sea level. M., 3.5 km east of the main town Canton Solothurn ( straight line ). The village extends on the gravel plain east of the river Emme, at the foot of the Jura, in the Solothurn Plateau.

The area of ​​4.5 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the groundwater- rich gravel plain water in the inner office. The Aare River forms a natural boundary of the municipality to the north, the Emme contrast borders Luterbach of Zuchwil in a westerly direction. At high tide, often large sections of the plane of Luterbach were flooded earlier, which is why the original village was built away around 1 km from the rivers. To the east extends the communal land of the plain and the channelized creek beds in the village of Bach and the Bach Rütti up in the thorn forest and in the Affolterwald, a forest belt in the middle of the flood plain. The highest elevation of 436 m above sea Luterbach is. M. reached on the southern edge of the municipality. From the municipality surface 1997 32 % came from settlements, 25 % of forest and woody plants, 39% in agriculture and about 4% was unproductive land.

To Luterbach the settlement Vorholz part (431 m above sea level. M. ) on Rütti creek on the western edge of the forest belt. Neighboring communities of Luterbach are Deitingen Whose things Zuchwil and Ried wood.

Population

With 3374 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Luterbach belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 90.6 % are German, 2.9 % Italian-speaking and 1.9 % speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Luterbach amounted in 1850 to 447 inhabitants, 1900 to 1050 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased continuously on.

Policy

The number of seats in the municipal council of Luterbach was reduced continuously over the last decades. So it was in 1997 still 16 to award eleven 2001 and 2009, only 9 seats. Founded in 1997, Free List Luterbach party was able to win in their first term of office from 1997 to 2001 three seats on the council itself. Two terms later (2005-2009), she succeeded with 4 seats becoming the largest party of Luterbach, while her party founder Hugo was elected to the municipal president Schumacher. After the party in the next term of office 2009-2013 already lost half its seats, as well as Hugo Schumacher decided to SVP to change and there is no successor could be found, 2012, the dissolution of the party was announced. Since there were not more candidates than seats for the period from 2013 to 2017, there was a silent choice.

Economy

Luterbach was up to the beginning of the 20th century mainly by agriculture embossed village. The water power of the village Bach was formerly used for the operation of a mill. Today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have only a marginal role in the economic structure of the population.

Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. Since the 1960s, various companies have settled in Luterbach due to its good location. Commercial and industrial zones are located near the train station north of the village. Today in the town of companies in the electrical and electronics industry ( Schaffner Holding), the construction and transportation industries, information technology, horticulture, precision mechanics, a sawmill, and other mechanical workshops are represented.

Shaping the village also was for decades the cellulose plant on the northern banks of the Aare in Attisholz (based in Ried wood). At the factory was a large wooden warehouse in Luterbach between the station and Aare. The last owner, the Norwegian company Borregaard, the factory has closed with last 440 jobs in January 2009.

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 conveniently moderately well developed, although the village itself away from the major thoroughfares located on a link road from Solothurn to Deitingen. Luterbach can be reached via the A1 motorway through the exits at Wangen an der Aare or war Stetten, or via the exit Solothurn Ost on the A5 motorway. Southeast of the village is the Luterbach where the A5 ( Biel -Solothurn ) joins the A1.

Luterbach has its own station ( Luterbach - Attisholz ) at the 1876 Olten -Solothurn opened Gäubahn. For the dispersion in public transport the bus to the BSU, which serves the route from Solothurn to Luterbach and four bus stops has on the community base ensures.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1052 under the name lutere Bach; 1287 has been handed the present name. The name goes back to an aquatic name, meaning clear or bright stream.

Since the Middle Ages Luterbach was under the St. Urs pin in Solothurn in 1356 and came under the direct administration of the city Solothurn. From 1466 it belonged to the Bailiwick of war Stetten and was assigned to Zuchwil of court. The high court was responsible first to the Counts of Kyburg and Buchegg, 1406 went to Bern and until 1516 also in Solothurn. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) belonged Luterbach 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.

At the Emme earlier there was a smithy. In 1872 was founded on the border with Derendingen worsted spinning mill Schoeller & Lang, which was soon supplemented by a worsted weaving. The proximity of this factory resulted in Luterbach to a marked population growth of 396 inhabitants ( 1870) to 1,050 inhabitants ( 1900).

Attractions

The Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was built in 1786 and remodeled several times during the 20th century. The Reformed church dates from 1966. As a landmark of the village is considered the water meter at the community house. A special feature in Luterbach is the Synthorama, a museum of electronic musical instruments ( synthesizers). The industry Emmekanal trail leads to numerous industrial facilities from the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

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