Messen
Balm and fairs
Measuring is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010, the merger of the former municipalities Balm bei Messen, fountain valley, fairs and Oberramsern the new community fairs became final.
Geography
Fairs is on 505 m above sea level. M., 15 km south-southwest of Canton main town of Solothurn (air line). The scattered village extends slightly increased on the southern edge of the Limpachtals, at the foot of the hill zone of Rapperswil, in the Solothurn Plateau.
The area of 11.88 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the ground moraine plateau and the north of Rapperswil adjacent Limpachtals in the extreme southwest of Solothurn midlands. The main part of the territory occupied by the intensively farmed level of Limpachtals, which has a width of about two kilometers in the area of trade fairs and is on average 470 m. The channelized Limpach runs in the southwest-northeast direction through the plane. The most important tributary in the municipality is the light coming from the south Messi Bach. South of the valley extends the municipality spell on the heights of the hill country of Rapperswil and reaches a height of 563 m Junkholz above sea level. M. The heights are divided in the field of trade fairs with larger forests covered ( Junkholz, Gsäss, Barhollen and Chräienberg ) that ( the southeastern boundary of the municipality, is the valley of the Mülchibachs ) by Talungen Messi Bach and Länggengraben. North of the Limpachtals the slope increases with a wooded, 150 m high escarpment on to the heights of Bucheggberg. The highest point of measuring is 646 meters above sea level. M. reached on the so-called Rapperstübli, the site of the former castle Balmegg, above Balm. Prior to the merger, the municipality area of church fairs was 7.1 km ². Of these, 7% in 1997 accounted for settlements, 29 % of forest and shrubs, 63% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To the old municipality fairs included the hamlet Eichholz ( 483 m asl; . Western district lies on Bernese territory ), Niederwol (487 m asl. ) And Ischbad, all slightly raised on the southern edge ( 485 m asl. ) the Limpachebene located, as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of fairs are Schnottwil, Biezwil, Lüterswil - Gächliwil, Aetigkofen and Unterramsern in the canton of Solothurn and Mülchi, Etzelkofen, barns, Rapperswil (BE) and Wengi in Canton Bern.
Population
With 1401 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) measuring one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 97.6 % are German, 1.0 % French-speaking and 0.3 % speak Portuguese (as of 2000, based on the old municipal area ). The population of fairs amounted in 1850 to 670 residents in 1900 to 606 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 620-690 people. Only since 1980 (670 inhabitants) a significant population growth was recorded.
Economy
Fairs was up in the second half of the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding and forestry have an important place in the economic structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In measuring among builders, information technology, metal construction, two sawmills and a joinery are represented. As the largest community of Limpachtals has fairs on certain central functions for the regional hinterland. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Solothurn, Bern, Grenchen.
Traffic
The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Bätterkinden to Lyss. Through various postal routes, which operate on routes of trade fairs to Zollikofen, to Lyss, after Utzenstorf, after Jegenstorf and wage Lüterkofen station, as well as by the Paratransit Bucheggberg the village is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The territory of fairs has been inhabited since the Roman era, which was demonstrated by the discovery of the remains of walls of a villa under the parish church. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1251 under the name Messon; of 1276 has been handed the present name. The place name comes from the Latin word mansione ( dative of mansio; German: in the homes ) back.
Fairs was the center of a dominion which was a fief of the Counts of Kyburg in the 12th century. The lords of fairs closed early from a castle law contract with Solothurn. Around 1270 came the reign of the measuring pin Solothurn and from the mid 14th century under the rule of the town of Solothurn. 1410 became final measuring under direct rule of Solothurn and the Bailiwick Bucheggberg been assigned. Until 1798, the high court was the Bernese district court Zollikofen while measuring formed one of the four court places the Bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Measuring belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district Biberist and from 1803 to the District Bucheggberg. For a field change occurred on 1 January 2010, when the previously independent municipalities Balm bei Messen, fountain valley and Oberramsern were incorporated after measuring.
Attractions
The Reformed Church of Saint Mauritius is in the core probably dates back to the time before the year 1000. Its present form was the church in the new construction to 1480th It has a late Gothic Käsbissenturm tuff and a baptismal font of 1764th In the old town some stately farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the Bernese style.
Coat of arms
Blazon
The coat of arms is modeled on that of the men.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Christian Wanner (* 1947), politician