Riedholz

Ried wood is a municipality in the district of livers of the canton Solothurn in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2011 merged with Niederwil Ried wood.

Geography

Ried wood lies on 471 m above sea level. M., 4 km north-east of the main town Canton of Solothurn (air line). The village is located on the grounds of a terrace deposited by glacial moraine north of the Rhone Glacier Aare, in the region of Lower Leberberg, in the Solothurn Plateau on foot of the Jura.

The area of ​​4.9 km ² large municipality territory, which includes a section at the foot of the Jura. The southern boundary runs along the Aare River, which flows here on the northern edge of a broad Talniederung. From the Aare, the communal land extends northward to the wooded moraine ( Brästenberg, 481 m above sea level. M., and Attisholzwald, 474 m above sea level. M. ), which is divided by the little valley of the Attisholzer creek. To the north of this forest area close to the terrace of Ried wood and the wooded ridge of Verena chain, one of the white stone chain upstream small anticlines. With 604 m above sea level. M. is achieved in this chain, the highest elevation of Ried wood. From the municipality surface 1997 18 % came from settlements, 40 % of forest and shrubs, 38% to agriculture and slightly more than 4% was unproductive land.

To Ried include wood industry settlement Attisholz ( 427 m above sea level. M. ) on the left bank of the Aare, the quarters Weieren ( 469 m above sea level. M. ) on the terrace of Ried wood, Hofmatt (512 m above sea level. M. ), Wallierhof ( 528 m above sea. M. ), Ruti ( 578 m above sea level. M. ) and fourth ( 513 m above sea level. M. ) on the hillside above the village of Ried and rear wood ( 498 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern edge of Verena chain. Due to brisk construction activity these districts are growing ever closer together. Neighboring towns of Ried wooden box are well - Sankt Niklaus, Rüttenen, Balm bei Günsberg, Günsberg Huber Village, Flumenthal, Deitingen, Luterbach and Zuchwil.

Population

With 2193 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Ried Wood is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 95.8 % are German, 0.8 % Italian-speaking and 0.7 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Ried wood amounted in 1850 to 400 residents in 1900 to 541 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased steadily until 1970 on 1459 people. Since then, relatively low population fluctuations were only recorded.

Economy

Ried wood has long been a predominantly coined by farming village. A major development thrust experienced Ried wood after the establishment of a pulp mill in Attisholz in 1881.

Today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. In the municipality also companies in the information technology, mechanical engineering and precision mechanical workshops are represented. Ried wood is the location of the training center Wallierhof, a country - house accounts and school convention center. In recent decades, the village has developed into a rural suburban town of Solothurn.

Thanks to the cellulose plant had Riedholz more commuters to as commuters. The former cellulose factory Attisholz was, however, by her last owner Borregaard, a subsidiary of the Norwegian conglomerate Orkla, closed in late 2008.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. It is only a little off the main road 5 of Solothurn Olten. The nearest links to the motorway A5 ( Solothurn- Biel) is located approximately 6 km from the village. On January 9, 1918, the railway line in the Solothurn- Niederbipp train with the stops Ried wood, taken In the ponds and Rear Ried wood in operation. By Postbus course, which serves the route from Solothurn to Balm bei Günsberg and on the Balmberg, Ried Wood is also connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory of Ried wood was inhabited very early on what could be proven by numerous finds of ceramic objects from the Roman period in Attisholz. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1367 under the name Riet Holtz; 1494 the name Riedt Holtz has survived. The name means as much as the reed-covered forest.

In the Middle Ages Ried wood was under the St. Urs pin in Solothurn in 1344 and came directly to the city of Solothurn, which from then on both the low and the high jurisdiction exercised. The village was later incorporated in the Bailiwick Flumenthal. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Ried wood belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the district livers. In operation since the 15th century Attisholz bathroom was especially in the 18th and 19th centuries a popular and well known beyond the region Gesellschaftsbad.

Attractions

Coat of arms

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Personalities

• Walther von Wartburg - linguist (1888-1971)