Rohr, Solothurn

Tube as seen from the entrance to the village of Stüsslingen Coming

Tube is a municipality in the district of Gösgen the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Pipe is 578 m above sea level. M., 8 km northeast of the town of Olten (air line). The small village extends in the Jura Mountains, in a basin in the headwaters of Stüsslinger creek, at the southern foot of the pass, crossing over the Schafmatt.

The area of ​​2.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the eastern Jura Mountains, which here has a complicated geological structure and is divided into different scales. The Rohrer valley, where the stream originates Stüsslinger is almost complete; just to the south is through a gap between the Walmattberg (up to 910 m above sea level. M. ) and the Stellirain (781 m above sea level. M. ) to connect to the Central Plateau. In the north, the border runs more or less on the Jura main ridge, the watershed between the Aare River in the south and in the north Ergolz. Border mountains are the Leutschenberg (925 m above sea level. M. ) and Geissflue (above the Rohrerplatte is 945 m above sea level. M. the highest point of pipe reaches ). In the east, the limit is on the Rosmaregg and Rütflue ( 849 m above sea level. M. ), which separate the basin of pipe from Erzbachtal. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 50 % of forest and woody plants and 44% to agriculture.

For pipe include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of pipe are Obererlinsbach, Stüsslingen and Lostorf in the canton of Solothurn and Zeglingen and Oltingen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

Population

With 99 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) tube is one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 96.4 % are German, 2.7 % English speaking and 0.9 % speak Polish (as of 2000). The population of tube amounted in 1850 to 195 residents in 1900 to 120 inhabitants. During the 20th century the population commuted to 1970, always in the range between 100 and 125 people. It was then recorded until 1980, a decrease in population to 84 inhabitants.

Economy

Tube still lives by agriculture, especially dairy farming and cattle breeding. There are also some farming and fruit growing. Outside the primary sector, very few jobs are available. Smaller commercial and industrial zones have been created, especially in the field of Schachen. Some employed persons are also commuters who work mainly in the regions of Olten and Aarau.

Traffic

The community is located far away from the major thoroughfares on a road from Stüsslingen over the Schafmatt Pass to Oltingen. By bus the BOGG (bus Olten Gösgen Gaeu ), which at certain times of the day serves the route from Olten to pipe, the village is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was already in 1022 under the name Rore. The place name is derived from the Old High German word ror ( reeds, reeds ).

The sheep had Matt pass earlier, unlike today, a much greater significance than Jurassic transition between the Basel region and the Central Plateau. Also a pilgrimage to the monastery of Einsiedeln led over the pass. Since the Middle Ages pipe was under the rule Gösgen, which was acquired in 1458 from Solothurn. The village was assigned to it, the Bailiwick Gösgen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) tube was during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the District Gösgen.

Attractions

The Chapel of St Ulrich was probably founded in the 12th or 13th century by the Einsiedeln Monastery. Its present form was the chapel for the new construction in the 17th century. It contains a late Gothic statue of the Virgin and a crucifix of 1668th

Pictures

Farmhouse with paintings of the chapel in the center of pipe

Bus stop and signpost

Residential building in the village center

Coat of arms

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