Starrkirch-Wil

Starrkirch -Wil

Geography

Starrkirch- Wil sits on 419 m above sea level. M., 2 km east of the district main town Olten ( straight line ). The double municipality extends to the ridge between Olten and Dulliken south of the Aare, at the foot of the angel mountain range and on the foot of the Jura in the low post.

The area of ​​1.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Aare valley east of Olten Solothurn in the east midlands. The area extends from the edge of Aareniederung in a narrow strip on the south adjoining the Hardwald height, which is bounded on the east by the Wilerwald until the Jurassic offshore anticline of Engelberg chain. This chain is divided in the range of Starrkirch -Wil by the due out prepared by erosion trough the Wartburg farms in the mountain Säli (664 m above sea level. M. ) west and the actual Engelberg east of the valley. The highest elevation of Starrkirch -Wil is 695 m above sea level. M. reached on the western edge of the plateau of the Angel Mountain. From the municipality surface 1997 21 % came from settlements, 51 % of forest and woody plants and 28% to agriculture.

Starrkirch -Wil consists of the settlement parts Starrkirch (419 m above sea level. M. ) south of the Aare valley on the eastern slope of the hard woods, Wil ( 431 m above sea level. M. ) and Oberwil (450 m above sea level. M. ) on a slope northwest of the Angel Mountain. Neighboring communities of Starrkirch -Wil are Olten and Dulliken in the Canton of Solothurn and Oftringen and Aarburg in Canton Aargau.

Population

With 1631 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Starrkirch -Wil is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 93.4 % are German, 2.2 % Italian-speaking and 0.6 % speak Spanish ( as of 2000). The population of Starrkirch -Wil amounted in 1850 to 361 residents in 1900 to 572 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased steadily until 1970 to 1124 people. After a temporary stagnation time a significant population increase has been recorded again since 1990. The settlement area of Starrkirch -Wil has grown together seamlessly with those of Olten and Dulliken.

Economy

Starrkirch -Wil was until well into the 20th century a rather dominated by the agriculture community. Today, farming, fruit growing, and forestry have only a minor role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In Starrkirch -Wil today, among other companies in the construction industry and the packaging industry are represented. Early on Starrkirch -Wil has developed into a residential community, who commutes from a large part of the workforce to Olten or after Dulliken and in the region of Aarau to work.

Traffic

The community is easily accessible via. Starr parish is situated on the main road from Olten to 5 Aarau, and Wil is easily accessible from Olten and from Dulliken. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 6 km from the town center. Through the courses of BOGG (bus Olten Gösgen Gaeu ) are Starrkirch Wil and connected to the public transport network.

History

The territory of Starrkirch -Wil was inhabited in the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, which could be detected by various stray finds. The first mention of Starr church was already in 1036 under the name Starrchenchilcha; of 1045 the name Starckinchirgun is preserved. Later, the names Starnchilhun published ( 1173 ) and Starrchilch ( 1275 ). The place name probably comes from the Old High German personal name Starco and thus means Church of the Starco. Wil appears for the first time in 1217 as Wilere in the documents. From 1260 Wilon and Wile have survived, derived from the Late Latin word villare (small village, hamlet, farm ).

Since the Middle Ages Starr Kirch and Wil were under the rule Gösgen. At the banquet room was built around 1260 by the Good burgers the Front or New Wartburg, which was destroyed in 1415 by the Bernese and sold after the reconstruction in 1539 Solothurn. In 1458, Starr Kirch and Wil were purchased from Solothurn, the Bailiwick Gösgen incorporated in 1627 and assigned to the newly established Office Schultheissen Olten. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Starrkirch -Wil was during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the district of Olten.

As part of the Kulturkampf was 1874 in Starrkirch the first Old Catholic parish of Switzerland after the Catholic priest had refused to announce the decisions of the first Vatican Council, and was therefore excommunicated. The approach advocated by the residents of Starrkirch -Wil incorporation to Olten failed in 1960 the opposition of the city.

Attractions

The Old Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul goes back to a high medieval building from the period before the year 1000. Its present form was the church in the new construction 1671st Shortly afterwards, in 1679, Starr church became an independent parish. At the bottom waiting courtyard there is the chapel built in 1844 Sankt Niklaus. In Mülitäli a wildlife park was created.

At the point of largely disintegrated in the 19th century Middle Wartburg Sälischlössli the 1870 built in the style of the Belle Epoque, which houses a tourist restaurant and today is one of the civic community Olten.

Pictures

Cemetery and church

Coat of arms

Blazon

The speaking coat of arms is derived from the parish seal from 1819.