Stüsslingen

Stüsslingen

Stüsslingen, in the local dialect Stüüslige [ ʃdy: sligə ], is a municipality in the district of Gösgen the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Stüsslingen is located on 465 m above sea level. M., 7 km northeast of the town of Olten (air line). The former stream line the village extends on both sides of Stüsslinger Bach in a small valley north of the Aare valley at the foot of the Jurasüdfuss Gugen, Niederamt in Solothurn.

The area of ​​6.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Jura south slope and has a large variety of landscapes on. The southern part of the municipality is occupied by the open valley of Stüsslinger creek. To the south and south-east the area extends to the height of the forest Usserholzes (up to 520 m above sea level. M. ), which separates the valley of the Aare Valley Stüsslinger. The slopes rise against the law down gently ( Rebenfeld west and east of the village Gugenfeld Bach ); the steep slopes above average 560 m above sea level. M. are covered with forest.

The smaller northern part of the municipality comprises the eastern Folded Jura, which has a complicated geological structure and is divided into different scales. The first Jura range forms composed of hard limestone chain of Rebenflue ( 688 m above sea level. M. ) and Gugen ( above 805 m. M. the highest elevation of Stüsslingen ). It will happen from Stüsslinger creek in a narrow. North of this bottleneck is the valley widening of blue stone, in the softer layers of rock ( marl and clays ) has been removed by erosion over millions of years. The northern boundary runs in the area of another limestone chain, namely that of Änggistein ( 764 m above sea level. M. ) and Stellirain (781 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 9 % came from settlements, 37 % of forest and woody plants and 54% to agriculture.

To Stüsslingen include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Stüsslingen are Obererlinsbach, Niedergösgen, Lostorf and tube ( SO).

Population

With 1017 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Stüsslingen one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 96.6 % are German, 0.6 % Italian-speaking and 0.5 % speak French (as of 2000). The population of Stüsslingen amounted in 1850 to 649 residents in 1900 to 565 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 560-640 people. Only since 1970 (589 inhabitants) a significant population increase was recorded.

Economy

Stüsslingen was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. The water power of the village Bach was formerly used for the operation of mills and sawmills. Previously, the wine was distributed, after infestation of vines by phylloxera he was abandoned. Meanwhile, there are again some small vineyards. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available, including companies in the electrical and mechanical workshops. In Stüsslingen is the golf course Heidental. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the regions of Olten and Aarau.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Lostorf after Erlinsbach SO and also has a direct connection with Niedergösgen. By bus the BOGG (bus Olten Gösgen Gaeu ), which serves the route from Olten to Erlinsbach SO, Stüsslingen is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1224 under the name Stüzelingen. Later appeared the names Stuselingen ( 1266 ) and Stüslingen ( 1288). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Stiuzzilo and thus means for the people of Stiuzzilo.

Since the Middle Ages Stüsslingen was part of the rule Gösgen, which was a Habsburg fief. In the wake of the conquest of the Aargau and Solothurn by the Bern also Stüsslingen was affected. The village, which was under the Falk Steinem since the late 14th century came, in 1458 with the reign Gösgen by purchase of Solothurn and the new Bailiwick Gösgen and the Court Lostorf been assigned. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Stüsslingen belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the administrative district of Solothurn and from 1803 to the District Gösgen.

Attractions

The church standing in the village came originally from a church dating from around the year 1000. However, this was in 1948 abandoned and replaced by the modern church of Saints Peter and Paul with a freestanding bell tower. The interior holds a baroque statue of the Madonna and an altarpiece parts of the former church. The cemetery church at the southern edge of the village was built from 1631 to 1635 and is a listed building. Your interior dates mainly from the late 19th century.

Pictures

Tower of the new church of 1948, under which the Stüsslingerbach flows through

Interior of the church

Old church, now used as a chapel abdication

Coat of arms

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