Subingen

Subingen is a municipality in the district water office of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Geography

Subingen is located at 440 m above sea level. Level, 6 km east of the main town Canton Solothurn ( straight line ). The village extends between forests and meadows at the Ösch, on the eastern edge of the broad alluvial plain of the river Emme, in the Solothurn Plateau.

The area of ​​6.3 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the groundwater- rich gravel plain in the central water office. The area extends from the A1 motorway eastwards across the wide plain of the lower field and the stream of Ösch, which flows here at the very eastern edge of the Emmeebene on the adjacent gently undulating ground moraine, which was formed by glacial Rhône glacier. This plateau about 20 m higher than the Emmeebene lying has in its western part to intensively farmed areas, while it is passed to the east by a large forest area. On the Buechhubel is 473 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Subingen. From the municipality surface 1997 17 % came from settlements, 31 % of forest and woody plants and 52% to agriculture.

Subingen is ( unofficially ) be divided into two areas: the lower village and the upper village. The official border between the territories of the Lucerne Street. A few villagers, however, see the railroad crossing as a border.

The lower village is divided in a second time. The population center is located in the heart of the Subingens Ungerdorf. This concerns the Deitingenstrasse from house number 29 and higher. The buildings in this area are part of more than 250 years old. As the limit of the original Ungerdorf applies the restaurant St. Urs & Viktor.

Neighboring communities of Subingen are from the east clockwise Bolken, Etziken, Hüniken, Horriwil, Oekingen, Derendingen and Deitingen in the canton of Solothurn and cheeks Ried and Inkwil in the district of Wangen in the canton of Bern.

Population

With 2995 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Subingen belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 91.3 % are German, 1.8 % Italian-speaking and 1.7 % speak Turkish ( as of 2000). The population of Subingen amounted in 1850 to 599 residents in 1900 to 698 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population grew slowly but steadily on. Since 1980 (1883 inhabitants) an increased population growth was recorded.

Policy

The council consists of 9 members. For the last two terms of office in the following election results were:

During the mandate period 2009-2013 it came as a result of resignation to a change of a local councilor Pascal Utz ( SP) for Katrin Schnider ( SP)

Mayor 's SP member Hans Ruedi Ingold.

Economy

Subingen was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by agriculture village. The water power of the Ösch was formerly used for the operation of a mill. Even today, the farming and fruit growing and cattle breeding and forestry have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population.

Many other jobs are in the local retail industry and the services available. A medium-sized industrial zone has developed on the western edge of the village near the rail connection since the 1970s. In Subingen is a branch of Von Roll AG. Other small and medium-sized enterprises focus on the sectors of construction, information technology, Kitchen cabinets, horticulture, electrical industry, as well as precision engineering workshops and carpentry. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Solothurn region.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the main road from Solothurn to Herzogenbuchsee. The nearest links to the A1 ( Bern- Zurich ) is located approximately 3 km from the center.

On 1 June 1857, the railway line from Herzogenbuchsee to Solothurn was taken with a station in Subingen in operation. The disused track from 1992 is reactivated again today as part of Rail 2000, however, not be driven by regional trains. By bus to the BSU, which serves the route from Solothurn to Herzogenbuchsee, Subingen is connected to the network of public transport.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was already in 1270 under the present name. The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Subo and means as much as in the courts of the Subo.

Since the Middle Ages Subingen was under the rule Deitingen. In 1516 the village came by purchase to the town of Solothurn and the Bailiwick of war Stetten has been assigned, in which it henceforth formed a district court. It was not until 1665 Solothurn became the high jurisdiction over Subingen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Subingen belonged during the Helvetic Republic to the district Biberist and from 1803 to the district Kriegstetten, which was officially renamed in 1988 in the district water office.

Attractions

A chapel is mentioned in 1476. The present church of St. Ursus and Victor was built in the years 1680-1684 and 1936 transformed. It has a Baroque interior design and a remarkable Saint Verenenaltar. Only since 1867 Subingen forms a separate parish, previously it was part of the parish Deitingen. Slight rise on the eastern edge of the Emmeebene is the castle of Vigier, which was built in the 17th century and later expanded to Türmlihaus. In the village several typical memory are preserved from the 18th century.

Among the attractions in Subingen counts a predator park with 35 large cats and bears.

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