Wasseramt District
The district water office in the canton of Solothurn includes former industrial sites as well as more rural communities and belongs to Amtei Bucheggberg Water Office.
History
The district was said a long time officially district Kriegstetten after the provincial capital. The area is approximately the same as in 1798 eliminated with the arrival of French revolutionary troops Bailiwick Kriegstetten. After 1830 was called the District Amtei Kriegstetten, the democratic successor institutions of the Bailiwick, the top official and the official paperwork, were still up in 1875 in the capital of war Stetten. When today's Amtei, which includes the District Bucheggberg, launched. The district Kriegstetten was thus only constituency. However, this name was in common usage not prevail and in 1981 became also officially replaced by the hitherto colloquial, later semi-official name of the district water office. The name derives from the earlier numerous streams in the area. In addition, the water office on extensive groundwater reserves. The population density was well above the cantonal average lying indicates an industrialized region; individual communities (especially Gerlafingen, Biberist, Derendingen and Zuchwil ) in this case have higher than average proportions of foreigners.
Coat of arms
Lakes and rivers
Inkwiler Burgäschisee
Inkwilersee
Water Office and Solothurn
Residents communities
Compared to the other districts of the canton, the water office with 19 the highest number of municipalities. On the other hand he is a cantonal seen in the number of inhabitants on second and regarding the district area only in the fifth rank of the ten districts.
Within the district Zuchwil has the most inhabitants, Biberist extends over the largest area and Gerlafingen holds the greatest population density. At the lowest values fall three points ( number of inhabitants, community area and population density) in the community Hüniken. The recent community is three yards, which in 2013 emerged from a fusion community.
As of 1 January 2013
Classification
The district is divided into Inner, Middle and appearance of water office. However, this classification is not official and other people they might do something different. Basically to say that the interior water office is not in the center of the water office but near the town of Solothurn. Although Lohn similar to the communities of the central water ministry, but is located on a very different place and is more influenced by Bucheggberg.
Interior Water Office: Includes the industrially shaped southern suburbs of Solothurn; This information can include Biberist Whose things Gerlafingen, Lohn, Luterbach and Zuchwil.
Mean water Office: Municipalities Deitingen, Holding, war Stetten, Obergerlafingenstrasse, Oekingen, Recherswil and Subingen are located in the transition zone between agglomeration and rural area.
Appearance Water Office: Municipalities Aeschi, Bolken, Etziken, Heinrichswil- Winistorf, Hersiwil, Horriwil, Hüniken and Steinhofgründe are typical rural communities.
Changes in the community inventory
Communities by 1992
Communities by 1993
Communities by 2011
Communities by 2012
- 2012: Merger Aeschi and Steinhofgründe → Aeschi
- 2013: Merger Heinrichswil- Winistorf and Hersiwil → Three farms