Zullwil

Zullwil with parish Oberkirch

Zullwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in the northwest of Switzerland.

Geography

Zullwil is located on 592 m above sea level. M., 9 km east-southeast of the town of Laufen (air line). The former street village lines extending in a longitudinal recess of the northern Solothurn Jura Mountains, in the headwaters of the Birs Ibachs effluent, in the Black Country boys.

The area of ​​3.6 km ² large municipality area includes a section of the northern Jura strong in relief with a large variety of landscapes. The central part forms the expanding community in west-east direction longitudinal trough which has in the region of the village a width of a little more than one kilometer, however, is bisected by the lower back of Hollen. To the south of the municipality floor extends into the headwaters of the Ibachs with the rugged limestone peaks of Portiflue ( 876 m above sea level. M. ), Geissflue ( 849 m above sea level. M. ) and rain mountain ( 871 m above sea level. M. ). The southeastern border is the Zinglenberg, a leaking north ridge of Hirnichopfs and 987 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Zullwil.

In the north the valley of the forest height of Chilchbergs ( 761 m above sea level. M. ) is limited. In a narrow edge of the municipality spell extends to the northwest until Eichlenberg. The western boundary here is the middle reaches of the Ibachs. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 46 % of forest and shrubs, 45 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Zullwil the hamlet Oberkirch include (641 m above sea level. M. ) on the saddle between Zullwil and Nunningen and various individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Zullwil are Nunningen, Meltingen and Fehren.

Population

With 618 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Zullwil one of the smaller municipalities in the canton of Solothurn. Of the residents 94.1 % are German, 2.5 % and 0.7 % albanischsprachig speak French ( as of 2000). The population of Zullwil amounted in 1850 to 334 residents in 1900 to 315 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population increased steadily until 1970 on 604 people. Since then, low population fluctuations were only recorded.

Economy

Zullwil was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the dairy and livestock and the growing of fruit ( mostly cherry trees ) have a certain role in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. A major employer is the company Gurit ( Zullwil ) Ltd., which is engaged in the production of high-tech fiber composite systems. On the border of Zullwil and Meltingen is the county school March. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work mainly in the region running -Breitenbach and in the Basel area.

Traffic

The municipality is situated on the road from running via Breitenbach after Nunningen. By Postbus course, which serves the route from Laufen to Nunningen, Zullwil is connected to the public transport network.

History

Various findings suggest that, on the Portiflue must already have passed a hilltop settlement during the Bronze Age and the Roman period. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1152 under the name Zolwilre. Later appeared the names Zulwilr ( 1386 ) and Zullwil ( 1453). The name goes back to the Old High German personal name Zullo or Zollo and thus means farm estate of Zullo / Zollo.

Since the Middle Ages Zullwil was part of the rule Gilgen mountain under the Barons of Ramstein. This rule was in 1527 sold the castle Mr. Hans Imer for guilder 5900 to the city of Solothurn, which transformed the area into a bailiwick. After that prevailed until the French Revolution in Canton Solothurn bailiffs at the castle Gilgen mountain, which was burned down in 1798 by the farmers. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798 ) Zullwil belonged during the Helvetic Republic to Dornach district and from 1803 to the district of Thierstein.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church and the early Baroque vicarage in the hamlet Oberkirch form an impressive unit. An eye-catching feature is the ruins Gilgen mountain that rises on a spur between two spring-fed streams of Ibachs and dates from the early 14th century. Here the culture club Gilgen held annually for one week open air cinema.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The two lilies ( in the older Swiss German Gilgen ) Go to the coat of arms of the Barons of Ramstein, the builders of the castle mountain Gilgen, (cf. also with the coat of arms of Bretzwil, Brislach, Nunningen and clamps ).