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Schönenwerd
Schönenwerd is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Schönenwerd is first mentioned in 778 as ''Werith''. Geography Schönenwerd has an area, , of . Of this area, or 10.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 41.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 20.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eppenberg-Wöschnau
Eppenberg-Wöschnau is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Eppenberg is first mentioned in 1294 as ''in Eppenberg''. At the same time, Wöschnau was mentioned as ''in Weschnowe''. Geography Eppenberg-Wöschnau has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.8% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.6%. while parks, green belts and spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olten (district)
Olten District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated around the city of Olten. Together with the Gösgen District, it forms the electoral district of Olten-Gösgen. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Olten District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes On 1 January 1973 the former municipality of Grod merged into the municipality of Gretzenbach.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 4 April 2011 Geography Olten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.7% is ei ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretzenbach
Gretzenbach is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Gretzenbach is first mentioned in 778 as ''Grezzinbach'' though this comes from a 10th Century copy of the older original. In 1265 it was mentioned as ''Grezenbach''. Geography Gretzenbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 21.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niedererlinsbach
Erlinsbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It was formed from the union on January 1, 2006 of Niedererlinsbach and Obererlinsbach. both were in SO and AG History Both Niedererlinsbach and Obererlinsbach were first mentioned in 1173 as ''Arnlesbah''. In 1276 Niedererlinsbach was mentioned as ''ze ..Nidern Ernlispach'' while Obererlinsbach was mentioned as ''ze Obern ..Ernlispach''. Coat of arms The blazon of Niedererlinsbach's coat of arms is ''Per fess Gules and Argent a Bend wavy counterchanged.'' The blazon of the Obererlinsbach's coat of arms is ''Gules a Willow Vert issuant from a Bar wavy Argent.'' File:Niedererlinsbach-blason.png, Niedererlinsbach's Coat of Arms File:Obererlinsbach-blason.png, Obererlinsbach's Coat of Arms Geography Erlinsbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 40.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.6% is settled (building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niedergösgen
Niedergösgen is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Niedergösgen is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Bözzach''. In 1308 it was mentioned as ''Göskon inferior''. Geography Niedergösgen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 6.9% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberentfelden
Oberentfelden is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Oberentfelden is first mentioned in 965 as ''Endiveld''. In 1306 it was mentioned as ''Oberen-En elt''. Geography Oberentfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 28% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Aarau district in the lower Suhr valley. The villages of Oberentfelden and Unterentfelden, while distinct municipalities, have grown together. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules on Base wavy per fess wavy of six Azure and Argent a Duck issuant and in chief two Mullets Or.'' Because of the original name ''Endiveld'', which sounded like ''Entenfeld'' (duck field), the duck made it into the blazon. Historians later discovered that ''Endiveld'' originates from ''End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unterentfelden
Unterentfelden is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the Canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Unterentfelden has an area, , of . Of this area, 32.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 37% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is of a "Duck Marron statant on Coupeaux Vert and in chief three Mullets Gules in fess". Demographics Unterentfelden has a population (as of ) of . , 21.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.4%. Most of the population () speaks German (88.2%), with Italian being second most common (4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.9%). , the age distribution in Unterentfelden was as follows: 369 children or 9.8% of the population were between 0 and 9 years old and 389 teenagers or 10.3% were between 10 and 19. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aare
The Aare () or Aar () is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it descends , draining an area of , almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland. There are more than 40 hydroelectric plants along the course of the Aare. The river's name dates to at least the La Tène period, and it is attested as ''Nantaror'' "Aare valley" in the Berne zinc tablet. The name was Latinized as ''Arula''/''Arola''/''Araris''. Course The Aare rises in the great Aargletschers (Aare Glaciers) of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern and west of the Grimsel Pass. The Finsteraargletscher and Lauteraargletscher come together to form the Unteraargletscher (Lower Aar Glacier), which is the main source of water for the Grimselsee (Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inventory Of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage. Sites of national importance Types The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows: *city: german: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, it, città, french: ville *town: german: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), it, borgo, borgo/cittadina, french: petite ville *urbanized village: german: verstädtertes Dorf, it, villaggio urbanizzato, french: village urbanisé, rm, vischnanca urbanisada *village: german: Dorf, it, villaggio, french: village, rm, vischnanca *hamlet: german: Weiler, it, frazione, frazione (casale), french: hameau, rm, aclaun *special case: german: Spezialfall, it, caso particolare, french: cas particulier, cas spécial, rm, cas spezial References * External links ISOS* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage Sites Heritage registers in Switzerland Switzerland geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Catholic Church Of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is an Old Catholic denomination in Switzerland. This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic). Recent developments In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build a church to commemorate the 1270s Augustinian abbey church. As the whole community was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for refusing to accept the First Vatican Council, the Augustinerkirche at the Münzplatz became its present parish church. Ferdinand Stadler (1813–1870), an architect born in Zürich, was charged with the construction of a new church building. In February 2000, Denise Wyss was ordained , within the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland, as the first female Old Catholic priest of Switzerland. Between 1970 and 1990, the membership of the Christian Catholic Church decreased from 20,268 to only 11,748 members. Data from the last censuses show that the aging of the population is a much greater problem for the Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romansh Language
Romansh (; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch; Sursilvan: ; Vallader, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: ; Putèr: ; Sutsilvan: , , ; Jauer: ) is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area. Romansh retains a small number of word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020. The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have put the total population at 8.6 billion by mid-2030, 9.8 billion by mid-2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. However, some academics outside the UN have increasingly developed human population models that account for additional downward pressures on population growth; in such a scenario population would peak before 2100. World human population has been growing since the end of the Black Death, around the year 1350. A mix of technological advancement that improved agricultural productivity and sanitation and medical advancement that reduced mortality increased population growth. In some geographies, this has slowed through the process called the demographic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
