|
Biberist Castle
Biberist is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Biberist is first mentioned in 762 as ''Biberussa''. In 1300 Ober- and Unterbiberist were mentioned as ''ze beiden Biberschon''. During the Helvetic Republic it was the capital of the Biberist district. Geography Biberist has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 26.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.2% 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 4.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.7% and transportatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasseramt (district)
Wasseramt District is one of the ten districts of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the south of the canton. Together with the Bucheggberg (district), Bucheggberg District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Wasseramt-Bucheggberg. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Wasseramt District contains the following municipalities: Mergers and name changes *On 1 January 1993 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil and Winistorf merged to form the new municipality of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Ammannsegg and Lohn merged to form the new municipality of Lohn-Ammannsegg. At the same time, Burgäschi merged into the municipality of Aeschi (SO), Aeschi.Nomenklaturen – Amtlic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luterbach
Luterbach is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Luterbach is first mentioned in 1052 as ''lutere Bach'', though this identification is disputed. In 1319 it was mentioned as ''ville Luterbach''. Geography Luterbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 34.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.5% 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 7.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.2%. Power and water infras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
