Rüttenen

Rüttenen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Solothurn (SO)
District :	Livers
BFS no. :	2555
Postal code :	4522
Coordinates :	606 900  /  231074 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '50 "  N , 7 ° 31' 47"  O ; CH1903:  606,900  /  231074
Height :	516  m above sea level M.
Height range :	450-1395 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.77  km²
Residents:	1462 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	167 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.ruettenen.ch
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Location of the municipality

Rüttenen (in the local dialect Rüttene ) is a municipality in the Lebern district in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland .

geography

Rüttenen lies at 516  m above sea level. M. , 2.5 km north of the canton capital Solothurn (linear distance). The village extends in a valley widening of the Verena stream, before its entry into the Verena gorge, at the southern foot of the Jura and at the foot of the Weissenstein .

The area of ​​the 8.8 km² municipal area covers a section of the southern slopes of the Jura. The southern part of the municipality is occupied by the weak syncline between the Verena chain and the Weissenstein chain, which is drained by the Verenabach . South of Rüttenen, the Verenabach breaks through the Verena chain in a gorge between the forest heights of Kreuzen and Martinsfluh (up to 584  m above sea level ).

To the north, the municipality extends over the terrace of Oberrüttenen and the steep slope of the Vorberg with the Balmfluhköpfli ( 1289  m above sea level ), which is traversed by numerous rocks ( Malmkalk ), up to the Röti east of the Weissenstein, which is geologically composed of Hauptrogenstein (Dogger) the 1395  m above sea level. M. the highest point of Rüttenen is reached. The western border runs along the Schwelligraben and Chesselbach , which over time have dug a deep erosion channel into the southern slope of the Weissenstein range. A small part of the community is located north of the main ridge of the Weissenstein chain and is drained through the Schofgraben zur Dünnern . In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 70% in forests and woodland, 22% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

Rüttenen includes the settlements Brüggmoos ( 515  m above sea level ) and Widlisbach ( 521  m above sea level ) in the valley widening of the Verenabach, Galmis ( 554  m above sea level ) in the valley north of the Verena chain, Falleren ( 554  m above sea level ) above sea level ) on the Chesselbach at the foot of the Weissenstein, Oberrüttenen ( 605  m above sea level ) on a panoramic terrace on the slope of the Vorberg, a quarter on the northern edge of the city of Solothurn and a few individual farms. Neighboring communities of Rüttenen are Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus , Solothurn , Langendorf , Oberdorf , Welschenrohr , Balm bei Günsberg and Riedholz .

population

With 1,462 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Rüttenen is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Solothurn. 95.9% of the residents speak German, 0.9% French and 0.5% speak English (as of 2000). The population of Rüttenen was 502 in 1850, and 770 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century the population rose continuously to 1467 people until 1970. Since then, only relatively minor population fluctuations have been recorded.

politics

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A total of 9 seats

• FDP : 3
• SP : 2
• GPS : 3
• CVP : 0
• SVP : 1

Source:

The municipal council (executive), including the municipal president, consists of 9 members. The seats were distributed as follows:

Political party	2017-2021	(+/-)	2014-2017	(+/-)	2009-2013
FDP. The Liberals ( Free Democratic Party until 2009 )	3		3		3
Social Democratic Party	2		2		2
The green	3	+ 1	2		2
Christian Democratic People's Party	0	- 1	1		1
Swiss People's Party	1		1		1

economy

Until well into the 20th century, Rüttenen was predominantly an agricultural village. Today arable farming and fruit growing in the lower parts of the municipality as well as cattle breeding and forestry in the higher areas only play a minor role in the income structure of the population. Numerous other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Today, construction companies, a printing house, graphic studios and precision engineering workshops are represented in the community. At Kreuzen there is a large limestone quarry where Solothurn marble has been quarried for a long time. The marble was used, among other things, for the construction of St. Ursus Cathedral in Solothurn. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Solothurn region.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Solothurn to Günsberg . The closest connection to the A5 motorway (Solothurn-Biel) is around 5 km from the village. The village is connected to the public transport network by the BSU bus line , which runs from Rüttenen via Solothurn to Zuchwil .

history

The name Rüttenen goes back to a 15th century clearing of the forest area north of Solothurn. Various farm settlements then emerged in the cleared area. The first documentary mention of the place took place in 1474 under the name Rüti . Later the names Rütinen (1475) and Ruttinen (1526) appeared.

In the Middle Ages, the area of ​​Rüttenen was subordinate to the Sankt-Ursen-Stift in Solothurn and in 1344 came directly to the city of Solothurn, which from then on exercised both lower and higher jurisdiction. The stonemasonry and sculpture trade was represented in Rüttenen early on because of the nearby quarry.

Until 1720 Rüttenen belonged to the inner city district of Solothurn. Then the place was spun off and directly subordinated to the Vogtei Flumenthal . It was not until 1751 that the settlement centers of Rüttenen, Widlisbach, Falleren, Oberrüttenen and Galmis were merged to form the political municipality of Rüttenen. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Solothurn administrative district during the Helvetic and from 1803 to the Lebern district.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rüttenen

Rüttenen, which belongs to the parish of St. Niklaus , has a church center inaugurated in 1979 with a modern architecture. Roman Candio , Gunter Frentzel , Jean Mauboulès , Kurt Sigrist and Hannes Vogel were involved in the artistic furnishing of the building erected by the architects Obrist und Partner from Baden AG .

The old mansions Königshof and Glutzenhof are located in the area of ​​Rüttenen .

To the west of the Verena Gorge is the chapel zu Kreuz, which was donated in 1643 by the von Roll family from Solothurn and serves as a family crypt. In the choir with a baroque altar, the holy grave is reproduced, which forms the end of a way of the cross laid out in the 17th century.

The hermitage of St. Verena at the upper entrance to the delightful Verena Gorge also belongs politically to Rüttenen; however, responsibility for the hermits living here lies with the community of Solothurn. The hermitage consists of the St. Martin's Chapel, the core of which dates back to the 12th century, the St. Verena Chapel built into a limestone cave from the 17th century and the hermitage.

coat of arms

White Reuthaue in blue on a yellow Dreiberg .

Personalities

• Josef Reinhart (1875–1957), writer
• Otto Feier (1905–1981), writer
• Otto Wolf (1900–1972), writer

literature

• Residential and civil parish Rüttenen (Ed.): Rüttenen. A place in the sun . Rüttenen 2003, ISBN 3-9520690-6-X .

Web links

Commons : Rüttenen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Rüttenen
• Max Banholzer: Crossing. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Urs Zurschmiede: Rüttenen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Hermitage of Saint Verena

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Election minutes 2017 municipal council. (PDF) Rüttenen municipality, May 21, 2017, accessed on October 19, 2018 .  
3. ^ Solothurner Zeitung: This is how the new municipal councils are composed
4. ^ Homepage Rüttenen: The municipal councils for the 2009-2013 term of office
5. ^ Residential and civil parish Rüttenen (ed.): Rüttenen. A place in the sun . Rüttenen 2003, ISBN 3-9520690-6-X , p. 113-114 .