Büren SO
| SO is the abbreviation for the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Büren . |
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 Solothurn (SO)
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| District : | Dorneck |
| BFS no. : | 2472 |
| Postal code : | 4413 |
| Coordinates : | 617513 / 255 648 |
| Height : | 441 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 401–727 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 6.23 km² |
| Residents: | 1043 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 167 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | www.bueren-so.ch |
 The village center of Büren in the Schwarzbubenland |
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Büren (in dialect: Büüre ) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland .
geography
Büren is 441 m above sea level. M. , 6 km southwest of the city of Liestal (linear distance). The clustered village extends in an evacuation cauldron open to the east at the foot of the Gempenplateau in the Tafeljura , at a source stream of the Orisbach , in the Schwarzbubenland .
The area of the 6.2 km² large municipal area covers a section of the northern Jura . The central part of the area is occupied by the Bürer Ausräumungskessel, which is surrounded on three sides by steep forest slopes. These steep slopes form a characteristic, an average of 100 to almost 200 m high strata of the Table Jura, from which various sources arise. In the north, the basin is closed by the Sternenberg ( 617 m above sea level ) and the Schlimmberg ( 692 m above sea level ), in the south by the Horn ( 633 m above sea level ). The western boundary of the municipality mostly runs on the edge of the steps above the steep drop, which also has rock faces, especially in the area of the Bürenflue (at 727 m above sea level, the highest point of Büren) and the Spitzenflüelis ( 709 m above sea level ). A small part of the Gempenplateau east of the Chälen also belongs to Büren.
The area is drained to the east by the Orisbach to Ergolz . The eastern edge of the Oristal or the Ruestel with its approximately 250 m wide flat valley floor forms the eastern border of the municipality. To the south, the parish extends over the Rotengrund basin to the northern slope of the Holzenberg . In 2014, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 46% in forests and woodlands, 46% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.
Several individual farms belong to Büren. Neighboring communities of Büren are Seewen , Hochwald , Gempen and Nuglar-Sankt Pantaleon in the canton of Solothurn and Lupsingen and Ziefen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft .
population
With 1043 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Büren is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Solothurn. 96.1% of the residents speak German, 1.4% speak Italian and 0.9% speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Büren was 611 in 1850 and 546 in 1900. During the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 490 and 570 people. Only since 1980 (539 inhabitants) has a significant increase in population been recorded.
economy
Up until the second half of the 20th century, Büren was a village dominated by agriculture . The water power of the Dorfbach has been used to operate a mill since the 15th century. In the 19th century, home-based silk ribbon weaving was widespread; there was also a silk ribbon and brush factory. Even today, arable farming , fruit growing (mainly cherry trees) as well as cattle breeding and dairy farming have a certain role in the income structure of the population. In earlier times, viticulture on the southern slope of the Sternenberg was also important; today there are practically no vineyards left.
Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in companies in the construction industry, agricultural machinery and IT. Büren has been the location of the upper school center Dorneckberg since 1977. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employees are therefore commuters who work mainly in the Liestal region but also in the Basel area .
traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Liestal to Seewen . The village is connected to the public transport network through a post bus course , which covers the route from Liestal to Büren. At certain times of the day, a post bus runs from Büren to Laufen.
history
The municipality of Büren was already settled in Roman times, which has been proven by the remains of a Roman aqueduct and various coin finds. The first written mention of the place took place in 1174 under the name Buren . Later, the names Buoron (1194), Burron (1225) and Bürren (1425) appeared. The place name is derived from the Old High German word bur (small house, building, apartment) and means at the houses, in the village .
In the High Middle Ages, Büren belonged to the Counts of Pfirt . Then the northern district came to the diocese of Basel , which passed it on as a fief to the Lords of Sternenfels , who founded the small rule of Büren. In contrast, the southern part came to the Thiersteiners as an Austrian fief. From 1489 both parts belonged to the Thierstein family, who sold the Büren estate to Solothurn in 1502. As a result, the village of the Thierstein Bailiwick and the court district Ob dem Berg was assigned. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Büren belonged to the Dornach district during the Helvetic Republic and to the Dorneck district from 1803.
Attractions
The Church of Saint Martin, which originally dates back to the middle of the 13th century, was rebuilt in 1697 and has a pulpit from the 18th century. In the old town center, some characteristic farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved. Only a few remains are visible of the Sternenfels castle on the spur north of the village.
coat of arms
- In blue on a green three-mountain green tree, accompanied by three yellow six-pointed stars .
literature
- Gottlieb Loertscher: The art monuments of the canton of Solothurn, Volume III: The districts of Thal, Thierstein, Dorneck. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 38). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1957, DNB 750089342 .
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Büren (SO)
- Lukas Schenker: Büren (SO). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .