Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus

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Feldbrunnen-St.Niklaus
Coat of arms of Feldbrunnen-St.Niklaus
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn Solothurn (SO)
District : Livers
BFS no. : 2544i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 4532
Coordinates : 608 858  /  229996 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '15 "  N , 7 ° 33' 20"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eight thousand eight hundred fifty-eight  /  229996
Height : 452  m above sea level M.
Height range : 426-598 m above sea level M.
Area : 2.51  km²
Residents: 982 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 391 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.feldbrunnen.ch
View of field well

View of field well
Location of the municipality
Bellacher Weiher Kanton Bern Kanton Bern Kanton Bern Kanton Jura Bezirk Bucheggberg Bezirk Solothurn Bezirk Thal Bezirk Wasseramt Balm bei Günsberg Bellach Bettlach SO Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus Flumenthal Grenchen Günsberg Hubersdorf Kammersrohr Langendorf SO Lommiswil Oberdorf SO Riedholz SO Rüttenen SelzachMap of Feldbrunnen-St.Niklaus
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Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus (in the local dialect Fäudbrunne-Sankt Niklaus ) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland .

geography

Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus is 452  m above sea level. M. , 2 km northeast of the canton capital Solothurn (air line). The community extends on a terrace north of the Aare , at the southern foot of the Jura east of the Verenabach , in the Solothurn Mittelland .

The area of ​​the 2.5 km² municipal area covers a section of the Solothurn Mittelland. The southern border runs along the Aare. From here the communal soil extends northwards over the gravel terrace of Feldbrunnen, which is bordered in the west by the little valley of the Verena stream , and the plateau of the Spiessacher ( 485  m above sea level ) to the adjacent forest heights of the Verena chain. This chain forms a small Jura fold in front of the Weissenstein chain. It is subdivided in the field of Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus by the dry valley of the Chalchgraben . On the Rehhubel ( 583  m above sea level ) and on the Moos with 595  m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevations in the community. In 1997, 14% of the municipal area was in settlements, 46% in forests and woodlands, 39% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

The community consists of the two districts of Feldbrunnen ( 454  m above sea level ) on the terrace north of the Aare and Sankt Niklaus ( 466  m above sea level ) at the exit of the Verenabach from the Verena gorge. The neighboring communities of Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus are Solothurn , Rüttenen , Riedholz and Zuchwil .

population

With 982 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Solothurn. 96.3% of the residents speak German, 1.1% speak Italian and 0.8% speak French (as of 2000). The population of Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus was 232 inhabitants in 1850 and 275 inhabitants in 1900. During the 20th century the population increased continuously. Particularly since 1990 (640 inhabitants) and 2006 (867 inhabitants) there has been significant population growth.

politics

    
A total of 7 seats


Source:

The local council (executive) consists of 7 members including the mayor. The seats were distributed as follows:

Political party 2014-2017 (+/-)  2009-2013
FDP. The Liberals ( Free Democratic Party
until 2009 ) 		4th +1 3
Social Democratic Party 1 1
Swiss People's Party 1 1
Christian Democratic People's Party  1 −1 2

economy

Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus was a predominantly agricultural village until the middle of the 20th century . Today arable and fruit growing as well as cattle breeding only play a minor role in the income structure of the population. Other jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector, including in information technology, construction and marketing companies. 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. Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus has a low tax rate, which earned the municipality a reputation as a tax haven in the cantons of Solothurn and Bern.

traffic

Entry to Feldbrunnen

The community has good transport connections. It is located on the main road 5 from Solothurn to Olten . The closest connection to the A5 motorway (Solothurn-Biel) is around 4 km from the town center. On January 9, 1918, the railway line of the Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn was put into operation with a station in Feldbrunnen. The BSU bus line , which operates the route from Zuchwil via Solothurn to Rüttenen , also connects Sankt Niklaus to the public transport network.

history

Feldbrunnen village museum

The first written mention of a village in what is now the municipality was in 1182, when the existence of a settlement called Wedelswile was documented in writing. This hamlet was the origin of Sankt Niklaus, but was destroyed by the Guglers in 1375 . The rebuilt village was now called Sankt Niklaus based on the Nikolauskapelle. Feldbrunnen is first mentioned in 1319 as Velbrunnen ; The name Felbrunnen comes from 1455 .

The area of ​​Sankt Niklaus and Feldbrunnen was subordinate to the Sankt-Ursen-Stift in Solothurn in the Middle Ages and in 1344 came to the city of Solothurn, which from then on exercised both lower and higher jurisdiction. Until 1720, both villages belonged directly to the old city district of Solothurn. With the exclusion of the inner city district, Feldbrunnen and Sankt Niklaus were separated from the city and placed under the Flumenthal bailiwick.

Villa on Baselstrasse

After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Feldbrunnen and Sankt Niklaus belonged to the Solothurn administrative district during the Helvetic Republic and to the Lebern district from 1803. As part of the reorganization of the political communities in 1803, the two villages were not taken into account, which is why a connection to Riedholz was discussed for a long time. It was not until 1831 that Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus was elevated to a politically independent municipality. Twice, in 1865 and at the beginning of the 20th century, a connection of the then very poor community to Solothurn was up for debate, which initially failed because of the resistance of the Solothurn residents and later because of that of the village population.

Attractions

Waldegg Castle

Waldegg Castle is located between Feldbrunnen and Sankt Niklaus and is one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in the canton. It was built from 1682 to 1690 for Schultheiss Johann Viktor Besenval as a summer residence and is designed as a typical Solothurn "Türmlihaus". The large castle with two chapels, an auditorium and a remarkable interior from the 17th to 19th centuries is located in a spacious park. Today the castle serves as a residential museum and is often a venue for exhibitions and concerts.

Catholic Church. Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus, Solothurn
Catholic Church. Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus

The origins of the small church at St. Niklaus' cemetery are dated to the High Middle Ages. The current building dates mostly from the 17th century. In the interior, on the outer walls of the church and in the cemetery itself there are graves of former Solothurn patrician families and well-known personalities, including:

Personalities

coat of arms

Blazon

Fountain in green and white; in the blue head of the shield there is a white lock with a red roof

Web links

Commons : Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 Website Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus
  3. ^ Solothurner Zeitung: This is how the new municipal councils are composed