Gretzenbach

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Gretzenbach
Gretzenbach coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn Solothurn (SO)
District : Oltenw
BFS no. : 2576i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 5014
Coordinates : 642 306  /  245427 coordinates: 47 ° 21 '30 "  N , 7 ° 59' 55"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred forty-two thousand three hundred and six  /  245427
Height : 398  m above sea level M.
Height range : 371-516 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.83  km²
Residents: 2784 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 478 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Daniel Cartier (FDP)
Website: www.gretzenbach.ch
Gretzenbach

Gretzenbach

Location of the municipality
Kanton Aargau Kanton Basel-Landschaft Kanton Bern Kanton Luzern Bezirk Gäu Bezirk Gösgen Bezirk Thal Boningen Däniken Dulliken Eppenberg-Wöschnau Fulenbach Gretzenbach Gunzgen Hägendorf Kappel SO Olten Rickenbach SO Schönenwerd Starrkirch-Wil Walterswil SO Wangen bei OltenMap of Gretzenbach
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Gretzenbach is a municipality in the Olten district in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland .

history

At the time of Charlemagne (768–814), the village of Gretzenbach was mentioned in writing for the first time. The name is mentioned in the will of Bishop Remigius of Strasbourg, which is dated March 15, 778. In addition, a coin with the image of Emperor Augustus (31 BC to 14 AD) and Hadrian (117 to 137 AD) was found among the remains of the Roman house. The place name Gretzenbach originally comes from the Celtic (Cressobach).

Today's Gretzenbach includes the old Gretzenbach (located near the Catholic Church, front part of the village) and the part of Weid in the rear part of the street village, which also houses the village's school facilities today. The original Gretzenbach did not previously have a proper schoolhouse, but Weid did.

In 1973 the previously independent municipality of Grod was merged with Gretzenbach.

geography

Aerial photo (1955)

Gretzenbach is located in Niederamt in Solothurn, between the Aarau canton capital of Aarau (approx. 6 km away) and Olten (approx. 10 km away). It is located directly on the Solothurn canton border towards the canton of Aargau .

The municipality of Gretzenbach measures 579 hectares, around a third of which is forest. Neighboring communities are Schönenwerd , Däniken , Kölliken , Niedergösgen , Oberentfelden , Safenwil and Walterswil .

population

The community has 2730 inhabitants (December 2017).

Religions - denominations

Denomination 2005:

  • Roman Catholic: 1033
  • Evangelical Reformed: 764
  • christ catholic: 22
  • other Christian denominations 43
  • Non-denominational: 381
  • other religions: 219

Local parties

Parties represented in Gretzenbach:

traffic

Gretzenbach is accessed by a bus line operated by the AAR bus + bahn company . With this you can reach the Schönenwerd train station or the city of Aarau without detours.

schools

Gretzenbach has 3 primary school buildings and a kindergarten building. It is part of the school association with Däniken and Schönenwerd . The secondary school with profiles B, E and P. is located in Schönenwerd.

Culture and sights

Personalities

photos

literature

  • Andreas Jäggi: Gretzenbach: History of a Village, 1966.

Web links

Commons : Gretzenbach  - Collection of images, 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 .