Grindel SO
| SO is the abbreviation for the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Grindel . |
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 Solothurn (SO)
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| District : | Thierstein |
| BFS no. : | 2617 |
| Postal code : | 4247 |
| Coordinates : | 604950 / 248058 |
| Height : | 577 m above sea level M. |
| Height range : | 477–925 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 3.08 km² |
| Residents: | 512 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 166 inhabitants per km² |
| Mayor : | Roland Flückiger |
| Website: | www.grindel.ch |
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Grindel (in local dialect Gringel [grɪŋl] ) is a municipality in the Thierstein district of the Swiss canton of Solothurn . The French exonym is Grandelle .
geography
Grindel lies at 577 m above sea level. M. , 4.5 km south of the city of Laufen (linear distance). The farming village extends on a saddle between two streams flowing north to the Birs , in the Jura at the northern foot of the Fringelikette, in the Schwarzbubenland .
The area of the 3.1 km² municipal area covers a section of the northern Jura . The central part of the municipality is occupied by the eastern section of the Bärschwil-Grindel valley basin. This valley basin actually represents a heavily eroded anticline of the Vorbourg fold. The southern limb of this anticline consisting of hard limestone , namely the Fringelikette, on whose main ridge the southern municipal boundary runs, is still largely preserved . It separates the valley basin of Grindel from the Delsberg basin and reaches on the Stierenberg at 921 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Grindel. The northern leg of the anticline can be recognized by the Nettenberg or Rüdliberg ( 703 m above sea level ) and the Hesliberg . The Wahlenbach, which rises near Grindel, breaks this chain in a valley- like valley. The soft clay and marl layers of the anticlines were largely eroded over time, which is why the Bärschwil-Grindel basin has formed. In the north-east, the municipality extends to the Baflue, a rocky crest on the southern edge of the Laufen basin. In 2014, 7% of the municipal area was in settlements, 49% in forests and woodland, 43% in agriculture and a little less than 1% in unproductive land.
The scattered settlement Horlangen ( 570 m above sea level ) on the northern slope of the Hesliberg as well as some individual farms belong to Grindel . Neighboring communities of Grindel are Büsserach , Erschwil and Bärschwil in the canton of Solothurn, Montsevelier in the canton of Jura and Laufen and Wahlen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft .
population
With 512 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Grindel is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Solothurn. 98.0% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.8% French-speaking and 0.2% speak Italian (as of 2000). The population of Grindel was 327 in 1850 and 267 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, the population rose continuously to 496 people until 1950. After that there was a population decline until 1990 (439 inhabitants) before a significant increase was recorded again.
economy
Until the second half of the 20th century, Grindel was a village dominated by agriculture . Even today, dairy farming , animal husbandry and fruit growing (mainly cherry trees) have an important place in the income structure of the population. A few other jobs are available in the local small business and in the service sector, including in companies in the construction industry, electronics and in a car repair shop. In the last few decades the village has also developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who work mainly in Laufen and Breitenbach as well as in the Basel agglomeration .
traffic
The community is located away from the major thoroughfares, the main access is from Laufen . Grindel is connected to the public transport network through a post bus course , which covers the route from Laufen to Bärschwil . Grindel is involved in the Northwestern Switzerland tariff association.
history
The first written mention of Grindel can be found in a document from Pope Eugene III. from 1147 as Crindil . Later spellings are Grindil (1152), Grindel (1372/76) and Gringel (1660). It is a secondary place name that goes back to the Old High German word grintil, grindil, "Riegel, Stange, Querbalken, Sperre "; the place name means "at the bolt".
The area of today's Grindel was possibly already settled in Roman times, as the remains of fortifications on the Bafluefelsen and the Stürmenchopf , two nearby elevations, suggest, which, however, could not be clearly assigned in time.
The Benedictine monastery of Beinwil had been wealthy in the village since the Middle Ages and owned half of the chapel. Secular rule was exercised by the Counts of Thierstein. After the Thierstein family had died out, Grindel came to Solothurn in 1522 and was assigned to the Thierstein bailiwick. After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), the village belonged to the Dornach district during the Helvetic Republic and to the Thierstein district from 1803.
In 1819 over 40 people emigrated to Nova Friburgo , Brazil.
The former chapel in Grindel was converted into a church between 1861 and 1863. On the basis of a document from Bishop Eugenius Lachat, Bishop of Basel, dated March 7, 1864, Grindel became an independent parish (since 1619 it was part of the Bärschwil branch).
Attractions
The catholic church Sankt Stephan originally goes back to a medieval building. The tower of today's church dates from 1702, while the nave was replaced by a new building in 1861–1863. In the old town center there are some characteristic farmhouses from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Stierenberg-Sömmerungsweide and Stierenbergfelsen (921 m above sea level) with a view of the Black Forest and the Vosges. "Zwärgehöli" on the Stierenberg and "Looberghöli" west of the Stierenberg.
coat of arms
- For the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich in 1939, the government council at the time decided, "That every municipality in Switzerland should be represented with a suitable municipal coat of arms". The Solothurn State Archives then prepared a draft. Since Grindel or Grandel means something like gate, plow tree and turnpike, the coat of arms was created based on these clues. In the past, the fir tree was often misrepresented on the coat of arms. For this reason the municipal council wanted clarity in 1994 and asked the State Archives. This gave the following notification: "We have thoroughly researched the Grindel municipal coat of arms." The answer to the question was: «Dr. Konrad Glutz von Blotzheim made a mistake in 1939 when he stylized the sketch relating to the coat of arms of the municipality of Grindel for the first edition. The 'Schärm' fir tree got four branches on both sides, contrary to the original that was accepted by the municipal assembly in 1939. We kindly ask you to apologize politely for this matter and assure you that we have made the appropriate correction in our archives. » Thus, the official coat of arms of the municipality of Grindel is defined as follows according to the official resolution of the municipal assembly of April 1, 1939:
- In red on a green plan a green “Schärm” fir tree with black roots, 4 branches on the right, 5 branches on the left, with a black trunk in front of a black hag.
Personalities
The Swiss aviation pioneer Theodor Borrer comes from Grindel .
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 .
- Simon Lutz: Grindel - live and experience. Publication in 2002.
- Simon Lutz: Topographical field name map of the municipality of Grindel (including roads, paths, hiking trails, streams, caves). Plan A2, back of land register no. with corresponding field name, published in 2004.
- Simon Lutz: Life on the Fringeliberg. Foreword and photo descriptions in German, French, English. Hikes, the villages on either side of the Fringeliberg (SO, BL, JU), the farms, emigrations from Bärschwil to America, family history of the Fringeli von Bärschwil, etc., publication in 2008.
- Lukas Schenker: Grindel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
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 .
- ↑ The field and settlement names of the Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein. Edited by Markus Gasser and Thomas Franz Schneider, arr. from the research group ‹Solothurn town and field names book›. Schwabe, Basel 2010 (Solothurnisches name, volume 2), p 257. The articulation Gringu [grɪŋʊ] that the lexicon of Swiss names of municipalities , indicating p 413, is not the ortsmundartliche, but one that is common in the adjacent Bärschwil; see Markus Gasser: Phonology of the dialects of the Schwarzbubenland in the aforementioned volume of the Solothurn name book, here p. 81.
- ↑ The field and settlement names of the Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein. Edited by Markus Gasser and Thomas Franz Schneider, arr. from the research group ‹Solothurn town and field names book›. Schwabe, Basel 2010 (Solothurn Name Book, Volume 2), p. 257.