Höngen SO

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SO is the abbreviation for the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Höngenf .
Höngen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn Solothurn (SO)
District : Thalw
Residential municipality : Laupersdorfi2 w1
Postal code : 4712
Coordinates : 617 795  /  241087 coordinates: 47 ° 19 '13 "  N , 7 ° 40' 26"  O ; CH1903:  617,795  /  241087
Height : 664  m above sea level M.
Höngen, May 2016

Höngen, May 2016
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Höngen is a hamlet in the Swiss municipality of Laupersdorf in the canton of Solothurn . As a hamlet of national importance, it was included in the inventory of places worthy of protection in Switzerland .

geography

Höngen lies at 664 m. ü. M. on a sunny terrace at the southern foot of the second Jura chain , two km northeast of the village of Laupersdorf and 2 km northwest of the Balsthal train station of the Oensingen-Balsthal Railway . From the terrace of Höngen there is a view of the Klus between Oensingen and Balsthal.

history

View from Höngen towards Klus

In 1934 Eugen Tatarinoff speculated about a prehistoric settlement ("strengthened by the system of sunken paths that lead from there northwest towards the mountain") and, referring to Höngen's "remarkable" location, considered "a small Roman castral complex " to be likely. However, even in 1968 it had to be stated that in Höngen “hardly any noteworthy early finds have been made to this day”, with remains of walls from Roman manors being found elsewhere in the municipality of Laupersdorf.

Bruno Amiet suspects in the first volume of “Solothurn History” from 1952 that Höngen and a Willikon farm near Matzendorf could have originated in the course of the 6th century as a “detour” of the Alemanni ; «First attempts to gain a foothold in the valley». Höngen is first mentioned in 1194 as Huoingen .

In 1629/1630 numerous residents of Höngen were victims of a plague epidemic ; 16 people died of the plague from October to December 1629, and six more from March to May 1630.

The legal relationship between Laupersdorf and Höngen remained unclear for a long time. The opinion held by the Höngern in the 17th century that Laupersdorf and Höngen were one municipality was rejected by the Laupersdörfern. The latter required people from Höngen who settled in Laupersdorf to pay a fee called “moving in”, which was also collected from other newcomers from abroad. The Solothurn council decided in this matter in 1634 in the interests of the Hönger. Even if Laupersdorf complied with this decision with regard to moving in, this did not yet lead to a unity of the two villages. In 1747 the situation was reorganized at Höngen's request, so that each of the two villages now received its own "Dorfseckel". Twelve men of full age lived in Höngen at the time, and in Laupersdorf 75. Georg Boner, the author of the Laupersdörfer village history, assumes that there must have been a community meeting in each of the two places long before the Helvetic Revolution in 1798.

The formal unification of Laupersdorf and Höngen did not take place until 1879; "To eliminate unpleasant frictions, disagreements and regulate the civil and poor system as well as to eliminate the calculations that are often associated with litigation", as stated in the deed of association.

In 1904 Höngen consisted of 12 houses with 78 Catholic residents. The fact that Höngen always remained a hamlet, Urs Wiesli in his work Balsthal und seine Täler (1953) ascribes to the fact that the settlement “got stuck in its development due to the remoteness and the limited extent of usable land and from the larger one, probably however the younger community of Laupersdorf was absorbed early on. "

Attractions

St. Jacob's Chapel
Wash house

St. Jacob's Chapel

The St. Jacob's Chapel in Höngen is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural goods of national and regional importance as a B object (cultural property of regional importance). It was built at its current location on the northeast corner of the settlement in 1715, replacing a previous building at Finigen farm that was built in the 15th century at the latest .

In the roof turret of the chapel a small bell with the Solothurn coat of arms, the year 1599 and the inscription "IN GOD AND SANT EHR JACOB * I * GOSEN BIN IN HERKONZLOB" depends. In the chapel there is a High Baroque altar in the style of Louis XIV. Since the altar carries a donor arms of Solothurn patrician family of roll, it keeps Anton Guldimann in the Festschrift for the restoration of the chapel possible that he from of Roll'schen Foundation to crosses (Chapel in Rüttenen near Solothurn).

During the restoration of the chapel in 1959, pictures of the Stations of the Cross that had been removed a long time ago were re-attached. A depiction of Christ preaching , which Pastor Leontius Krutter had made by the Tyrolean painter Fabian Thurner around 1766, was also hung up again . Monument curator Gottlieb Loertscher described it as a "rare, gripping picture". A previously painted over marbling on the altar was also restored.

Wash house

The wash house located on the square in front of the chapel is also registered as a B object in the inventory of cultural assets . It dates from the time the St. Jacob's Chapel was built and was used in its original function until 1952. Today it is used as a fire brigade magazine .

The roofs of the St. Jacob's Chapel and the wash house, which are covered with plain tiles, were renovated in 2002.

traffic

Höngen can be reached on side streets from Laupersdorf and Balsthal. One street continues to Hof Bremgarten and over the Brunnersberg (municipality of Matzendorf ) into the Guldental .

There is no regular connection from Höngen to the public transport network. The footpath from the center of Laupersdorf is 3.1 km on the hiking trail over the Höngerfeld . Between May 1st and November 1st, a nature park bus runs from Balsthal via Bremgarten to Brunnersberg and sometimes further to Aedermannsdorf with a stop in Höngen on Sundays and public holidays .

Web links

Commons : Höngen (Laupersdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of sites of national importance . Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture. October 25, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Urs Wiesli: Balsthal and its valleys. An economic and settlement geography . In: Communications from the Solothurn Natural Research Society . tape 17 , 1953, pp. 50-52 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-543278 .
  3. ^ A b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 2: Emmenholz - Kraialppass . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1904, p. 574, keyword Höngen   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  4. ↑ Eugen Tatarinoff: Prehistoric-archaeological statistics of the Canton of Solothurn. 7th episode, 1933 . In: Yearbook for Solothurn History . tape 7 , 1934, pp. 258 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-322605 .
  5. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . 1st chapter. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1968, p. 15 .
  6. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . 1st chapter. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1968, p. 17-20 .
  7. ↑ Bruno Amiet: City and Canton of Solothurn from Prehistory to the End of the Middle Ages . In: History of Solothurn . 1. Vol. State Chancellery of the Canton of Solothurn, Solothurn 1952, p. 123-124 .
  8. ^ Albert Vogt: Höngen SO. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  9. ^ Paul Müller: The plague epidemics of the 17th century in the state of Solothurn . In: Yearbook for Solothurn History . tape 57 , 1984, pp. 106 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-324882 .
  10. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . Part 2. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1973, p. 18-19 .
  11. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . Part 2. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1973, p. 20 .
  12. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . Part 2. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1973, p. 15-16 .
  13. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . 3rd part. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1987, p. 81 (year of publication determined.).
  14. ↑ Urs Wiesli: Balsthal and its valleys. An economic and settlement geography . In: Communications from the Solothurn Natural Research Society . tape 17 , 1953, pp. 163 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-543278 .
  15. ↑ a b Anton Guldimann: From history . In: The St. Jacob's Chapel in Höngen. Commemorative publication at the end of the restoration in early May 1959 . Habegger, Derendingen 1959, p. 3 (special print from: Jurablätter , 1959, issue 4/5.).
  16. ^ Georg Boner: Laupersdorf. Our home through the ages . Part 2. Community of Laupersdorf, Laupersdorf 1973, p. 111 .
  17. ^ Anton Guldimann: From history . In: The St. Jacob's Chapel in Höngen. Commemorative publication at the end of the restoration in early May 1959 . Habegger, Derendingen 1959, p. 4 (Special print from: Jurablätter , 1959, issue 4/5.).
  18. ↑ a b Gottlieb Loertscher: The restoration . In: The St. Jacob's Chapel in Höngen. Commemorative publication at the end of the restoration in early May 1959 . Habegger, Derendingen 1959, p. 8 (special print from: Jurablätter , 1959, issue 4/5.).
  19. ↑ Gottlieb Loertscher: The restoration . In: The St. Jacob's Chapel in Höngen. Commemorative publication at the end of the restoration in early May 1959 . Habegger, Derendingen 1959, p. 7 (special print from: Jurablätter , 1959, issue 4/5.).
  20. ↑ a b c Markus Schmid: Laupersdorf, St. Jacob's Chapel and wash house in Höngen . In: Archeology and Monument Preservation in the Canton of Solothurn . tape 8 , 2003, p. 58 ( online (PDF; 1.86 MB) ).
  21. ↑ Information board at the Höngen wash house.
  22. ↑ Thal region - summer . Alpine Bus Association. Retrieved June 11, 2020.