Hubersdorf

Hubersdorf
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Solothurn (SO)
District :	Livers
BFS no. :	2548
Postal code :	4535
Coordinates :	611 504  /  232502 coordinates: 47 ° 14 '36 "  N , 7 ° 35' 26"  O ; CH1903:  611504  /  232502
Height :	480  m above sea level M.
Height range :	462–546 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.35  km²
Residents:	747 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	553 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.hubersdorf.ch
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Location of the municipality

Hubersdorf (in the local dialect Hopperschte ) is a municipality in the Lebern district in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland .

geography

Hubersdorf lies at 480  m above sea level. M. , 5.5 km northeast of the canton capital Solothurn (air line). The village extends in the valley of the Siggern between the southern slopes of the Jura in the north and the height near Scheidwegen in the south, in the Unterleberberg region , in the Solothurn Mittelland .

The area of ​​the municipality, which is just 1.4 km² in size, comprises a small section at the foot of the southern slope of the Jura. The central part is the open valley basin , through which the Siggern , a left tributary of the Aare , flows from west to east . To the north, the municipality extends to the Jura slope and reaches below Kammersrohr at 540  m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Hubersdorf (district Rainacher ). To the south of the Siggern valley, the area extends over the heights of Scheidwege (up to 509  m above sea level ), a moraine wall along the Aare from the Ice Age, to the edge of the gravel terrace of Flumenthal. In 1997, 15% of the municipal area was in settlements, 32% in forests and woodland, 52% in agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

The district of Scheidwegen ( 496  m above sea level ) and some new residential areas such as the Mittlerfeld ( 490  m above sea level ), the Langacher (also 490  m above sea level ) and the higher Rainacher ( 540  m above sea level ) belong to Hubersdorf . M. ). Neighboring communities of Hubersdorf are Günsberg , Kammersrohr , Attiswil (the only Bernese neighbor), Flumenthal and Riedholz, turning clockwise from the north .

population

With 747 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Hubersdorf is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Solothurn. 98.0% of the residents are German-speaking, 0.6% French-speaking and 0.5% speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Hubersdorf was 201 inhabitants in 1850 and 223 in 1900. During the 20th century the population increased continuously. Especially since 1980 (477 inhabitants) there has been a significant increase in population.

economy

Until the second half of the 20th century, Hubersdorf was predominantly an agricultural village. The hydropower of the Siggern was previously used to operate mills and sawmills. Even today, agriculture and fruit growing as well as cattle breeding have a certain place in the income structure of the population. Further jobs are available in local small businesses and in the service sector. Fireplaces, architecture, IT and horticulture are represented in the community today. Hubersdorf is the location municipality of the Unterleberberg district school . The total of 165 students from the region are divided into nine classes, three each for the district school, the secondary school and the high school. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who mainly work in the Solothurn region.

traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a connecting road from Attiswil to Günsberg . The nearest connection to the A1 motorway (Bern-Zurich) is around 5 km from the village. Hubersdorf is connected to the public transport network through a PostBus course , which covers the route from Solothurn to Balm near Günsberg . In addition, the Aare Seeland mobile stop in neighboring Flumenthal can be reached in around 15 minutes on foot from the village center.

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 1201 under the name Huopelstorff . The names Hupolstron (1374), Hupelstrin (1399), Huppolstorff (1500), Hupelstorf (1508) and Hupperstorff (1525, 1555) appeared later . The place name goes back to the Old High German personal name Huopold and the word dorn (thorn bush ) and thus means the Huopold's thorn . The name Hopperschte is still in use in the vicinity today. Even the website of the community can alternatively be reached under this name.

Since the Middle Ages, Hubersdorf has been under the rule of Balm . Together with this rule, the village came to the Counts of Strassberg as an imperial fief in 1312 and, after various changes of ownership, to Solothurn in 1411. The city had already had high jurisdiction over Hubersdorf since 1344. In the 15th century, the village was under the Bailiwick of Balm, from 1487 it was part of the Bailiwick of Flumenthal . After the collapse of the Ancien Régime (1798), Hubersdorf belonged to the Solothurn administrative district during the Helvetic and from 1803 to the Lebern district. Hubersdorf belongs to the parish of Flumenthal and has had its own church, the Heilig Kreuz village chapel, since 1987.

Personalities

Otto Morach (1887–1973), painter

coat of arms

Blazon

In red, on the right six-pointed spherical star, on the left an upright black push hoof knife (boutoir). The coat of arms was introduced in 1941

Web links

Commons : Hubersdorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Hubersdorf
• Urs Zurschmiede: Hubersdorf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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 .