Drei Höfe is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Hersiwil merged to form the new municipality of Drei Höfe.[3]
Drei Höfe | |
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 Heriswil main street | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Drei Höfe  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°38′E / 47.167°N 7.633°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Solothurn |
| District | Wasseramt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.56 km2 (1.76 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 746 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4558 |
| SFOS number | 2535 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SO |
| Surrounded by | Aeschi, Etziken, Halten, Horriwil, Oekingen |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
History edit
Heinrichswil is first mentioned in 1317 as Cristan von Heinrichswile.[4]
Hersiwil is first mentioned in 1324 as Hersenwile. It formed a double municipality with Heinrichswil until 1798, when Winistorf joined the other two to form the triple municipality of Hersiwil-Heinrichswil-Winistorf. In 1854 it split into three, separate, independent municipalities. In 1993, Heinrichswil and Winistorf merged again, but Hersiwil remained independent.[5]
Geography edit
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The former municipalities that now make up Drei Höfe have a total combined area of 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi).[6]
Heinrichswil-Winistorf had an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.13 square kilometers (1.21 sq mi). Of this area, 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads).[7] The former municipality is located on a hill built up from a moraine on the road between Halten and Seeberg. It consists of the villages of Heinrichswil and Winistorf.
Hersiwil had an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.43 square kilometers (0.55 sq mi). Of this area, 0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi) or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09 km2 (22 acres) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.[7]
Demographics edit
The total population of Drei Höfe (as of December 2020[update]) is 748.[8]
Historic Population edit
The historical population is given in the following chart:[9]
References edit
- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
- ^ Heinrichswil-Winistorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Hersiwil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
- ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
External links edit
- Hersiwil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Heinrichswil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.