Drei Höfe Explained
| Subject Name: | Drei Höfe |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Solothurn |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-SO |
| Coordinates: | 47.1667°N 45°W |
| Postal Code: | 4558 |
| Municipality Code: | 2535 |
| Area: | 4.56 |
| Population: | 720 |
| Populationof: | Dec 2011 |
| Popofyear: | 2011 |
| Website: | www.dreihoefe.ch |
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.[1]
History
Heinrichswil is first mentioned in 1317 as Cristan von Heinrichswile.
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.
Geography
The former municipalities that now make up Drei Höfe have a total combined area of .
Heinrichswil-Winistorf had an area,, of 3.13km2. Of this area, 1.59km2 or 50.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.26km2 or 40.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25km2 or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads).[2] 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,, of 1.43km2. Of this area, 0.97km2 or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.32km2 or 22.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09km2 or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.7% is unproductive land.[2]
Demographics
The total population of Drei Höfe is .
Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:[3] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = top:10 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:700TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0Colors= id:HW value:yellowgreen legend:Heinrichswil-Winistorf id:HE value:green legend:HersiwilPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:229 text:"229" color:HW bar:1860 from: 0 till:245 text:"245" color:HW bar:1870 from: 0 till:288 text:"288" color:HW bar:1880 from: 0 till:221 text:"221" color:HW bar:1890 from: 0 till:237 text:"237" color:HW bar:1900 from: 0 till:231 text:"231" color:HW bar:1910 from: 0 till:235 text:"235" color:HW bar:1920 from: 0 till:252 text:"252" color:HW bar:1930 from: 0 till:253 text:"253" color:HW bar:1940 from: 0 till:249 text:"249" color:HW bar:1950 from: 0 till:262 text:"262" color:HW bar:1960 from: 0 till:310 text:"310" color:HW bar:1970 from: 0 till:285 text:"285" color:HW bar:1980 from: 0 till:320 text:"320" color:HW bar:1990 from: 0 till:410 text:"410" color:HW bar:2000 from: 0 till:528 text:"528" color:HW bar:1850 from: 229 till:366 text:"137" color:HE bar:1860 from: 245 till:385 text:"140" color:HE bar:1870 from: 288 till:444 text:"156" color:HE bar:1880 from: 221 till:367 text:"146" color:HE bar:1890 from: 237 till:360 text:"123" color:HE bar:1900 from: 231 till:383 text:"152" color:HE bar:1910 from: 235 till:416 text:"181" color:HE bar:1920 from: 252 till:404 text:"152" color:HE bar:1930 from: 253 till:409 text:"156" color:HE bar:1940 from: 249 till:411 text:"162" color:HE bar:1950 from: 262 till:423 text:"161" color:HE bar:1960 from: 310 till:475 text:"165" color:HE bar:1970 from: 285 till:432 text:"147" color:HE bar:1980 from: 320 till:464 text:"144" color:HE bar:1990 from: 410 till:554 text:"144" color:HE bar:2000 from: 528 till:696 text:"168" color:HE
Notes and References
- http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
- http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
- http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=trueSwiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000
