Drei Höfe

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
Municipality
Heriswil main street
Heriswil main street
Coat of arms of Drei Höfe
Coat of arms
Location of Drei Höfe
Drei Höfe is located in Switzerland
Drei Höfe
Drei Höfe
Drei Höfe is located in Canton of Solothurn
Drei Höfe
Drei Höfe
Coordinates: 47°10′N 7°38′E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonSolothurn
DistrictWasseramt
Area
[1]
 • Total4.56 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total746
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4558
SFOS number2535
Surrounded byAeschi, Etziken, Halten, Horriwil, Oekingen
Websitewww.dreihoefe.ch
SFSO statistics

History

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
Aerial view of Heinrichswil, Winistorf and Hersiwil villages

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, 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, 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

The total population of Drei Höfe (as of December 2020) is 748.[8]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[9]

References
  1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 2 January 2013
  4. Heinrichswil-Winistorf in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  5. Hersiwil in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  6. Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  7. Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  8. "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.
  9. Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
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