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Büsserach
Büsserach is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Büsserach is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Buezherach''. Geography Büsserach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 43.7% of the total land area is heavily forested a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neu-Thierstein Castle
Neu-Thierstein Castle is a ruined castle in the Swiss municipality of Büsserach in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. History The castle was founded in 1100 and a new building was built around 1294/95. The castle was apparently built by the Saugern-Pfeffingen family as a seat for a ''Kastvogtei'' (or a vogt with authority over a religious structure) who ruled over Beinwil Abbey. The first mention of the castle comes from 1321 when it was called ''Bello''. As heirs of the Saugern-Pfeffingen family, in the late 12th Century, the count of Thierstein took over the castle and the ''Kastvogtei'' post. By 1400 it was known as Thierstein Castle. The castle was occupied by the Canton of Solothurn in 1445, 1467 and 1499. After the extinction of the counts of Thierstein in 1522, Solothurn acquired the castle and made it the administrative center of the secular bailiwick of Thierstein. In 1798 the castle was sold for demolition. However, in the 19th Century, the destruction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierstein (district)
Thierstein District is one of the ten districts of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, situated to the north of the canton. Together with the Dorneck District, it forms the ''Amtei'' (electoral district) of Dorneck-Thierstein. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities Thierstein District contains twelve municipalities, with Kleinlützel existing as an exclave. Geography Thierstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erschwil
Erschwil is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Erschwil was first mentioned in 1147 as ''Hergiswilre''. Geography Erschwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings make up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure makes up 3.0%. Out of the forested land, 54.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fehren
Fehren is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Fehren is first mentioned in 1371 as ''der Hofe in Ferren''. Geography Fehren has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area Out of the forested land, 27.7% of the total land area is heavily foreste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindel, Switzerland
Grindel (french: Grandelle) is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Grindel is first mentioned in 1147 as ''Crindil''. Geography Grindel has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 43.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meltingen
Meltingen is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Meltingen is first mentioned in 1302 as ''Meltingen''. Geography Meltingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 40.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 54.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 50.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.7% is used for growing crops and 30.6% is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlen Bei Laufen
Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Wahlen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 31.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.9% is used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breitenbach, Switzerland
Breitenbach (High Alemannic: ''Bräitebach'') is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. There are two train stations near Breitenbach, the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen. As with most of Switzerland, there are Postauto buses which take people to surrounding cities and to and from the train station. ''Schweizerdeutsch'' (Swiss-German) in Breitenbach closely resembles that of ''Baseldeutsch'' (Basel-German). History Breitenbach is first mentioned in 1152 as ''Breitenbach''. Geography Breitenbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020. The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have put the total population at 8.6 billion by mid-2030, 9.8 billion by mid-2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. However, some academics outside the UN have increasingly developed human population models that account for additional downward pressures on population growth; in such a scenario population would peak before 2100. World human population has been growing since the end of the Black Death, around the year 1350. A mix of technological advancement that improved agricultural productivity and sanitation and medical advancement that reduced mortality increased population growth. In some geographies, this has slowed through the process called the demographic tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Swiss Federal Election
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007–2011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.The date of the election of the members of the Council of States is a matter of cantonal law. 24 cantons have chosen to let the elections coincide with the federally regulated National Council elections. Two cantons are electing their members of the Council of States at an earlier date: Zug reelected its incumbents Peter Bieri and Rolf Schweiger on 29 October 2006, while Appenzell Innerrhoden elected Ivo Bischofsberger as its on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Sector Of The Economy
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America. In developed countries the primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt, combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, producing a higher yield than is possible using less capital-intensive techniques. These technologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
