Aeschi

Geschichte

Aeschi is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. Burgäschisee is a lake in the forest on the border with Seeberg.GeographyAeschi has an area, of 3.8km2. Of this area, 2.4km2 or 63.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.66km2 or 17.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.55km2 or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16km2 or 4.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04km2 or 1.1% is unproductive land. After the 2012 merger, the area increased to 5.4km2.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.9%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 47.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, in the upper moraine landscape along the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee main road. It consists of the village of Aeschi as well as, the hamlet of Burgäschi. Burgäschi was part of Aeschi until 1829 and after 1994. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.