Fulenbach

Geschichte

Fulenbach is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryFulenbach is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Vulenbah. In 1260 it was mentioned as Fulenbach.GeographyFulenbach has an area, of 4.52km2. Of this area, 2.23km2 or 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.31km2 or 29.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.77km2 or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16km2 or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu on a terrace near the Aare river. It consists of the linear village of Fulenbach, the settlement of Stadtacker (which grew up on the site of the medieval town of Fridau after its destruction in 1375) and the outer settlements of Ewigkeit, Färch and Fulenbacher Bad.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess wavy Azure, Argent and Vert and in the first a Mullet Or.