Hauenstein-Ifenthal

Geschichte

Hauenstein-Ifenthal is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryIfenthal is first mentioned in 1189 as Ifental. Hauenstein was mentioned in 1260 as Horwen.GeographyHauenstein-Ifenthal has an area, of 5.35km2. Of this area, 2.71km2 or 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.15km2 or 40.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.43km2 or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 38.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.4% is used for growing crops and 39.8% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.3% is used for alpine pastures.The municipality is located in the Gösgen district. It consists of the villages of Hauenstein and Ifenthal as well as a number of scattered, individual houses. The municipalities of Hauenstein-Ifenthal, Trimbach, Wisen and Olten are considering a merger at a date in the future into the new municipality of with an, undetermined name.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a lion passant Or on a base Vert.