Langendorf, Switzerland

Geschichte

Langendorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, located in the district of Lebern.HistoryLangendorf is first mentioned in 1304 as Lengendorf.GeographyLangendorf has an area, of 1.93km2. Of this area, 0.77km2 or 39.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.22km2 or 11.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95km2 or 49.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 5.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 33.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 25.9% is used for growing crops and 13.0% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Lebern district. Originally it was a linear village on both sides of the Wildbach river. Today it is part of the agglomeration of Solothurn.The municipalities of Biberist, Derendingen, Luterbach, Bellach, Langendorf and Solothurn 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 an Owl displayed Argent holding in beak on a strap an escutcheon Gules a Cross couped Argent (Switzerland) standing on a Cannon Pipe Or mouth to dexter inscribed "VORWÄRTS" of the first.