Lohn-Ammannsegg

Geschichte

Lohn-Ammannsegg is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The municipality was formed in 1993 when Lohn and Ammannsegg united.HistoryLohn is first mentioned in 1260 as Lon. Ammannsegg is first mentioned in 1261 as Amalzeich.The Einwohnergemeinden of Lohn and Ammannsegg merged in 1993 to form the new political municipality Lohn-Ammannsegg. However, the Bürgergemeinden of the two former municipalities have remained separate.GeographyLohn-Ammannsegg has an area, of 4.45km2. Of this area, 2.12km2 or 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.32km2 or 29.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.02km2 or 22.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 35.3% is used for growing crops and 11.0% 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 Wasseramt district, on the north-eastern most outlet of the Bucheggberg. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Lohn and the village of Ammannsegg.