Luterbach

Geschichte

Luterbach is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryLuterbach is first mentioned in 1052 as lutere Bach, though this identification is disputed. In 1319 it was mentioned as ville Luterbach.GeographyLuterbach has an area, of 4.52km2. Of this area, 1.63km2 or 36.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.18km2 or 26.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.57km2 or 34.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.16km2 or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 7.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.4% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 23.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 30.3% is used for growing crops and 4.0% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, south-east of the confluence of the Aare and Emme rivers. Due to constant flooding risk from the flat topography and changes in the course of the Emme, the municipality now stands about 1km from the river.