Oberdorf (Soleure)

Geschichte

Oberdorf is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.HistoryOberdorf is first mentioned in 1305 as Oberdorf.GeographyOberdorf has an area, of 11.95km2. Of this area, 2.96km2 or 24.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.1km2 or 67.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.83km2 or 6.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 11.1% is used for growing crops and 7.3% is pastures and 5.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Lebern district, on a terrace at the southern foot of the Weissenstein of the Jura mountains. Oberdorf lies at 559m, 3.5km to the north-west of Solothurn, the capital of the Canton of Solothurn.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure St. Michael Argent with Wings displayed holding in dexter a Sword and in sinister Scales.