Buchegg
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Buchegg is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen and Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Lüterswil-Gächliwil merged into the municipality of Buchegg.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Buchegg
- Swiss town.image_photo
- 2011-11-11-Mezlando (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 324.JPG
- Swiss town.image_caption
- House in Küttigkofen village
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Buchegg-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Solothurn
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SO
- Swiss town.district
- Bucheggberg
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2465
- Swiss town.area
- 22.64
- Swiss town.population
- 2501
- Swiss town.populationof
- Dec 2011
- Swiss town.website
- http://www.buchegg-so.ch/
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bätterkinden (BE), Lüterkofen-Ichertswil, Lüterswil-Gächliwil, Unterramsern
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Buchegg is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Tscheppach, Brügglen, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern (SO), Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Mühledorf (SO), Küttigkofen and Kyburg-Buchegg merged into the new municipality of Buchegg. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Lüterswil-Gächliwil merged into the municipality of Buchegg.
==History== Aetigkofen is first mentioned in 1034 as Etikhouen. Aetingen is first mentioned in 1267 as Etinge. Bibern is first mentioned in 1366 as ze Bibron. Brügglen is first mentioned in 1249 as Bruglon. Gossliwil is first mentioned in 1246 as Gosseriswile. In 1276 it was mentioned as Goselwyl. Hessigkofen is first mentioned in 1034 as Esikouen. Küttigkofen is first mentioned in 1316 as obrenchúttenkouen. Kyburg-Buchegg is first mentioned in 1175 as Ernaldus de Boucecca. Mühledorf is first mentioned around 1264 as Mulidorf though this is from a copy from 1415-20. In 1276 it was mentioned as Mvlidorf. Tscheppach is first mentioned in 1334 as Scheppach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buchegg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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