Dornach

Also known as Dornach SO

Dornach (Swiss German: Dornech) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Dornach
Swiss town.image_photo: Brückenheilige Johannes Nepomuk.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Dornach SO COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Solothurn
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SO
Swiss town.district: Dorneck
Swiss town.postal_code: 4143
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2473
Swiss town.area: 5.77
Swiss town.elevation: 338
Swiss town.website: www.dornach.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Aesch (BL), Arlesheim (BL), Duggingen (BL), Gempen, Hochwald, Reinach (BL)

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Official website

Gemeinde Dornach

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Dornach
Population: 6778
Area: 5.79
Elevation: 387
Official website: www.dornach.ch
Image: Heimatmuseum des Schwarzbubenlandes in der alten Dorfkirche St. Mauritius, Dornach, Solothurn (1).jpg
Dialing code: 061
Licence plate code: SO

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Commons category: Dornach
Commons gallery: Dornach
postal code: 4143
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external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2473

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Dornach (Swiss German: Dornech) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Memorial to the Battle of Dornach Dornach is first mentioned in 1223 as de Tornacho. In 1307 it was mentioned as zu Dornach. It has been settled since at least 1223 when a local lay priest was known as Johannes de Tornacho (thought to mean "from the estate of Turnus"). thumbnail|right|Woman from Dornach wearing a traditional costume. The site was the location of the decisive 1499 Battle of Dornach, which ended the Swabian War and effectively ensured the independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy from the Holy Roman Empire. The battle is memorialized in a 1949 relief wall.