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Steinhof
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Also known as Steinhof SO

Steinhof is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an enclave in the canton of Bern. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.

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Place details

Locality
Steinhof
Region
Solothurn
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
0

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Steinhof
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Steinhof-blason.png
Swiss town.canton
Solothurn
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-SO
Swiss town.district
Wasseramt
Swiss town.postal_code
4556
Swiss town.municipality_code
2531
Swiss town.area
1.64
Swiss town.elevation
562
Swiss town.population
141
Swiss town.populationof
December 2010
Swiss town.popofyear
2010
Swiss town.website
www.steinhof-so.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Bollodingen (BE), Hermiswil (BE), Oberönz (BE), Seeberg (BE)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
exclave
Part of
Aeschi
Located in
Aeschi
Official language
German
Area
1.63
Elevation
562
Official website
www.steinhof-so.ch
Image
Steinhof2.jpg
Dialing code
062
Licence plate code
SO
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Commons category
Steinhof SO
enclave within
Canton of Berne
postal code
4556
replaced by
Aeschi
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
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Steinhof is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an enclave in the canton of Bern. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.

==History== Steinhof is first mentioned in 1201 as Heinricus de Steine. It was first mentioned as Steinhof in 1766.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steinhof” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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