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1 Architecture

The city calls itself Switzerland's largest Baroque City. The old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an architectural combination of Italian Grandezza, French style and Swiss ideas. In 2003, it had a population of 15,300.

2 Geography

Situated on the Aar river, at the foot of the Jura mountains.

3 Sights

• Old town
• Clock tower (Zeitglockenturm)
• Churches: cathedral St. Ursus, church of the Jesuits (Jesuitenkirche)
• Weissenstein mountain
• The Verena Gorge and the Hermitage
• Waldegg Castle

4 History

• c. 14-37 foundation of the celtic Salodurum
• 932 Foundation of the St. Ursenstift by the Burgundian queen Bertha
• 1218 Solothurn becomes a free city
• 1481 Solothurn becomes a new member of the old Switzerland
• 1530Events June 25 Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. August 12 Florence is captured by Spanish troops under Prince Philibert of Orange. The Medici are restored in the person of the Pope's nephew Alessandro de Medici. Knights of- 1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco the FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Ambassador to the Swiss resides in the city.

There is a little more about the French Ambassador Jean Chevalley who took the post in 1530, on [1].

5 The Number 11

Solothurn has a special affinity to the number eleven. The Canton of Solothurn was the eleventh to become part of the Swiss Confederation. There are eleven churches and chapels, as well as eleven historical fountains and eleven towers. The St. Ursus cathedral has eleven altars and eleven bells, and the stairs in front of the cathedral have levels between every eleven steps.

A local brewery has named itself Öufi, which is Swiss German for eleven, and produces a beer1990s England when people received less than a pint (568 ml) of beer for the price of a pint. A beer is any variety of alcoholic beverages produced by the fermentation of starchy material derived from grains or other plant sources. The production of beer with the same name.

6 External link

• Official site in German