Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland)
Website
www.stadt-solothurn.ch SFSO statistics
Imperial City of Solothurn
Reichsstadt Solothurn
1218–1648
Status
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
Solothurn
Government
Republic
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Founded
AD 14–37
• Gained Imperial immediacy
1218
• Allied with Bern
1295
• Swiss associate
1353
• Failed annexation by Counts of Kyburg
Night of 10 November 1382
• Full member of Swiss confederacy
22 December 1481
• Joined Golden League [de]
5 October 1586
• Swiss independence recognised
24 October 1648
Preceded by
Succeeded by
House of Zähringen
Canton of Solothurn
Solothurn (/ˈsoʊlətʊərn,ˈzoʊ-/SOH-lə-toorn, ZOH-, German:[ˈzoːlotʊrn]ⓘ; French: Soleure[sɔlœʁ]; Italian: Soletta[soˈletta]; Romansh: Soloturnⓘ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains.
The town is the only municipality of the district of the same name.
The town got its name from Salodurum, a Roman-era settlement. From 1530 to 1792 it was the seat of the French ambassador to Switzerland. The pedestrian-only old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an impressive array of Baroque architecture, combining Italian Grandezza, French style, and Swiss ideas. The town has eighteen structures listed as heritage sites.
The official language of Solothurn is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
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