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11 unusual facts about Solothurn


De Es Schwertberger

After this exhibition he went on to further study, and modify, the 'Techniques of the Old Masters' to his own purposes in a selection of work he called Ideas of Truth, and his portfolio The Missing Weapon, which was shown at the Gallery Bernard in Solothurn, Switzerland, in 1968.

Guilder

Berne and Solothurn followed in the 1480s, Fribourg in 1509 and Zürich in 1510, and other towns in the 17th century, resulting in a fragmented system of local currencies in the early modern Switzerland.

Heinz Rehfuss

He made his debut in 1938 at the Städtebundtheater in Biel-Solothurn, as a choral singer and stage designer, and sang as a soloist in Luzern during the 1938-39 season.

Marian Langiewicz

He then lived at Solothurn as a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and subsequently entered the Turkish service as Langie Bey.

MP 34

To circumvent the treaty, Rheinmetall acquired the Swiss company Waffenfabrik Solothurn in 1929 and began secret production of a prototype.

Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt

Born at Solothurn, he was the son of Jean Victor de Besenval, colonel of the regiment of Swiss Guards in the pay of France, who was charged in 1707 by Louis XIV with a mission to Sweden to reconcile Charles XII with the tsar Peter the Great, and to unite them in alliance with France against England.

Prince Adrian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

He married secondly, also morganatically, in Bern on 11 July 1997 to Gertrud Krieg (born Olten, Solothurn, 18 March 1958), without issue.

Solothurn ST-5

The Solothurn ST-5 is a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Solothurn in Switzerland which ultimately was the design basis for the highly successful 2 cm FlaK 30 series of guns used by Germany in World War II.

Tram 2000

In 1987 and 1988, a fleet of nine Be4/8 double-ended double-articulated cars were built by SWP / SIG / ABB for Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS) for use on the RBS suburban tramway to Worb.

Owned by Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS), they were built by SWP / SIG / ABB as Be 4/8 for use on the RBS suburban tramway to Worb.

Victor of Solothurn

He and Ursus of Solothurn are patron saints of the Cathedral of St. Ursus and St. Victor in Solothurn, Switzerland.


Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland

Eleven other cantonal branches have been founded, predominantly in German-speaking Switzerland: Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Fribourg, Glarus, Lucerne, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Valais, and Zürich.

Eurovapor

By 1973 eurovapor could already offer steam services on 5 routes: as well as the Kander Valley Railway, there were also the Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern railway (SZB), the Vereinigte Bern-Worb Bahnen (VBW), the Waldenburgerbahn (WB) and the line from Metzingen to Bad Urach.

FC Solothurn

The former manager of Grasshopper-Club Zürich, Hanspeter Latour, managed FC Solothurn for 13 years in 1983-1996.

Jean-Pierre Maradan

Maradan was brought up in Deitingen in the canton of Solothurn and started his football with the youth teams of the local football club.

Joseph Gunzinger

Josef Gunzinger was born in Welschenrohr, Solothurn, Switzerland on March 23, 1892, and died on May 1, 1970 in Heiligenschwendi.

Kyburg

Kyburg-Buchegg, a municipality in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

Mariastein

Mariastein Abbey at Metzerlen-Mariastein, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

Regulating Dam Port, Seeland, Switzerland

This dam ensures the level control of the three lakes of Neuchâtel, Morat and Bienne, an area so called the "Seeland”,as well as the outflow of the Aare river downstream toward Solothurn, Aargau and the junction with Emme River down to the merging with the Rhine River.

Synthes

Synthes Holding AG (formerly Synthes-Stratec) is a multinational medical device manufacturer based in Solothurn, Switzerland and West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.