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3 unusual facts about canton of Solothurn


Balm ruins

The Balm ruins (German: Ruine Balm or Ruine Balmfluh) are the remains of a fortified cave dwelling at the foot of Balmfluh (alternative spelling: Balmflue) in the Jura Mountains, in the municipality of Balm bei Günsberg in the Canton of Solothurn.

Ernst Leonhardt

Leonhardt became involved in politics in 1932 when he joined the National Front, and before long he had risen to the rank of Gauführer (equivalent to Gauleiter) in both Basel-City and the Canton of Solothurn.

Joseph Gunzinger

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


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.

Swiss Nationalist Party

In 2005, another member was elected to the municipal executive council of Günsberg, canton of Solothurn (population 1,100).


see also

Kyburg

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

Mariastein

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