The beautiful Waldegg Castle was built at the end of the 17th century. Back then, it served as the summer residence of the mayor, Johann Viktor I von Besenval. Today, …
In 1667, the Schanzenbau in Solothurn started laying the foundation stone of the Riedholzschanze. The suburban hills followed from 1685/1686 (Fig. 1). First the three bastions …
The House of Habsburg made claim to the whole Central Plateau. Already in 1295 Solothurn therefore concluded an alliance with the more powerful neighboring city of Bern. After his …