Dornach, 1499 and Nepomuk

9 February 2019

Schwarzbubenland consists of the Dorneck and Thierstein districts in the Solothurn canton. Dornach is derived from Tornacho, Tornegg, or Tornach, the Celtic-Latin name of fundus turranicus. A Gallo-Roman settlement existed in the first centuries AD.

The medieval ruins of the castles Dorneck and Hilzenstein, the Goetheanum, the monastery, and the Nepomuk bridge have stories to tell. A flood destroyed the bridge in 1813, and only the statue of St. Nepomuk remained intact.