The Schwarzbubenland consists of the districts of Dorneck and Thierstein and is located in the canton of Solothurn, south of the canton of Basel-Landschaft and the Laufental. The region offers ideal hiking and cycling routes, and beautiful landscapes and is also characterised by cultural history with many museums, castles, monasteries and Roman, medieval and (early) … Read more » “Schwarzbubenland”
The Swatch watch is almost forty years old. The watch was launched in 1983 as the first quartz watch. It marks the transition from mechanical watches to electronic models. The introduction was at the height of the crisis in the watch sector. Competition from Japan led to a major crisis in this sector between 1970 … Read more » “Nicolas G. Hayek and Swatch”
Alt-Falkenstein Castle in the municipality of Balsthal (canton Solothurn) was built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the Balsthaler Klus. The Neu-Frankenstein castle is situated on the other side of the valley. The castles of Alt-Bechburg and Neu-Bechburg near Oensingen were built in the same period. The Bechburg and Falkenstein dynasties and the Bishop … Read more » “Alt-Falkenstein Castle”
