Grenchen: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
The Solothurn Aviary is located in the surrounding area of Grenchen.
You can rent a holiday apartment in Grenchen.
The wider regional area of Grenchen includes Bipp, Ostermundigeberg, Le Châtillon, Pauluskirche, Crête des Boveresses and Cras au Sauvage.
Geographical Location
Grenchen is a town and municipality in the Lebern District in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
Culture and History
For more than 150 years, Grenchen has been a centre of Swiss watchmaking.
Industrial watch production began in Grenchen in 1851 under Josef Girard and Urs Schild.
A castle was built on the local cliff of Grenchen around 1000 AD and was inhabited for three centuries.
In 2008, Grenchen received the Wakker Prize for its architectural heritage.
Landscape
According to the land-use figures, Grenchen's area comprises agricultural land, forest, settlement areas, and a small proportion of rivers or lakes; 40.1 % is forest and 37.9 % is agricultural land.
Transport
Grenchen received its first railway connection in 1857 via the Biel–Solothurn line; it served Grenchen Süd railway station.
For further destination selection, the navigation leads to Staad.
To the higher-level travel overview: Lebern.
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