Etziken

History

Etziken is first mentioned in 1252 as Ezzinchon. In 1342 it was mentioned as Ertzenkon.

Geography

Etziken has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 8.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 41.1% is used for growing crops and 11.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Wasseramt district, on the Solothurn-Herzogenbuchsee in the hills created from a terminal moraine. It consists of the linear village of Etziken.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  17,179
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  10,317
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,311
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,785
• Eurasian beaver

  Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,733
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  2,720
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  2,031
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,008

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France