Fulenbach

History

Fulenbach is first mentioned in 1226 as in villa Vulenbah. In 1260 it was mentioned as Fulenbach.

Geography

Fulenbach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 29.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 17.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.5% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 27.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.3% is used for growing crops and 11.7% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Olten district, in the Aaregäu on a terrace near the Aare river. It consists of the linear village of Fulenbach, the settlement of Stadtacker (which grew up on the site of the medieval town of Fridau after its destruction in 1375) and the outer settlements of Ewigkeit, Färch and Fulenbacher Bad.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  15,809
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  10,789
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  7,727
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  4,752
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  4,544
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,388
• Dusky Large Blue

  Maculinea nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779) · Insecta
  3,314
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,620

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