Hägendorf

History

Hägendorf is first mentioned in 1036 as Hagendorf. In 1102-03 it was mentioned as Haegindorf.

Geography

Hägendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Out of the forested land, 56.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.7% is used for growing crops and 15.4% is pastures and 2.5% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality is located in the Olten district, along a stream at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains. It consists of the village of Hägendorf, scattered settlements on Vogelberg and Eggberg and individual alpine farms in the Jura Mountains, including the buildings and clinic at Allerheiligenberg farm.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  15,172
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  12,901
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  7,532
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  6,882
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  4,896
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  4,551
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,837
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  3,480

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