Halten

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Halten is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2026 it was merged into the municipality of Kriegstetten.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Edmund Landolt

Swiss ophthalmologist (1846-1926)

Brigit Wyss

Swiss politician

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Rudolph Sutermeister

Swiss early socialist

Benedictus Aretius

Swiss Protestant theologian and natural philosopher (1505-1574)

Jakob Steiner

Swiss mathematician (1796-1863)

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Fritz Widmer

Swiss writer (1938-2010)

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Anita Weyermann

Swiss middle-distance runner

Matthias Bamert

Swiss conductor and composer

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Alexander Knuchel

Swiss entrepreneur (1869-1961)

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Emil Elsässer

Swiss politician (1846-1924)

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Alfred Mürset

(1860-1910)

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Gerhard Beutler

Swiss astronomer

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Jost Jost von Brechershäusern

Swiss author

Walter Schädelin

Swiss university teacher (1873-1953)

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Leonie Krail

figure skater

Robert Hagmann

cyclist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Solothurn

• Kriegstetten
  0.5 mi away · pop. 1,270
• Oekingen
  0.7 mi away · pop. 795
• Obergerlafingen
  1.1 mi away · pop. 1,130
• Horriwil
  1.2 mi away · pop. 861
• Hersiwil
  1.4 mi away · pop. 191
• Heinrichswil
  1.6 mi away
• Gerlafingen
  1.6 mi away · pop. 4,936
• Hüniken
  1.8 mi away · pop. 86
• Derendingen
  2 mi away · pop. 6,096
• Winistorf
  2.1 mi away
• Aeschi
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,210
• Bolken
  3.1 mi away · pop. 583

Browse all places in Solothurn →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Halten

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-20

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-20

Narrow-leaved Ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Seen 2026-09-20

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-20

tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Seen 2026-09-20

Purple Toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Seen 2026-09-20

European holly

Ilex aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-20

Solitary Amanita

Amanita echinocephala

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers