Lufingen

History

Lufingen is first mentioned in 1157 as Luvingin.

Geography

Lufingen has an area of . Of this area, 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the upper Embrachertal. It includes the village of Lufingen and since 1871 the village of Augwil.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  37,261
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  18,468
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  17,662
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  15,844
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  9,833
• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  9,112
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,077
• Butterfly-bush

  Buddleja davidii Franch. · Magnoliopsida
  7,701

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, 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 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland