Starrkirch-Wil

History

Starrkirch is first mentioned in 1036 as Starchenchilcha. In 1288 Wil was mentioned as Wile.

Geography

Starrkirch-Wil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 22.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 28.8% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 18.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.0% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Olten district, between the Aare river and the northern slope of the Engelberg mountain chain. It consists of the main villages of Starrkirch and Wil, settlement of Wartburg and the settlement around the ruins of Vordere Wartburg Castle, which is commonly called Sälischlössli.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  12,696
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  12,109
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  6,912
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,965
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  5,415
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  5,322
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,100
• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  3,413

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