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Messen
Sign in to saveMessen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern merged into the municipality of Messen. thumb|250px|left|Messen
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Messen
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Messen.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Messen village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Messen-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Solothurn
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SO
- Swiss town.district
- Bucheggberg
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3254
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2457
- Swiss town.area
- 7.08
- Swiss town.elevation
- 505
- Swiss town.website
- www.messen.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal, Etzelkofen (BE), Mülchi (BE), Oberramsern, Rapperswil (BE), Ruppoldsried (BE), Scheunen (BE)
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Messen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal and Oberramsern merged into the municipality of Messen. thumb|250px|left|Messen
==History== Messen is first mentioned in 1223 as Messon. Balm bei Messen is first mentioned in 1254 as de Balmo. In 1275 it was mentioned as in Balm. Brunnenthal is first mentioned in 1387 as Wernher von Brunnental. In 1396 it was mentioned as Brunental. Oberramsern is first mentioned in 1276 as Rambsern though this comes from a 17th-century copy of the original. In 1318 it was mentioned as Ramserron superiori.