Welschenrohr
Welschenrohr (French: Rosières) is a former municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Gänsbrunnen and Welschenrohr merged to form the new municipality of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Welschenrohr
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Welschenrohr.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Welschenrohr village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Welschenrohr-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Solothurn
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SO
- Swiss town.district
- Thal
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4716
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2429
- Swiss town.area
- 12.99
- Swiss town.elevation
- 680
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Welschenrohr (French: Rosières) is a former municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Gänsbrunnen and Welschenrohr merged to form the new municipality of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.
==History== Welschenrohr is first mentioned in 1179 as Rore. An important watch manufacturing place up to the 1960s, its economy was heavily affected by the late 1960s watch crisis. Now, its economy specializes in fine mechanics.