Metzerlen-Mariastein
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| Population | 890 (December 2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 104 /km² (269 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 8.56 km² (3.3 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) | |||||||||
| - Highest | 875 m - Ränzeboden/Challplatten | |||||||||
| - Lowest | 474 m - Ried/Geissberg | |||||||||
| Postal code | 4116 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 2477 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Biederthal (FR-68), Blauen (BL), Burg im Leimental (BL), Dittingen (BL), Hofstetten-Flüh, Leymen (FR-68), Rodersdorf, Röschenz (BL) | |||||||||
| Website | www.metzerlen.ch | |||||||||
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Metzerlen-Mariastein is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The present name of the municipality dates from 2003, it being previously known as Metzerlen.
The nearby Benedictine Mariastein Abbey is an important place of pilgrimage.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Mariastein Abbey website (German)
- Metzerlen-Mariastein in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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