Olten
Olten is a city in the district Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Olten
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| Coordinates: 47°21′N 7°54′E / 47.350°N 7.900°ECoordinates: 47°21′N 7°54′E / 47.350°N 7.900°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Solothurn |
| District | Olten |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ernst Zingg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.50 km2 (4.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
| Population (December 2003) | |
| • Total | 16,665 |
| • Density | 1,449.1/km2 (3,753.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4600 |
| Surrounded by | Aarburg (AG), Boningen, Dulliken, Kappel, Rothrist (AG), Starrkirch-Wil, Trimbach, Wangen bei Olten, Winznau |
| Twin towns | Altenburg (Germany) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Olten Media
Peasant woman from Olten in traditional costume (c. 1800).
Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Aare river at the old city of Olten
Alpiq (formerly Atel) building at the river Aare in Olten, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
Stadthaus von Olten
Bell tower of the Saint Paul's Church, a Reformed Church, in Olten
Olten's biggest religious building: the catholic Saint Martin's Church
Kantonsschule Olten
Paul Hermann Müller, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948
References
Other websites
Media related to Olten at Wikimedia Commons
