Municipality · Solothurn
Hochwald
About Hochwald
Hochwald in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Population
1'282
residents
Tax multiplier
116%
Vacancy
1.60%
+48% vs CH
Land use
- Agriculture45%
- Forest45%
- Settlement10%
Median taxable income
CHF 80'278
+46% vs CH
Foreign residents
11.3%
Dwellings
625
Jobs (FTE)
237
Primary residences
88%
About Hochwald
Hochwald may refer to:Hochwald, Switzerland, district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn Hochwald, a mountain in the Zittau Mountains, Saxony, Germany Hochwald, a mountain in the Swabian Jura, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Hochwald, a peak in the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Hochwald, a part of the town of Waldbröl in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Hukvaldy, a village in the Czech Republic, known as Hochwald in German Hochwald (Alsace), a hill ridge in north Alsace, southwest of Wissembourg, France Osburger Hochwald, a region of the Hunsrück mountains in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ouvrage Hochwald, a fortification on the Maginot Line in the Bas-Rhin department of northeastern France Schwarzwälder Hochwald, a region of the Hunsrück mountains in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Uedemer Hochwald, a forested ridge west of the German town of Xanten and the place of Operation Blockbuster in World War II
Land use across the commune
Every 100 × 100 m of Hochwald, coloured by how it's used. Drawn from the BFS Arealstatistik 2025 release — the most recent nationwide snapshot.
