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| Population | 6,221 (December 2005[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 1,082 /km2 (2,802 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 4143 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 2473 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Aesch (BL), Arlesheim (BL), Duggingen (BL), Gempen, Hochwald, Reinach (BL) | |||||||||
| Website | www.dornach.ch SFSO statistics |
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Dornach is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It has been settled since at least 1223 when a local lay priest was known as Johannes de Tornacho (thought to mean "from the estate of Turnus"). The coat of arms depicts two fishhooks.
The site was the location of the decisive 1499 Battle of Dornach, which ended the Swabian War and effectively ensured the independence of the Old Swiss Confederacy from the Holy Roman Empire. The battle is memorialized in a 1949 relief wall.
Today Dornach is famous for the Goetheanum and is home to the international headquarters of the Anthroposophical movement founded by Rudolf Steiner. 
External links
- Dornach in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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