Solothurn

Solothurn was a free imperial city on the Aare at the foot of the Jura. In 1337 it was allied with Bern, an association dating from 1295.

Solothurn fought the Habsburgs at Sempach in 1386 and joined the Swiss Confederation as a full member in 1481. The French embassy was based in the city from 1530 to 1792. In 1798 Solothurn capitulated to the French, whose general set up a provisional government.