It belonged to Lorraine, then Burgundy, in 1127 to the dukes of Zähringen, in 1218 it became a free imperial city under the Holy Roman Emperor; in 1252 some nobles grew in power and around 1350 the guilds took over.
This is great: « However, in 1459 the last noble family died out and positions on the council fell to wealthy farmers, butchers and millers. »
As for Switzerland: « After the alliance with Bern in 1295, it became part of the Swiss Confederation. In 1382 the Habsburgs attacked the city, involving Solothurn in the Battle of Sempach. By the treaty of two years later, the Habsburgs renounced all claims to the territory of the city. The latter was expanded by acquisition of neighbouring lands in the 15th century, roughly up to the today's canton area.
In 1481, it obtained full membership in the Swiss Confederation. »
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solothurn
Pretty amazing, this coop runs two hotels with restaurants, another restaurant (all with 12–14 Gault Millau points), a coffee bar… including part time employees, employees without formal training, a nearly blind employee – i.e. a coop that makes a profit, that runs a business, and still manages to be employee friendly. I just asked: not all employees are members. They can be, but they don’t have to be.
website in German only:
https://genossenschaft-baseltor.ch/
Pretty amazing, this coop runs two hotels with restaurants, another restaurant (all with 12–14 Gault Millau points), a coffee bar… including part time employees, employees without formal training, a nearly blind employee – i.e. a coop that makes a profit, that runs a business, and still manages to be employee friendly. I just asked: not all employees are members. They can be, but they don’t have to be.