page_title: Hersiwil
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Hersiwil / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hauptstrasse 36 Hersiwil SO
context_page_description: Hersiwil is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Heinrichswil-Winistorf and Hersiwil merged to form the new municipality of Drei Höfe.
context_section_description: Hersiwil had an area, as of 2009, of 1.43 square kilometers (0.55 sq mi).  Of this area, 0.97 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 67.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.32 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 22.4% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 43.4% is used for growing crops and 21.0% is pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
  The agricultural former municipality is located in the Wasseramt district.
caption: "Neuhaus" Hauptstrasse 36, Hersiwil, home of Jakob Gerber [1856-1935], mayor and district judge
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