Dornach (Swiss German: Dornech) is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

[3] 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 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.

Today Dornach is famous for the Goetheanum and is home to the international headquarters of the Anthroposophical movement founded by Rudolf Steiner.

Dornach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.77 square kilometers (2.23 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent two Fish-hooks inverted and addorsed Sable.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (5,212 or 88.5%), with Italian being second most common (137 or 2.3%) and French being third (91 or 1.5%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Dornach is; 413 children or 7.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 837 teenagers or 14.2% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Goetheanum with surrounding buildings, the De Jaager House, the Duldeck House and the ruins of Dorneck Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 28.33% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 2,051 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.7%.

[8] There were 2,946 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 17, of which 13 were in agriculture and four were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 264 or 21.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 25 or 2.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 102 or 8.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 43 or 3.5% were in the information industry, 32 or 2.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 66 or 5.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 45 or 3.7% were in education and 368 or 30.2% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 2,039 or 34.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,319 or 22.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[9] Dornach sits on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains at Dornach-Arlesheim.

The education system in the Canton of Solothurn allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

A total of 68 lower secondary students attend school in Dornach.