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

Of the rest of the land, 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

It consists of the linear village of Hochwald and the hamlets of Herrenmatt and Tiefenthal.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules a Crozier sinister Argent and Argent three Fir Trees issuant from a Base Vert.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,097 or 97.6%), with Italian and French being the next most common at 6 or 0.5% each.

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Hochwald is; 119 children or 10.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 206 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Hochwald is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the CVP which received 25.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 502 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.1%.

[8] There were 566 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 8.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 17 or 19.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 9.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 4.7% were in the information industry, 19 or 22.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 7.0% were in education and 5 or 5.8% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 541 or 48.1% were Roman Catholic, while 253 or 22.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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

All the lower secondary students from Hochwald attend their school in a neighboring municipality.

[19] As of 2000[update], there were 106 students from Hochwald who attended schools outside the municipality.