Breitenbach is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. There are two train stations near Breitenbach, the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen. As with most of Switzerland, there are Postauto buses which take people to surrounding cities and to and from the train station. Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss-German) in Breitenbach closely resembles that of Baseldeutsch (Basel-German).
Breitenbach is first mentioned in 1152 as Breitenbach.
Breitenbach has an area, as of 2009, of 6.8 square kilometers (2.6 sq mi). Of this area, 3.14 km (1.21 sq mi) or 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.34 km (0.90 sq mi) or 34.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.32 km (0.51 sq mi) or 19.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11…