Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen Country Switzerland Canton Schaffhausen Districtn.a. 47°42′N, 8°38′E

Population 33,527 (March 2005) - Density 1,082 /km² (2,801 /sq.mi.) Area 31.00 km² (12 sq mi) Elevation 403 m (1,322 ft) Postal code 8200 SFOS number 2939 Mayor (list) Marcel Wenger (as of 2008) FDP/PRD Surrounded by
(view map) Beringen, Büsingen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Büttenhardt, Dörflingen, Feuerthalen (ZH), Flurlingen (ZH), Hemmental, Merishausen, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Stetten, Thayngen Twin towns Sindelfingen (Germany), Singen am Hohentwiel (Germany), Dobric (Bulgaria) Website www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch
Schaffhausen [zoom] Reichsstadt Schaffhausen
Imperial City of Schaffhausen Free Imperial Cityof the Holy Roman Empire ←
1218– 1330
1415– 1501 →

Capital Schaffhausen Government Republic Historical era Middle Ages - Gained Reichsfreiheit 1218 - Pledged to Habsburgs 1330 - Bought independence 1415 - Associate member of
Swiss Confederacy
1454 - Joined Switzerland 1501 - Independence recognised 1648

Schaffhausen (German: Schaffhausen (help·info)) is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 33,527 as of March 31, 2005.

Views of old town, Schaffhausen

The old portion of the city has many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture, as well as the impressive old canton fortress, the Munot. A train runs out of town to the nearby Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction.

1 History
2 Industry
3 See also
4 External links

History

Schaffhausen was a city state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1045. For a time it was under Habsburg domination, but regained its independence in 1415. It allied itself with Zurich in 1457, and became a full member of the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The first railroad came to Schaffhausen in 1857.

Schaffhausen is located in a finger of Swiss territory surrounded on three sides by Germany. On April 1, 1944, Schaffhausen suffered a bombing raid by United States Army Air Forces aircraft which strayed from German airspace into neutral Switzerland. While the United States immediately offered a million dollars in reparations, the raid occurred only a month after the Swiss Air Force had shot down an American bomber.

Industry

Schaffhausen hosts some well-known industrial companies (Georg Fischer) in piping systems, machine tools and automotives, one internationally-reputed watches manufacturer (IWC), and pharmaceutical industry (Cilag, founded by Bernhard Joos).

External links

City of Schaffhausen (German)
Schaffhausen Tourism
City archives (German)
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schaffhausen.
U.S. Bombings of Switzerland during World War II

v • d • e Municipalitiesin the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Canton of Schaffhausen | Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen

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