City of Schaffhausen
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| Coordinates: 47°42′N 8°38′E / 47.700°N 8.633°ECoordinates: 47°42′N 8°38′E / 47.700°N 8.633°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Schaffhausen | |
| District | (None in canton of Schaffhausen) | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive |
Stadtrat with 5 members |
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| • Mayor |
Stadtpräsident (list) Peter Neukomm SPS/PSS (as of January 2017) |
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| • Parliament |
Grosser Stadtrat with 36 members |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 41.86 km2 (16.16 sq mi) | |
| Elevation (Bahnhofstrasse) | 403 m (1,322 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2016) | ||
| • Total | 36,148 | |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8231 Hemmental | |
| SFOS number | 2939 | |
| Localities | Schaffhausen, Breite, Gruben, Buchthalen, St. Niklausen, Herblingen, Hauental, Hemmental | |
| Surrounded by | Beringen, Büsingen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Büttenhardt, Dörflingen, Feuerthalen (ZH), Flurlingen (ZH), Merishausen, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Stetten, Thayngen | |
| Twin towns | Sindelfingen (Germany), Singen am Hohentwiel (Germany), Dobrich (Bulgaria) | |
| Website |
www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
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| Imperial City of Schaffhausen | ||||||||||
| Reichsstadt Schaffhausen | ||||||||||
| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Schaffhausen | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | betw 1190 and 1218 | ||||||||
| • | Pledged to Habsburgs | 1330 | ||||||||
| • | Bought independence | 1415 | ||||||||
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Associate member of Swiss Confederacy |
1454 |
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| • | Joined Switzerland | 1501 | ||||||||
| • | Swiss independence recognised |
1648 |
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| Imperial Abbey of All Saints in Schaffhausen | ||||||||||
| Reichskloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen | ||||||||||
| Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Schaffhausen | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Consecrated (Leo IX) | 22 November 1049 | ||||||||
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Papal grant of Nellenburg lands |
1080 | ||||||||
| • | Gained Hiltensweiler lands |
1122–1389 |
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| • | City became Swiss Associate |
1454 |
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| • | City joined Switz. | 1501 | ||||||||
| • | Converted to monastery and cathedral church |
1524 |
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| • | Disestablished in Reformation |
1529 | ||||||||
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Schaffhausen (German: [ˈʃafˌhaʊzn̩] (
listen); Alemannic German: Schafuuse; French: Schaffhouse; Italian: Sciaffusa; Romansh: Schaffusa; English: Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 36,000 as of December 2016[update]. It is located right next to the shore of the High Rhine; it is one of four Swiss towns located on the northern side of the Rhine, along with Neuhausen a. Rhf., the historic Neunkirch and Stein a. Rh.
The old portion of the town has many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture, as well as the old canton fortress, the Munot. Schaffhausen is also a railway junction of Swiss and German rail networks. One of the lines connects the town with the nearby Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction.
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