Hallau

Hallau
Coat of arms
Hallau
Location of Hallau
Coordinates: 47°41′N 8°27′E / 47.683°N 8.450°E / 47.683; 8.450Coordinates: 47°41′N 8°27′E / 47.683°N 8.450°E / 47.683; 8.450
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area
• Total	15.32 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
Elevation	421 m (1,381 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	2,072
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Postal code	8215
SFOS number	2971
Surrounded by	Eggingen (DE-BW), Neunkirch, Oberhallau, Stühlingen (DE-BW), Trasadingen, Wilchingen
Twin towns	Bergün (Switzerland)
Website	www.hallau.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Hallau is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

Though Bronze Age weapons have been found in Hallau, the first traces of a settlement date from the Roman era. A Roman warehouse was found in Hüttenhau as well as numerous Roman coins. The area was settled by the Alamanni. An Alamanni graveyard exists near the Church of St. Moritz, as well as the ruins of the Alamanni village of Atlingen.

Hallau is first mentioned in 1095 as Hallaugia superiori et inferiori. In 1273 it was mentioned as Hallowe. Until 1526 it was part of Oberhallau.

About two-thirds of the land in Hallau was originally owned by the Benedictine monastery of All Saints in Schaffhausen. In the tax record from 1100, there are no vineyards mentioned in the villages. It is not until the Kelhofbrief of 1280 that the local vineyards first appear. In 1302 the Bishop of Konstanz acquired the vogtei rights over both villages. In 1343 the village organized the Gebursami ze Hallow and secured the market rights, a mill, salt tax and other rights for themselves. In the 2nd half of the 15th Century the Bishop and the Landgrave of Sulz fought over the High justice rights in the Klettgau valley. During the Late Middle Ages and the Early modern period the villages expanded. They purchased the Lauferberg at some point, in 1457 they bought the Vogtei Wunderklingen an der Wutach and in 1507 the weir and water mill.