Stein am Rhein
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Location of Stein am Rhein
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| Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°51′E / 47.667°N 8.850°ECoordinates: 47°40′N 8°51′E / 47.667°N 8.850°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Schaffhausen | |
| District | n.a. | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive |
Stadtrat with 5 members |
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| • Mayor |
Stadtpräsident (list) Claudia Pia Eimer (as of March 2014) |
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| • Parliament | Einwohnerrat | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 413 m (1,355 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 3,343 | |
| • Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 8260 | |
| SFOS number | 2964 | |
| Surrounded by | Eschenz (TG), Hemishofen, Öhningen (DE-BW), Wagenhausen (TG) | |
| Website |
www Profile (German), SFSO statistics |
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Stein am Rhein is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved, though the former city wall now consists of houses. The medieval part of the town has been pedestrianised and many of the medieval buildings are painted with beautiful frescoes.
In or around 1007 Emperor Henry II moved St George's Abbey from its former location on the Hohentwiel in Singen to Stein am Rhein, at that time little more than a small fishing village on the Rhine. This was in order to strengthen his presence at this strategic point where major road and river routes intersected. He gave the abbots extensive rights over Stein and its trade so that they could develop it commercially. In this they were very successful, and Stein am Rhein rapidly became a flourishing and prosperous town which in the 15th century was itself (if briefly) granted reichsfrei status.
The Imperial abbey also prospered and in the 15th century completely rebuilt its premises, which remain as a significant example of late Gothic architecture in the region.
Under the Reformation however the abbey was secularised and its assets taken over by Zürich. Abbot von Winkelsheim negotiated a settlement with the Zürich authorities, whereby, although control of the abbey was handed over to them, he and the remaining monks would be allowed to remain on the premises until their deaths. Zürich however suspected the abbot of collusion with the Habsburgs and locked him up in his new rooms. He was able to escape to Radolfzell, but died shortly after, in 1526.
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