Gächlingen

Also known as Gächlingen SH, Gachlingen, Gaechlingen

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

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Gächlingen
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Klettgau Aussicht.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Gächlingen COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Gächlingen Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Schaffhausen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SH
Swiss town.district: n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code: 8214
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2901
Swiss town.area: 7.13
Swiss town.elevation: 460

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History
Geography
Heritage sites of national significance
Coat of arms
Demographics
Economy
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Gächlingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|left|Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1923) An area near Gächlingen was the site of the first settlement in Switzerland. This Linear Band Ceramic settlement dates to about 6000BC and is the first long-term, farming community in the borders of modern Switzerland. Gächlingen is first mentioned in a 10th Century forgery as Câhtelinga. In 1049 it was mentioned as Gehtelinga.