Schaffhausen

Also known as Schaffhausen SH

Schaffhausen (; ; ; ; ), historically known in English as 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 37,000 as of December 2018. It is located right next to the shore of the High Rhine; it is one of four Swiss towns located entirely on the northern side of the Rhine, along with , the historic , and .

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Schaffhausen is a town in northern Switzerland with about 37,000 people that serves as the capital of its canton and sits on the banks of the High Rhine. It is notable as one of only four Swiss towns located entirely on the northern side of the Rhine, making it geographically unusual within Switzerland.

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Swiss town.subject_name: Schaffhausen
Swiss town.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Old town, frescoed building , Fronwagplatz, Münster and herb garden, Munot fortress and Rhine river
Swiss town.municipality_type: town, municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Gemeinde Schaffhausen Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Schaffhausen-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.canton: Schaffhausen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SH
Swiss town.district: (None in canton of Schaffhausen)
Swiss town.postal_code: 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8231 Hemmental
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2939
Swiss town.area: 41.85
Swiss town.elevation: 403
Swiss town.elevation_description: Bahnhofstrasse
Swiss town.populationof: 31 December 2018
Swiss town.website: www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Peter Neukomm
Swiss town.mayor_asof: December 2025
Swiss town.mayor_party: SP

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Official website

Stadt Schaffhausen

Auf dieser Seite finden Sie alles Wissenswerte zu unserer Stadt. Ausserdem können Sie am Online Schalter Dienstleistungen in Anspruch nehmen.

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Schaffhausen
Award: King Haakon VII Freedom Cross
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Schaffhausen District
Official language: German
Population: 38666
Area: 41.85
Elevation: 409
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Rhine
Capital of: Canton of Schaffhausen
Shares border with: Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Official website: www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch
Image: 1 schaffhausen 2012.jpg
Dialing code: 052
Licence plate code: SH

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external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2939
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Schaffhausen
twinned administrative body: Singen
Commons category: Schaffhausen
topic's main category: Category:Schaffhausen
inception: 1080-00-00
category for people born here: Category:Births in Schaffhausen
category of associated people: Category:People from Schaffhausen
Commons gallery: Schaffhausen
native label: Schaffhausen
postal code: 8231
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/schaffhausen
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
replaces: Herblingen
P8168: Jochenstein

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The largely pedestrianised old town has two preserved medieval gate towers and many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos, sculptures and a total of 171 oriel windows (more than any other Swiss town). The old canton fortress, the Munot, overlooks the old town. Schaffhausen railway station is a junction of Swiss and German railway lines. One of the lines connects the town with the nearby Rhine Falls in , Europe's largest waterfall and a popular tourist attraction.

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