Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in northern

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 36,000 It is located right next to the shore of the

High Rhine The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...

; it is one of four Swiss towns located on the northern side of the Rhine, along with , the historic , and . The old town has many fine

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era buildings decorated with exterior

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s and

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, as well as the old canton fortress, the ''

Munot The Munot is a circular 16th century fortification in the center of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. It is surrounded by vineyards and serves as the city's symbol. The ring-shaped fortress was built in the 16th century. Today, it is a tourist attra ...

''. Schaffhausen is also a railway junction of Swiss and German rail networks. One of the lines connects the town with the nearby

Rhine Falls The Rhine Falls (german: Rheinfall , a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the List of waterfalls by flow rate, most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Ca ...

in , Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction. The official language of Schaffhausen is (the Swiss variety of Standard)

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, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the

Alemannic Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to: * Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers * Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period * Alamanni (surna ...

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

dialect.

Name

The town is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Villa Scafhusun''. There are at least two theories on the origin of this name: * One relates to a mention of a "ford" across the Rhine that first occurs in 1050. This "ford" may actually refer to a ''scapha'' or

skiff A skiff is any of a variety of essentially unrelated styles of small boats. Traditionally, these are coastal craft or river craft used for leisure, as a utility craft, and for fishing, and have a one-person or small crew. Sailing skiffs have devel ...

which was used to disembark goods coming from Constance to move them around the Rhine Falls. The name ''Scafhusun'' then arose from the ''scapha'' used at that point. * Another theory is that ''Scafhusun'' comes from ''Schaf'' (a sheep), as a ram (now a sheep) formed the ancient arms (traceable to 1049) of the town, derived from those of its founders, the counts of Nellenburg.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Or on a Base Vert issuant from sinister a Semi Castle Argent with tower with entrance from which is issuing a Semi Ram Sable.'' The

canting ' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely '' batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional ''T ...

coat of arms refers to the second interpretation of the name, sheep-house.

History

Schaffhausen was a city state in the

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, documented to have struck its own coins from 1045. About 1050 the counts of Nellenburg founded the Benedictine monastery of All Saints, which became the centre of the town. Perhaps as early as 1190, certainly in 1208, it was an

imperial free city In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (german: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (', la, urbs imperialis libera), was used from the fifteenth century to denote a self-ruling city that ...

, while the first seal dates from 1253. The powers of the abbot were gradually limited and in 1277 the Emperor

Rudolf I Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death. Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which h ...

gave the town a charter of liberties. In 1330 the emperor Louis of Bavaria pledged it to the

Habsburgs The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

. In the early 15th century, Habsburg power over the city waned. By 1411 the guilds ruled the city. Then, in 1415 the Habsburg Duke

Frederick IV of Austria Frederick IV (1382 – 24 June 1439), also known as Frederick of the Empty Pockets (german: Friedrich mit der leeren Tasche), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1402 until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian ...

sided with the

Antipope John XXIII Baldassarre Cossa (c. 1370 – 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope, as he opposed Pope Gregory XII whom the Catholic Church now recognizes as ...

at the

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, and was

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by the

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Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

. As a result of the ban and Frederick's need of money, Schaffhausen was able to buy its independence from the Habsburgs in 1418. The city allied with six of the Swiss confederates in 1454 and allied with a further two (

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and

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) in 1479. Schaffhausen became a full member of the

Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy or Swiss Confederacy (German language, Modern German: ; historically , after the Swiss Reformation, Reformation also , "Confederation of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (, German or ...

in 1501. The

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was adopted, initially, in 1524 and completely in 1529. The town was heavily damaged during the

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by the passage of

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(Protestant) and Bavarian (Roman Catholic) troops and the very important bridge was burnt down. It was not until the early 19th century that the arrested industrial development of the town recommenced. In 1857, the first

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

, the

Rheinfallbahn The Rheinfall Railway (german: Rheinfallbahn) is a railway line in Switzerland. The line links Winterthur in the canton of Zurich with Schaffhausen in the canton of Schaffhausen. The Rheinfall Railway was constructed by the independent ''Rhei ...

, running from

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

, reached Schaffhausen. Schaffhausen is located in a finger of Swiss territory surrounded on three sides by Germany. On 1 April 1944, Schaffhausen suffered a bombing raid by aircraft of the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

, which strayed from German airspace into neutral Switzerland due to navigation errors. Air raid sirens had often sounded in the past, without an actual attack, so many residents ignored the sirens that day. A total of 40 civilians were killed in the raid. President

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sent a personal letter of apology to the mayor of Schaffhausen and the

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quickly offered four million

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in reparations.

Geography and climate

Topography

The town of Schaffhausen stands on the right bank of the river

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

. It has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 20.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 1.6% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits
accessed 27 October 2016 In 1947 it merged with the former municipality of Buchthalen. Its area expanded again in 1964 when Herblingen was absorbed and for a third time in 2009 when

Hemmental Hemmental was a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. In 2009 Hemmental merged with Schaffhausen.

joined the municipality. Schaffhausen shares an international border with the German village of

Büsingen am Hochrhein Büsingen am Hochrhein (, "Büsingen on the Upper Rhine"; Alemannic: ''Büesinge am Hochrhi''), commonly known as Büsingen, is a German municipality () in the south of Baden-Württemberg and an enclave entirely surrounded by the Swiss cantons ...

, an exclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland.

Climate

Schaffhausen has an average of 122.5 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of

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. The wettest month is July during which time Schaffhausen receives an average of of rain. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.3 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 8.4 days.

Politics

Government

The City Council (de: Stadtrat) constitutes the

executive Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dire ...

government of the town of Schaffhausen and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of five councilors (german: Stadtrat/Stadträtin), each presiding over a department (''Referat''), which each consists of several administrative districts. The president of the executive department acts as

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(''Stadtpräsident(in)''). In the mandate period January 2017 – December 2020 (''Amtsdauer'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident''

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. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Grand City Council (parliament) are carried by the City Council. The regular election of the City Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Schaffhausen allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The mayor is elected as such as well by public election while the heads of the other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The mayor as well as the delegates are elected by means of a system of Majorz. , Schaffhausen's City Council is made up of one representative of the SP (

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, who is also the mayor), one representative of the AL (

Alternative List The Alternative List (german: Alternative Liste), abbreviated to AL, is a socialist political party in Switzerland. The AL has existed since 1990 as a loose coalition of left-wing activists. At the beginning of 2007, the AL Zurich was transformed ...

), one of the FDP ( The Liberals), one of the SVP (

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

), and one of the GLP ( Green Liberal Party), giving the right parties a majority of three out of five seats. The last regular election was held on 28 August 2016.

Parliament

The Grand City Council (Grosser Stadtrat) holds

legislative power A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

. It is made up of 36 members, with elections held every four years. The Grand City Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of

Proporz ''Proporz'' (, from german: Proportionalität, "proportionality") is a long-standing practice in the Second Austrian Republic in which positions in government are distributed between political parties in a manner proportional to their electoral or ...

. The sessions of the Grand City Council are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the Grand City Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Schaffhausen allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Grand City Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the ''Kantonsratsaal'' (Cantonal Council Hall) am Kornmarkt. The last regular election of the Grand City Council was held on 27 November 2016 for the mandate period (german: Legislatur) from January 2017 to December 2020. Currently the Grand City Council consist of 9 Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), 8 members of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS) and one of its junior section, the ''JUSOplus'', 5 The Liberals (FDP/PLR) and one of its junior section, the ''JFSH'', 4 Alternative List (AL), 3 Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL), 2 ''ÖBS-Grüne'' (an alliance of the ''Ökoliberale Bewegung Schaffhausen (ÖBS)'' and the Green Party (GPS/PES)), and one each of Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PES), and Federal Democratic Union (EDU/UDF).

National elections

; National Council In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP with 39.0% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (34.0%), the FDP (12.7%) and the others (6.7%). In the federal election, a total of 13,754 votes were cast, and the

voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...

was 60.7%. The 2015 election saw a change in the voting when compared to 2011. The percentage that the SP received dropped from 41.6% to 34.0% while the SVP increased from 31.9% in 2011 to 39.0% in 2015.

Demographics

Population

Schaffhausen has a population () of . , 27.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 21% are from

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, 13.3% are from

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, 8.8% are from

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, 13.3% are from

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, 6% are from Macedonia, 9% are from

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, and 28.6% are from other countries.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
accessed 2 December 2009 Most of the population () speaks German (84.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (3.4%) and Italian being third (3.2%).
accessed 22 December 2009 Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of 2.82%. The

birth rate The birth rate for a given period is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; populati ...

in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.6, while the

death rate Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of de ...

was 10.1 per thousand residents. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.5%. In 2015 there were 15,288 single residents, 15,287 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 2,119 widows or widowers, 3,253 divorced residents and 1 people who did not answer the question. In 2014 there were 16,723 private households in Schaffhausen with an average household size of 2.10 persons. Of the 5,863 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 51.5% were single family homes and 29.7% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 22.1% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 7.6% were built between 1991 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Thema 09 - Bau- und Wohnungswesen
accessed 5 May 2016 In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 1.29. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.71%. ; Historic population The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:600 PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:38000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:6000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:1500 start:0 Colors= id:SC value:yellowgreen legend:Schaffhausen PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1392 from: 0 till:4000 text:"c. 4,000" color:SC bar:1520 from: 0 till:3500 text:"c. 3,500" color:SC bar:1550 from: 0 till:5300 text:"c. 5,300 " color:SC bar:1582 from: 0 till:6350 text:"c. 6,350" color:SC bar:1620 from: 0 till:5950 text:"c. 5,950" color:SC bar:1640 from: 0 till:3650 text:"c. 3,650" color:SC bar:1672 from: 0 till:5050 text:"c. 5,050" color:SC bar:1766 from: 0 till:6969 text:"6,969" color:SC bar:1798 from: 0 till:5482 text:"5,482" color:SC bar:1850 from: 0 till:8477 text:"8,477" color:SC bar:1860 from: 0 till:9386 text:"9,386" color:SC bar:1870 from: 0 till:11049 text:"11,049" color:SC bar:1880 from: 0 till:12557 text:"12,557" color:SC bar:1888 from: 0 till:13099 text:"13,099" color:SC bar:1900 from: 0 till:16320 text:"16,320" color:SC bar:1910 from: 0 till:19267 text:"19,267" color:SC bar:1920 from: 0 till:21700 text:"21,700" color:SC bar:1930 from: 0 till:23141 text:"23,141" color:SC bar:1941 from: 0 till:24984 text:"24,984" color:SC bar:1950 from: 0 till:27261 text:"27,261" color:SC bar:1960 from: 0 till:32839 text:"32,839" color:SC bar:1970 from: 0 till:37035 text:"37,035" color:SC bar:1980 from: 0 till:34250 text:"34,250" color:SC bar:1990 from: 0 till:34225 text:"34,225" color:SC bar:2000 from: 0 till:33628 text:"33,628" color:SC

Religion

, 27.4% of the population belonged to the

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and 43.6% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

, later organized in the parish St. Johann – Münster.

Education

In Schaffhausen about 69.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

'' (university of applied sciences)). In Schaffhausen, , 1.73% of the population attend

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

or another pre-school, 5.65% attend a

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, 2.98% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.49% attend a higher level Secondary School.

Economy

, there were a total of 25,749 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 103 people worked in 24 businesses in the primary economic sector. A majority (61.2%) of the primary sector employees worked in very small businesses (less than ten employees). The remainder worked in 2 small businesses with a total of 40 employees. The

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...

employed 6,403 workers in 371 separate businesses. In 2014 a total of 2,433 employees worked in 358 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 13 mid sized businesses with 1,631 employees and 3 large businesses which employed 2,333 people (for an average size of 777.7). Finally, the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

provided 19,243 jobs in 2,626 businesses. In 2014 the tertiary sector numbers had increased by 606 and 20 respectively. In 2014 a total of 12,890 employees worked in 2,597 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 45 mid sized businesses with 4,938 employees and 4 large businesses which employed 2,021 people (for an average size of 505.3). In 2014 a total of 1.3% of the population received social assistance. In 2015 local hotels had a total of 102,537 overnight stays, of which 52.6% were international visitors. In 2015 there were two movie theaters in the municipality, with a total of 10 screens and a total of 1,816 available seats. , there are 102 restaurants, and 11 hotels with 445 beds. The catering industry in Schaffhausen employs 924 people. the mid year average unemployment rate was 2.5%. There were 1,879 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 29.9% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 70.1% were involved in the third. At the same time, 67.1% of the working population was employed full-time, and 32.9% was employed part-time. There were 21,841 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which women made up 46.6% of the workforce. there were 10,019 residents who worked in the municipality, while 5,724 residents worked outside Schaffhausen and 8,026 people commuted into the municipality for work. Schaffhausen has an unemployment rate, , of 2.67%. , there were 196 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 33 businesses involved in this sector. 6,488 people are employed in the

and there are 293 businesses in this sector. 14,019 people are employed in the

, with 1,486 businesses in this sector.

Transportation

The town of Schaffhausen is served by two railway stations.

Schaffhausen railway station Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, 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 estimate ...

is jointly owned by the

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

(SBB) and

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

(DB), and is served by trains of both nation's networks. The station is served by long-distance passenger trains running between

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

and Zurich and between

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

and

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

. Trains of Zurich S-Bahn services S16, S22 and S33 serve the station, although only the S16 provides a direct service to Zurich. Services S3 and S8 of the

St. Gallen S-Bahn The St. Gallen S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn St. Gallen) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail in Eastern Switzerland and neighbouring areas. The network connects stations in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Gris ...

operate over the Lake line to

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website ...

and

Rorschach Rorschach may refer to: * Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist ** Rorschach test, his psychological evaluation method involving inkblots * Rorschach (character), a character from the comics ''Watchmen'' * Rorschach (comic book), a 2020 comic * ...

respectively.

Herblingen railway station Herblingen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen and in the former village of Herblingen, which is today part of the city of Schaffhausen. Although the station is in Switzerland, it is located on the Deutsche B ...

is called at by local trains linking Schaffhausen station and

Singen Singen (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Singe'') is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border. Location Singen is an industrial city situated in the very south ...

. Schaffhausen also has a bus network of six lines, including the Schaffhausen trolleybus system, linking it with nearby places such as Herblingen and Neuhausen am Rheinfall. One of the routes to the Rheinfall features, is the first route ever to feature a level 5 autonomous bus.

Culture

; Heritage sites of national significance There are 35 buildings or sites in Schaffhausen that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. This includes the entire old town of Schaffhausen, the city walls, the Giesserei +GF+ Werk I factory, the town and cantonal archives, the ''Schweizersbild''

Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...

cave and the ''Herblingen'' and ''Grüthalde''

Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

settlements. Additionally, there are four former

guild A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...

houses and seven listed houses. There are only two listed religious buildings, the former Benedictine All Saints Abbey and the Church of St. John. File:Schaffhausen - Kloster Allerheiligen IMG 2705.JPG , All Saints Abbey (german: Allerheiligen) as seen from

File:Schaffhausen - Kloster Allerheiligen IMG 2690.jpg , Church portal of

Münster Schaffhausen Münster is one of the two main churches of the old town of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. First built in 1064 AD as a Romanesque Basilica of the then Benecdictine ''Kloster Allerheiligen'', it was rebuilt several times, and became in 1524 the R ...

File:Schaffhausen Münster Hauptschiff 1.jpg, Cathedral interior of

File:Schaffhausen IMG 2689.jpg , Restaurant Thiergarten and Munot tower File:Schaffhausen IMG 2702.jpg , ''

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ''Alt ...

'' File:Schaffhausen IMG 2721.JPG ,

File:Zum Ritter Schaffhausen.jpg, House ''zum Ritter'' at Vordergasse 65, one of the listed houses File:Schaffhausen 1.JPG, View of the ''Altstadt'' with the Münster

Economy

Schaffhausen hosts some well-known industrial companies like Georg Fischer (piping systems, machine tools and automotives), an internationally reputed

manufacturer Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a ran ...

watch A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...

es ( IWC), pharmaceutical industry (

Cilag Cilag AG is a Swiss pharmaceutical company. Cilag is a subsidiary of American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. The company's global marketing activities are operated by Janssen-Cilag, a merger with another Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Janss ...

, founded by

Bernhard Joos Bernhard Joos (18 December 1899 Schaffhausen, Switzerland – 8 June 1990 Paradiso, Switzerland), was the son of Dr. Bernhard Joos and Olga Sturzenegger. He attained a PhD in chemistry at the University of Zurich in 1925, and was an assistant of Pa ...

) and BB Biotech (biotechnologies).

Tyco International Tyco International plc was a security systems company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, with operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, United States (Tyco International (US) Inc.). Tyco International was composed of two major bu ...

Garmin Garmin Ltd. (shortened to Garmin, stylized as GARMIN, and formerly known as ProNav) is an American, Swiss-domiciled multinational technology company founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas, United States, with headquart ...

, and cyber protection company

Acronis Acronis International GmbH, simply referred to as Acronis, is a Swiss technology company with its corporate headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and global headquarters in Singapore. Acronis develops on-premises and cloud software with uniqu ...

are also incorporated in Schaffhausen.

Sport

The town has two football teams,

SV Schaffhausen SV Schaffhausen is a Swiss football club based in Schaffhausen, in the north of the country. It was founded in 1922. The club colors are black and white. The club nickname is "Spielvi." The club operates a total of twenty teams, including 4 men's ...

, of the fourth-tier Swiss 1. Liga, and

FC Schaffhausen FC Schaffhausen is a Swiss football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Honours League Swiss Challenge League *Winners: 1962-63, 2003–04 Cup Swiss Cup *Runners-up: ...

, of the second-tier

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...

. There is a football stadium in Breite, Schaffhausen which seats 4200 persons, known as the Breitestadion. It is also the training headquarters for local children's football teams. There is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

team in Schaffhausen which plays in the first Swiss division:

Kadetten Schaffhausen Kadetten Schaffhausen is a Swiss handball team located in Schaffhausen. Their home matches are played at the BBC Arena which has a capacity of 3,500. They compete in the Swiss First League of Handball and won the championship 12 times (2005, 2006, ...

. They are centered at the

BBC Arena ''Arena'' is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC since 1 October 1975. Voted by TV executives in ''Broadcast'' magazine as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has produced over six hu ...

on Schweizersbildstrasse. It seats 3600 persons, and was built in 2011. Kadetten has been very successful and has won the second most titles in the history of the SHL.

Notable people

Irene Schweizer (Annamarie Ursula) P1120606

Pre-17th C

Bernold of Constance Bernold of Constance (c. 1054–Schaffhausen, September 16, 1100) was a chronicler and writer of tracts, and a defender of the Church reforms of Pope Gregory VII. Life He was educated at Constance under the renowned teacher Bernard of Const ...

(c.1054 – 1100 in Schaffhausen), a chronicler and writer of religious tracts *

Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (16 March 1445 – 10 March 1510) was a priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. He was closely connected with the Renaissance humanists of Strasbourg, whose leader was ...

(1445–1510), a priest, a popular preacher of the 15th C. *

Sebastian Hofmeister Sebastian Hofmeister (1476, Schaffhausen, Switzerland – June 26, 1533, Zofingen), known in writing as ''Oeconomus'' or ''Oikonomos'', was a Swiss monk and religious Reformer who was prominent in early debates of the Reformation. Hofmeister ...

(1476–1533), known in writing as Oeconomus or Oikonomos, was a Swiss monk and religious Reformer *

Tobias Stimmer Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584In the old style.) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Biography He was born in Schaffhausen, and was active in Sch ...

(1539–1584), a painter and illustrator, particularly of the

Strasbourg astronomical clock The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is the third clock on that spot and dates from the time of the first French possession of the city (1681–1870). The first clock had b ...

* Daniel Lindtmayer (1552-c.1605), the fourth generation of artists and glass painters

17th C

Johann Jakob Wepfer Johann Jakob Wepfer (December 23, 1620 – January 26, 1695) was a Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist who was a native of Schaffhausen. He studied medicine in Strasbourg, Basel and Padua, and in 1647 returned to Schaffhausen to practice med ...

(1620–1695), a pathologist and pharmacologist *

Johann Conrad Peyer Johann Conrad Peyer (26 December 1653 – 29 February 1712) was a Swiss anatomist who was a native of Schaffhausen. Biography He studied medicine in Paris under Guichard Joseph Duverney (1648–1730), in Montpellier under Raymond Vieussens (1635 ...

(1653–1712), an anatomist *

Johann Konrad Ammann Johann Konrad Amman (1669 – 1724) was a Swiss physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons. Johann Konrad Amman was born at Schaffhausen, Switzerland. After graduating at Basel in 1687 he began to practise at Amsterdam, where he gained a ...

(1669–1724), a physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons *

Andrew Schalch Andrew Schalch (1692 – 5 February 1776), born in Switzerland, was the first gun-founder at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, London. Life Schalch was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1692. After being employed in the cannon foundry at Douai he ...

(1692–1776), the first gun-founder at the

Royal Arsenal The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing, and explosives research for the Britis ...

in Woolwich

18th C

George Michael Moser George Michael Moser (17 January 1706 – 24 January 1783) was a renowned artist and enameller of the 18th century, father of celebrated floral painter Mary Moser, and, with his daughter, among the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1 ...

RA (1706–1783), a chaser and enameller, co-founder of the Royal Academy in 1768 *

Johann Amman Johann Amman, Johannes Amman or Иоганн Амман (22 December 1707 in Schaffhausen – 14 December 1741 in St Petersburg) was a Swiss-Russian botanist, a member of the Royal Society and professor of botany at the Russian Academy of Scienc ...

(1707–1741), a Swiss-Russian botanist, a member of the Royal Society and professor of botany *

John Snetzler John Snetzler (or Schnetzler) was an organ builder of Swiss origin, who worked mostly in England. Born in Schaffhausen in 1710, he trained with the firm of Egedacher in Passau and came to London about 1741. When he retired in 1781, his business ...

(1710–1785), an organ builder who worked mostly in England *

Lorenz Spengler Lorenz Spengler (22 September 1720 – 20 December 1807) was a Danish turner and naturalist. Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland he arrived at Copenhagen in 1743 and became a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the ...

(1720–1807), a Danish turner and naturalist. *

Johann Jakob Schalch Johann Jakob Schalch (23 January 1723 – 21 August 1789) was a Swiss painter. He was a contemporary of the Swiss painters Anton Graff, Jean Preudhomme, Angelica Kauffman, Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Johann Caspar Füssli. His son Johann Heinr ...

(1723–1789), a painter, noted for his paintings of the

Rheinfall , photo = File:SBB RABe 514 DTZ Rheinfall.jpg , photo_width = 280 , photo_caption = Rhine Falls with Rheinfall Bridge and Laufen Castle , location = On the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich next to Schaffhausen, i ...

in Schaffhausen *

Johann Conrad Ammann Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1724–1811), a physician, naturalist and collector of fossils *

Johannes von Müller Johannes von Müller (3 January 1752 – 29 May 1809) was a Swiss historian. Biography He was born at Schaffhausen, where his father was a clergyman and rector of the gymnasium. In his youth, his maternal grandfather, Johannes Schoop (1696–1 ...

(1752–1809), a historian *

Johann Conrad Fischer Johann Conrad Fischer (14 September 1773 – 26 December 1854) was a Swiss metallurgist, inventor, and pioneer in the steel industry. As an entrepreneur he also held public offices. He was the first president of the City Council of Schaffhausen. H ...

(1773–1854), a metallurgist, inventor, and pioneer in the steel industry; founded

Georg Fischer AG Georg Fischer (abbreviated GF) comprises three divisions GF Piping Systems, GF Casting Solutions, and GF Machining Solutions. Founded in 1802, the Corporation is headquartered in Switzerland and is present in 33 countries, with 140 companies, 57 ...

in 1802 * Friedrich Emmanuel von Hurter (1787-1865), a Protestant cleric and historian who converted to Roman Catholicism

19th C

Johann Heinrich Gelzer Johann Heinrich Gelzer (17 October 1813 – 15 August 1889) was a Swiss historian and diplomat who was a native of Schaffhausen. He was the father of philologist Heinrich Gelzer (1847–1906). He studied history and theology at the Universities o ...

(1813-1889), an historian and diplomat *

Hans Bendel Hans Sigmund Bendel (18 October 1814 – 28 November 1853) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. Life Hans Bendel, of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, was an historical painter and lithographer, and attended the Academy of Munich, under Kaulbach. ...

(1814–1853), a painter and illustrator *

Ferdinand Hurter Ferdinand Hurter (15 March 1844 – 12 March 1898) was a Swiss industrial chemist who settled in England. He also carried out research into photography. Early life Ferdinand Hurter was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, the only son of To ...

(1844–1898), an industrial chemist who settled in England, researched photography * Dame

Sophia Wintz Dame Sophia Gertrude Wintz DBE (1847–16 January 1929) was a Swiss-born British philanthropist who co-founded the Royal Sailors' Rests. She was also a temperance activist. Sophia Wintz was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Her father died ...

DBE (1847–1929), a British philanthropist who co-founded the Royal Sailors' Rests *

Ernst Homberger Ernst Jakob Homberger (5 July 1869 – 13 January 1955) was a Swiss industrialist. He was the director of the company Georg Fischer from 1902 and the director of the watch manufacturer International Watch Company from 1905. Family and early lif ...

(1869–1955), an industrialist, Georg Fischer and

International Watch Company IWC International Watch Co. AG, also known as IWC Schaffhausen, is a Swiss watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Originally founded by American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones in 1868, IWC has been a subsidiary of the Swiss ...

Emil Ermatinger Emil Ermatinger (21 May 1873 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland – 17 September 1953 in Zurich) was a Swiss professor for Germanic philology. Ermatinger studied classical philology in Zurich and Berlin. 1897 he wrote his Ph.D. thesis at the Univers ...

(1873–1953), a professor for Germanic philology *

Hermann Rorschach Hermann Rorschach (; 8 November 1884 – 2 April 1922) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His education in art helped to spur the development of a set of inkblots that were used experimentally to measure various unconscious parts of the s ...

(1884–1922), a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, brought up in Schaffhausen *

Karl Jäger Karl Jäger (; 20 September 1888 – 22 June 1959) was a German mid-ranking official in the '' SS'' of Nazi Germany and ''Einsatzkommando'' leader who perpetrated acts of genocide during the Holocaust. Early life and career Jäger was born in Sch ...

(1888–1959), a mid-ranking official in the SS of Nazi Germany, perpetrated acts of genocide during

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

Walther Bringolf Walther Bringolf (1 August 1895 – 24 March 1981) was a former President of the National Council of Switzerland (1961/1962). He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and was a long-time mayor of Schaffhausen (1933–1968). ...

(1895–1981), mayor of Schaffhausen 1933–1968, former President of the National Council of Switzerland 1961/1962

20th C

Richard Meili Richard Meili (February 28, 1900 - July 5, 1991) was an internationally renowned scientist in practical psychology, diagnostics, personality development and intelligence. Biography Meili studied at the University of Jena, University of Bern an ...

(1900-1991), a scientist in practical psychology, diagnostics, personality development and intelligence *

Conrad Beck Conrad Arthur Beck (16 June 1901, Lohn, Schaffhausen – 31 October 1989, Basel) was a Swiss composer. Life and works Beck was the son of a pastor. His stay in Paris between 1924 and 1933 proved crucial to his artistic development, where he ...

(1901–1989), a composer and head of Music of Radio Basel 1933-1963 *

Carl Alfred Meier Carl Alfred Meier (19 April 1905 – 1995) was a Swiss psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, scholar, and first president of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. As a successor to Carl Jung, he held the Chair of Honorary Professor of Psychology a ...

(1905–1995), a psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, scholar, and first president of the

C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

* Cardinal

Gilberto Agustoni Gilberto Agustoni (26 July 1922 – 13 January 2017) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a Cardinal in 199 ...

(1922–2017), a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

Ernst Hess Leutnant Ernst Hess HOH IC was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 confirmed and four unconfirmed aerial victories. Hess was one of a few World War I pilots involved in aviation prewar, as he gained his civil pilot's license on 26 September ...

(1912–1968), a conductor, composer and musicologist *

Rita Wolfensberger Rita Wolfensberger (28 May 1928 – 22 February 2020 Bernhard BilleterIn the ''Schweizer Musikzeitung.'' 25 March 2020. ) was a Swiss pianist, music educator and music critic. Life Born in Schaffhausen, Wolfensberger studied piano with Elsa B ...

(1928-2020), classical pianist *

Bruno Meyer Bruno Meyer (born 1938 in Schaffhausen) is a Swiss religious leader, founder of the Menorah church (''Evangeliumsgemeinde Menorah'' "evangelical congregation Menorah"), a small fundamentalist Christian, evangelical congregation based in Wetzikon ...

(born 1938), a religious leader of a fundamentalist Christian, evangelical congregation; convicted in 2010 for rape and child sexual abuse *

Markus Werner Markus Werner (; 27 December 1944 – 3 July 2016) was a Swiss writer, known as the author of the novels '' Zündels Abgang'' (''Zündel’s Exit''), ''Am Hang'' ('' On the Edge''), and ''Die kalte Schulter'' (''Cold Shoulder''). Life Markus Werne ...

(1944–2016), a writer, author of the novels '' Zündels Abgang'' *

Christoph Blocher Christoph Wolfram Blocher (; born 11 October 1940) is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2007. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he headed the Federal Department of ...

(born 1940), a politician, industrialist and former member of the Swiss Federal Council * Pia Gyger (1940-2014), a specialist for special education and psychologist a co-initiator of the Jerusalem-Project *

Irène Schweizer Irène Schweizer (born 2 June 1941) is a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. She was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. She has performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as performing as part of the Feminist Improvis ...

(born 1941), a jazz and free improvising pianist IMDb Database
retrieved 21 November 2018 *

Jürg Fröhlich Jürg Martin Fröhlich (born 4 July 1946 in Schaffhausen) is a Swiss mathematician and theoretical physicist. He is best known for introducing rigorous techniques for the analysis of statistical mechanics models, in particular continuous symmetry ...

(born 1946), a mathematician and theoretical physicist *

Giorgio Behr Giorgio Behr (born 18 September 1948, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss businessman, lawyer, accountant and university professor. Behr is the founder and former chairman of the Behr Bircher Cellpack BBC as well as president of the Swiss ha ...

(born 1948), a businessman, lawyer, accountant and university professor *

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...

(born 1954), an Austrian composer and conductor *

Philipp Landmark Philipp Landmark (born 1966) is a Swiss journalist and former editor-in-chief of the '' St. Galler Tagblatt'' newspaper. He took up the post in 2009 and stood down at the end of April 2016. Life and career Philipp Landmark grew up in Schaffh ...

(born 1966), a journalist and former editor-in-chief of the ''

St. Galler Tagblatt ''St. Galler Tagblatt'', commonly shortened to ''Tagblatt'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in St. Gallen. History and profile The newspaper was first published in 1789 as ''Tagblatt der Stadt St. Gallen''. Its current na ...

'' *

Tom Strala Tom Strala (born 1 April 1974) is a Swiss architect, designer and artist, known for his raw furniture and lighting designs. In 2005, Strala was awarded 2nd place of the ''European Luminary of the Year'' for the TMS 360 Series, a honeycomb struct ...

(born 1974), a designer, architect and artist.

Sport

Jules Ehrat Jules Ehrat (1 February 1905 – 1997) was a Swiss chess player born in Lohn, Schaffhausen. He was the 1942 Swiss Chess Championship, Swiss Chess Champion jointly with Martin Christoffel. The Jules Ehrat Memorial chess tournament held in Zürich ...

(1905–1997), a chess player, the 1942 joint Swiss Chess Champion *

Liselotte Kobi Liselotte Kobi (born 15 February 1930) is a Swiss former swimmer. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially kno ...

(born 1930), a former swimmer, competed at the

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Marianne Gossweiler Marianne Gossweiler (born 15 May 1943 in Schaffhausen) is a Swiss equestrian. She placed seventh in individual dressage and won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She a won bronze medal in team dressage at the 1 ...

(born 1943), an equestrian, medallist in team dressage at both the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

* Stefan Maurer (1960–1994), a cyclist, competed in the individual road race at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Stephan Lehmann Stephan Lehmann (born 15 August 1963) is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper who works as goalkeeper coach for FC Sion. International career Lehmann was capped 18 times for the Switzerland national team between 1989 and 1997. He wa ...

(1963), a retired football goalkeeper, goalkeeper coach for

FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ...

, 538 team games and 14 for the national side *

Roberto Di Matteo Roberto Di Matteo (; born 29 May 1970) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career as a midfielder, he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aarau before joining Lazio of Italy and Chelse ...

(born 1970), an Italian former footballer (323 games) and team manager in the UK *

Daniela Baumer Daniela Baumer (born 8 September 1971) is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of t ...

(born 1971), a sprint canoer, silver medallist at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Florence Schelling Florence Isabelle Schelling (born 9 March 1989) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. She briefly served as General manager of SC Bern from 2020 to 2021. She was the first woman to be named GM of a professional men's team in the ...

(born 1989), an ice hockey goaltender and three-time Olympian; first woman to be named General Manager of a professional men's hockey team (

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern (''Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English language, English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. ...

) in the world

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20th C

Sport

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