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Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a
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
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 municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in northern Switzerland, 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; 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 Renaissance
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era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture
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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 in , Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction.
The official language of Schaffhausen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German 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 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 ofNellenburg
Stockach is a town in the district of Konstanz, in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Location
It is situated in the Hegau region, about 5 km northwest of Lake Constance, 13 km north of Radolfzell and 25 km northwest of Konstan ...
.
Coat of arms
Theblazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visua ...
of the municipal coat of arms
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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 coat of arms refers to the second interpretation of the name, sheep-house.
History
Schaffhausen was a city state in theMiddle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
, 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, while the first seal dates from 1253. The powers of the abbot were gradually limited and in 1277 the Emperor Rudolf I gave the town a charter of liberties. In 1330 the emperor Louis of Bavaria Ludwig of Bavaria or Louis of Bavaria may refer to:
Dukes
*Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173–1231), Duke of Bavaria in 1183 and the Count of Palatinate of the Rhine in 1214. He was a son of Otto I
*Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229–1294), Duke of Ba ...
pledged it to the Habsburgs. 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 at the Council of Constance, and was banned
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by the Emperor Sigismund. 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 ( Uri and Unterwalden) in 1479. Schaffhausen became a full member of the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1501.
The Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and i ...
was adopted, initially, in 1524 and completely in 1529. The town was heavily damaged during the Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battl ...
by the passage of Swedish
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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, the Rheinfallbahn, running from Winterthur, 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 Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent a personal letter of apology to the mayor of Schaffhausen and the United States
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quickly offered four million US dollars in reparations.
Geography and climate
Topography
The town of Schaffhausen stands on the right bank of the riverRhine
The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...
. 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 portraitsaccessed 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 Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen (canton), Schaffhausen in Switzerland. In 2009 Hemmental merged with Schaffhausen.
Schaffhausen shares an international border with the German village of Büsingen am Hochrhein, an exclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland.
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 in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.6, while the death rate 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:
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File:Schaffhausen - Kloster Allerheiligen IMG 2705.JPG , All Saints Abbey (german: Allerheiligen) as seen from
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Tourism informationTown archives
Rhine Fall
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Digitized Edition of ''Chronik der Stadt und Landschaft Schaffhausen''
in German, 1884–1910, at E-rara
Digitized Edition of ''Wappenbuch der Stadt Schaffhausen''
in German, Schaffhausen 1819, at E-rara. {{Authority control Cantonal capitals of Switzerland Cities in Switzerland Populated places on the Rhine Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen 1330 disestablishments Populated places disestablished in the 14th century States and territories established in 1415 Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Schaffhausen 16th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy 1501 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Climate
Schaffhausen has an average of 122.5 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives of precipitation. 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 government of the town of Schaffhausen and operates as acollegiate authority
Collegiate may refer to:
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. 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 mayor (''Stadtpräsident(in)''). In the mandate period January 2017 – December 2020 (''Amtsdauer'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident'' Peter Neukomm. 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, 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), and one of the GLP (Green Liberal Party
The Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (german: Grünliberale Partei der Schweiz, glp; french: Parti vert'libéral, pvl), abbreviated to glp, is a centrist green-liberal political party in Switzerland. Founded in 2007, the party holds sixteen ...
), 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) holdslegislative power
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. 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.
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 thevoter 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 Univ ...
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 fromGermany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
, 13.3% are from Italy
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, 8.8% are from Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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, 13.3% are from Serbia
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, 6% are from Macedonia
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* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
, 9% are from Turkey
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, and 28.6% are from other countries.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausenaccessed 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 in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.6, while the death rate 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:
Religion
, 27.4% of the population belonged to theRoman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
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-mandatoryupper secondary education
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or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'' (university of applied sciences)). In Schaffhausen, , 1.73% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 5.65% attend a Primary School
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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 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 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 secondary sector and there are 293 businesses in this sector. 14,019 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 1,486 businesses in this sector.Transportation
The town of Schaffhausen is served by two railway stations. Schaffhausen railway station is jointly owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) andDeutsche Bahn
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describes itself as the ...
(DB), and is served by trains of both nation's networks. The station is served by long-distance passenger trains running between Frankfurt
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and Zurich and between Basel
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, 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. Trains of Zurich S-Bahn services S16 S16 may refer to:
Automobiles
* Chery QQme, a Chinese city car
* Peugeot 306 S16, a French family car
* Proton S16, a Malaysian subcompact car
Aviation
* Copalis State Airport, in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States
* Letov Š-16, ...
, 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
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operate over the Lake line to St. Gallen 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 is called at by local trains linking Schaffhausen station and Singen.
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 to ...
cave and the ''Herblingen'' and ''Grüthalde'' Neolithic
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settlements. Additionally, there are four former guild
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houses and seven listed houses. There are only two listed religious buildings, the former Benedictine All Saints Abbey and the Church of St. John.
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 ...
File:Schaffhausen - Kloster Allerheiligen IMG 2690.jpg , Church portal of Münster Schaffhausen
File:Schaffhausen Münster Hauptschiff 1.jpg, Cathedral interior of Münster Schaffhausen
File:Schaffhausen IMG 2689.jpg , Restaurant Thiergarten and Munot tower
File:Schaffhausen IMG 2702.jpg , '' Altstadt''
File:Schaffhausen IMG 2721.JPG , Münster Schaffhausen
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 ofwatch
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 ...
es ( IWC), pharmaceutical industry ( Cilag, founded by Bernhard Joos) and BB Biotech (biotechnologies). Tyco International, 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 headquarte ...
, and cyber protection company Acronis are also incorporated in Schaffhausen.
Sport
The town has two football teams, SV Schaffhausen, of the fourth-tier Swiss 1. Liga, andFC 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. 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 team in Schaffhausen which plays in the first Swiss division: Kadetten Schaffhausen. They are centered at the BBC Arena 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
Pre-17th C
* Bernold of Constance (c.1054 – 1100 in Schaffhausen), a chronicler and writer of religious tracts * Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (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 (1539–1584), a painter and illustrator, particularly of the Strasbourg astronomical clock
* 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 (1653–1712), an anatomist
* Johann Konrad Ammann (1669–1724), a physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons
* Andrew Schalch (1692–1776), the first gun-founder at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich
18th C
* George Michael Moser RA (1706–1783), a chaser and enameller, co-founder of the Royal Academy in 1768 * Johann Amman (1707–1741), a Swiss-Russian botanist, a member of the Royal Society and professor of botany * John Snetzler (1710–1785), an organ builder who worked mostly in England * Lorenz Spengler (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 in Schaffhausen
* Johann Conrad Ammann (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– ...
(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 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 ...
(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 (1844–1898), an industrial chemist who settled in England, researched photography
* Dame Sophia Wintz DBE (1847–1929), a British philanthropist who co-founded the Royal Sailors' Rests
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 di ...
* 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
* Emil Ermatinger (1873–1953), a professor for Germanic philology
* Hermann Rorschach (1884–1922), a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, brought up in Schaffhausen
* Karl Jäger (1888–1959), a mid-ranking official in the SS of Nazi Germany, perpetrated acts of genocide during the Holocaust
* Walther Bringolf (1895–1981), mayor of Schaffhausen 1933–1968, former President of the National Council of Switzerland 1961/1962
20th C
* Richard Meili (1900-1991), a scientist in practical psychology, diagnostics, personality development and intelligence * Conrad Beck (1901–1989), a composer and head of Music of Radio Basel 1933-1963 * Carl Alfred Meier (1905–1995), a psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, scholar, and first president of theC. 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 (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 (1928-2020), classical pianist
* Bruno Meyer (born 1938), a religious leader of a fundamentalist Christian, evangelical congregation; convicted in 2010 for rape and child sexual abuse
* Markus Werner (1944–2016), a writer, author of the novels ''Zündels Abgang
Zündels Abgang (''Zündel’s Departure'') is the first novel of Swiss writer Markus Werner (1944 in Eschlikon). It was published in 1984 and became a bestseller and enjoys the status of cult novel for a lot of readers.
Plot summary
From ...
''
* Christoph Blocher (born 1940), a politician, industrialist and former member of the Swiss Federal Council
* Pia Gyger
Pia Gyger (born 2 November 1940 in Schaffhausen; died 14 July 2014 in Basel ) was a Swiss specialist for special education, psychologist and Zen master of the White Plum Sangha lineage. She was the co-founder of the Lassalle-Institute within the L ...
(1940-2014), a specialist for special education and psychologist a co-initiator of the Jerusalem-Project
* Irène Schweizer (born 1941), a jazz and free improvising pianist 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 symmet ...
(born 1946), a mathematician and theoretical physicist
* Giorgio Behr (born 1948), a businessman, lawyer, accountant and university professor
* Beat Furrer (born 1954), an Austrian composer and conductor
* Philipp Landmark (born 1966), a journalist and former editor-in-chief of the '' St. Galler Tagblatt''
* Tom Strala (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 Champion jointly with Martin Christoffel.
The Jules Ehrat Memorial chess tournament held in Zürich 13–22 August 1999 pitt ...
(1905–1997), a chess player, the 1942 joint Swiss Chess Champion
* Liselotte Kobi (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
* Marianne Gossweiler (born 1943), an equestrian, medallist in team dressage at both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics
* Stefan Maurer
Stefan Maurer (6 October 1960 – 28 January 1994) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Lo ...
(1960–1994), a cyclist, competed in the individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics
* 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, 538 team games and 14 for the national side
* Roberto Di Matteo (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
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, a ...
(born 1971), a sprint canoer, silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Florence Schelling (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) in the world
See also
* Cholfirst Radio Tower *List of mayors of Schaffhausen
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 estimat ...
* Bombing of Schaffhausen in World War II
References
External links
* *Tourism information
Rhine Fall
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in German, 1884–1910, at E-rara
Digitized Edition of ''Wappenbuch der Stadt Schaffhausen''
in German, Schaffhausen 1819, at E-rara. {{Authority control Cantonal capitals of Switzerland Cities in Switzerland Populated places on the Rhine Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen 1330 disestablishments Populated places disestablished in the 14th century States and territories established in 1415 Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Schaffhausen 16th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy 1501 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire