Schaffhausen
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Schaffhausen (German: [ʃafˈhaʊzn̩] ⓘ; Alemannic German: Schafuuse; French: Schaffhouse; Italian: Sciaffusa; Romansh: Schaffusa), historically known in English as Shaffhouse, is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 36,000 as of December 2016.[update] 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 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, the historic Neunkirch, and medieval Stein am Rhein.
Schaffhausen | |
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Coordinates: 47°42′N 8°38′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Schaffhausen |
District | (None in canton of Schaffhausen) |
Government | |
• Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Peter Neukomm SPS/PSS (as of January 2017) |
• Parliament | Grosser Stadtrat with 36 members |
Area | |
• Total | 41.78 km2 (16.13 sq mi) |
Elevation (Bahnhofstrasse) | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 36,587 |
• Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8231 Hemmental |
SFOS number | 2939 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-SH |
Localities | Schaffhausen, Breite, Gruben, Buchthalen, St. Niklausen, Herblingen, Hauental, Hemmental |
Surrounded by | Beringen, Büsingen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Büttenhardt, Dörflingen, Feuerthalen (ZH), Flurlingen (ZH), Merishausen, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Stetten, Thayngen |
Twin towns | Sindelfingen (Germany), Singen am Hohentwiel (Germany), Dobrich (Bulgaria) |
Website | www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
The old town has many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture, as well as the old canton fortress, the Munot. 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 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, 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.