Everything about Schaffhausen totally explained
Schaffhausen (
German: ) is a city in northern
Switzerland and the capital of the
canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 33,527
as of March 31,
2005.
The old portion of the city has many fine
Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior
frescos and
sculpture, as well as the impressive old canton fortress, the
Munot. A train runs out of town to the nearby
Rhine Falls in
Neuhausen am Rheinfall,
Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction.
History
Schaffhausen was a city state in the
Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in
1045. For a time it was under
Habsburg domination, but regained its independence in
1415. It allied itself with Zurich in
1457, and became a full member of the Swiss Confederation in
1501. The first
railroad came to Schaffhausen in
1857.
Schaffhausen is located in a finger of Swiss territory surrounded on three sides by Germany. On
April 1,
1944, Schaffhausen suffered a bombing raid by
United States Army Air Forces aircraft which strayed from German airspace into neutral Switzerland. While the United States immediately offered a million dollars in reparations, the raid occurred only a month after the
Swiss Air Force had shot down an American bomber.
Industry
Schaffhausen hosts some well-known industrial companies (
Georg Fischer
) in piping systems, machine tools and automotives, one internationally-reputed
watches manufacturer (
IWC), and pharmaceutical industry (
Cilag, founded by
Bernhard Joos).
See also
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