Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is a city in north-eastern on the river Rhine, next to the border. Its prime tourist attraction are the Rhine Falls, Europe's largest waterfalls.
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  • Type: Town with 35,900 residents
  • Description: Swiss city, capital of the canton of Schaffhausen
  • Also known as: “Schaffhausen SH” and “Schofhausen”
  • Postal codes: 8200, 8203, 8207, and 8208
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Munot and Rhine Falls.

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The is a circular 16th-century fortification located on Emmersberg hill in the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and serves as a symbol of the city.

Waterfall
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The is a waterfall on the High Rhine in . It is the most powerful waterfall in and a popular tourist attraction. The falls are located on the border between the cantons of and , between the municipalities of and /, ca.

Library
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The maintains a universal scientific stock, but without being associated with a university. Since the Canton of Schaffhausen does not maintain its own library, the Public Library performs the tasks of a cantonal library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Feuerthalen.

Town
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is a town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the , mainland Europe's largest waterfall.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in . Langwiesen also belongs to the same municipality.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Schaffhausen

Latitude
47.696° or 47° 41′ 46″ north
Longitude
8.6345° or 8° 38′ 4″ east
Population
35,900
Elevation
403 metres (1,322 feet)
IATA airport code
ZKJ
United Nations Location Code
CH SCH
Open location code
8FVCMJWM+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29011774
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2658761
Wiki­data ID
Q9009
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Schaffhausen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Amharic: “ሻፍሃውዘን”
  • Arabic: “شافهاوزن”
  • Armenian: “Շաֆֆհաուզեն”
  • Arpitan: “Ch·afouse”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şaffxauzen”
  • Basque: “Schaffhausen”
  • Belarusian: “Шафгаўзен”
  • Belarusian: “Шафгаўзэн”
  • Bengali: “শাফহাউসেন”
  • Breton: “Schaffhausen”
  • Bulgarian: “Шафхаузен”
  • Catalan: “Schaffhausen”
  • Cebuano: “Schaffhausen”
  • Chechen: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Chinese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Chinese: “沙夫豪森”
  • Chuvash: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Croatian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Czech: “Schaffhausen”
  • Danish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Dutch: “Schaffhausen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شافهاوزن”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝafhaŭzo”
  • Estonian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Finnish: “Schaffhausen”
  • French: “Schaffhouse”
  • Galician: “Schaffhausen”
  • German: “Schaffhausen”
  • Greek: “Σαφχάουζεν”
  • Guarani: “Schaffhausen”
  • Hausa: “Schaffhausen”
  • Hebrew: “שפהאוזן”
  • Hindi: “शाफहाउसन”
  • Hungarian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Icelandic: “Schaffhausen”
  • Indonesian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Irish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Italian: “Sciaffusa”
  • Japanese: “シャフハウゼン”
  • Javanese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Kazakh: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Kirghiz: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Korean: “샤프하우젠”
  • Kurdish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Latin: “Scafusa”
  • Latvian: “Šafhauzene”
  • Lithuanian: “Šafhauzenas”
  • Lombard: “Sciafüsa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Macedonian: “Шафхаузен”
  • Malay: “Schaffhausen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Moksha: “Шаффгаузэн”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schaffhausen”
  • Oromo: “Schaffhausen”
  • Ossetian: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਫ਼ਹਾਊਜ਼ਨ”
  • Persian: “شاف‌هاوزن”
  • Persian: “شفوزان”
  • Piemontese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Polish: “Szafuza”
  • Portuguese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Portuguese: “Sciaffusa”
  • Pushto: “شاف هاوزن”
  • Pushto: “شافهاوزن”
  • Romanian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Romansh: “Schaffusa.”
  • Romansh: “Schaffusa”
  • Russian: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Scots: “Schaffhausen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Schaffhausen”
  • Serbian: “Шафхаузен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Silesian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Slovak: “Schaffhausen”
  • Slovenian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Somali: “Schaffhausen”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شفوزان”
  • Spanish: “Escafusa”
  • Spanish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Swahili: “Schaffhausen”
  • Swedish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Swiss German: “Schaffhausen”
  • Swiss German: “Schafuuse”
  • Tajik: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Tatar: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Tatar: “Шаффһаузен”
  • Thai: “ชัฟเฮาเซิน”
  • Thai: “ชาฟฟ์เฮาเซิน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Turkish: “Scafusa”
  • Turkish: “Schaffhausen SH”
  • Turkish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Turkish: “Schaffhouse”
  • Turkish: “Sciaffusa”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаффгаузен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Urdu: “شافہاوزن”
  • Uzbek: “Schaffhausen”
  • Uzbek: “Shaffxauzen”
  • Venetian: “S-ciafuxa”
  • Vietnamese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Volapük: “Schaffhausen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Schaffhausen”
  • Welsh: “Schaffhausen”
  • Western Panjabi: “شافہاؤزن”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙夫豪森”
  • “Schaffhausen”

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