Canton of Schaffhausen

Canton
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°43′N 8°34′E
Capital	Schaffhausen
Subdivisions	26[1] municipalities
Government
• Executive	Regierungsrat (5)
• Legislative	Kantonsrat (60)
Area
• Total	298.43 km2 (115.22 sq mi)
Population  (December 2017)Template:Swiss populations ref 2017
• Total	81,351
• Density	272.597/km2 (706.022/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CH-SH
Highest point	912 m (2,992 ft): Hoher Randen
Lowest point	344 m (1,129 ft): Rhine at Buchberg
Joined	1501
Languages	German
Website	www.sh.ch

Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. The capital city of the canton is Schaffhausen.

Geography

The canton of Schaffhausen is the canton of Switzerland farthest north, located to the north of Zurich.

The Rhine Falls are the largest waterfalls in Europe and lie on the border of the canton of Schaffhausen, the canton of Zurich and Germany.

Municipalities

Bargen Beggingen Beringen Buch Buchberg Büttenhardt Dörflingen Gächlingen Hallau Hemishofen Lohn Löhningen Merishausen

Neuhausen am Rheinfall Neunkirch Oberhallau Ramsen Rüdlingen Schaffhausen Schleitheim Siblingen Stein am Rhein Stetten Thayngen Trasadingen Wilchingen

Canton Of Schaffhausen Media

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  Countryside near Dörflingen

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  Municipalities in the Canton

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  SIG building in Neuhausen am Rheinfall

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  Regional bus routes of vbsh in the canton of Schaffhausen and neighboring German territory (as of December 2023)

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  Regional buses in Hemmental

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  Trains at Schaffhausen railway station

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  S9 service of Zürich S-Bahn at Schaffhausen railway station

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  Thurbo on the Rheinbrücke (Lake Line) between Schaffhausen and Feuerthalen

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  The Hemishofen railway bridge (near Stein am Rhein) over the River Rhine on the Etzwilen–Singen railway line (via Hemishofen and Ramsen) is nowadays only used by a museum railway line (a boat of URh is seen below)

Other websites

• Official Page (German)
• Archives Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (German)
• 34 townships
• Official Statistics