Neuhausen am Rheinfall

View from Laufen- Uhwiesen over the basin of the Rhine Falls Neuhausen on

Neuhausen Rhine Falls (until 1938 officially called Neuhausen ) is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

Neuhausen is known for its tourist attraction, the Rhine Falls, which is shared with the community running - Uhwiesen. Other neighboring municipalities are Flurlingen, Feuerthalen, Schaffhausen, Beringen and the German community Jestetten.

Northwest of the transmitter is located Neuhausen Rhine Falls ( Engiwald ).

Policy

Mayor Stephan Rawyler (FDP as of 2012).

Economy

Among the best known companies in Neuhausen include Spielkartenfabrik AGM Cartamundi, the dressing material factory IVF Hartmann AG, the Swiss Industrial Company (SIG ) and today is part of the Alcan group of former Alusuisse office.

Traffic

Neuhausen has two railway stations, of which the Neuhausen SBB railway station is on the Rheinfallbahn or on the railway line Eglisau - Neuhausen and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, during the Neuhausen Bad Bf Bahnhof is located on the High Rhine Railway and as part of German railway lines on Swiss territory under the responsibility of Deutsche Bahn is. A third station, Neuhausen center, 2015 in planning.

Within Neuhausen has been operating since 1968, the trolleybus Schaffhausen, he replaced at the time the tram opened in 1901, Schaffhausen. Between 1905 and 1964, also the tram Schaffhausen- Schleitheim wrong through the place. Since 1921, the community combines a road bridge over the Rhine with the community Flurlingen in Canton Zurich.

Sports

Neuhausen is home to the Table Tennis Clubs Neuhausen.

Incidents

Collision between two passenger trains on January 10, 2013, there were several injured. The two trains - a Thurbo GTW of S33 and S11 of the HVZ -D - have collided in the morning near the SBB train station. 26 people were slightly or moderately severely injured. The wounded and rescue workers from Zurich and Germany came to the rescue.

Coat of arms

Blazon:

1569 can be found for Neuhausen a leaping silver salmon in gold on the coat of arms. This symbolized the importance of fishing to the community. A short time later can be the same coat of arms in slightly different colors to prove. The background is not golden, but red. With the decline in importance of fishing probably got the emblem into oblivion in 1822 can be found on the arms of today's combination of clover with pruning hooks. These two elements constitute nothing unusual and probably come from the imagination of the seal engraver, who chose the same symbols as for many other Schaffhauser communities.

The cleanup of the coat of arms in 1949 by community and Einwohnerrat the historic emblem was chosen because it is well documented and unique to Schaffhausen. Shortly after this vote, but a referendum was held, during which the more modern emblem was chosen.

Attractions

  • Rhine Falls
  • Wörth castle
  • Neuburg
  • Villa Charlotte rock
  • Aazheimerhof
  • Baden Bahnhof

Freeman

The nonfiction author Dietrich Woessner (* 1906) in 1987 made ​​an honorary citizen.

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