Hemishofen
Hemishofen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
History
Hemishofen has long been in the possession of Baron von Hohen blades that were also court men in the town. Together with the town of Stein am Rhein and the communities Ramsen and Doerflingen Hemishofen was assigned to the canton of Schaffhausen in the Helvetic Republic in 1798. So far, they belonged to Zurich.
At the railway bridge in the grove " Tschungel " in 1944 occurred the mine disaster Hemishofen - an explosion accident in which ten soldiers of the Swiss army lost their lives.
Policy
Mayor Stefan Straub (2010 ).
Traffic
Two bridges cross the Rhine in Hemishofen. The road bridge over the main road leads 332 and the railway bridge, the museum railway line from Etzwilen to Singen. Passenger traffic on the railway line opened in 1875 from Winterthur to singing was changed in June 1969 bus operation. In the 1970s, the line once again enjoyed a comeback for freight. Due to the decision to handle all freight traffic between Winterthur and Schaffhausen singing about, but the line was definitely relegated to an industrial track. Today, the association uses to maintain the railway line Etzwilen singing the line as a heritage railway, in summer steam train ride to.
Coat of arms
Blazon
The old coat of arms of the municipality showed a combined representation of a freedom altar with freedom hat and a soldier. It was a typical symbol from the time of the Helvetic Republic ( 1798-1803 ). These symbols could be seen on many seals that time and were considered in the course of time as the actual coat of arms. However, since it is completely unheraldisch, a new coat of arms was proposed to remedy 1950. It was based on this coat of arms of the barons of Hohenklingenstrasse who were long time owner and court men of the village, which was stylized oak. As a sign color only the colors of stone has been proposed on the Rhine (blue- red), but finally selected the tincture yellow- red.