Hofen, Switzerland

Mayrhofen is a former municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Following a referendum Mayrhofen since 1 January 2009 is one of Thayngen. Through the town flows the river beaver, which opens below of Stein am Rhein in the High Rhine.

History

1258 Mayrhofen was mentioned for the first time. Main landowner was the monastery of St. Georgen in Stein am Rhein. In the 15th century, these were his goods from the Lords of Stoffeln. 1538 Mayrhofen then came to the city of Schaffhausen. 1684 was Tobias Holländer new master of Mayrhofen. After his death, the ownership changed in rapid succession. Towards the end of the 18th century, the goods of Mayrhofen beavers were bought. 1860, then came for the separation and independence Hofens.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In red yellow rising lion with a white lily in his right front paw.

Since Mayrhofen originally formed a municipality with beavers, they also owned a common seal, which be detectable 1814 represents an upright plowshares. As Mayrhofen 1845 made ​​efforts to separate from beavers, it adopted a new seal with a lily as a character. Until the effective separation of beavers 1860 Mayrhofen sealed with this seal the documents related to it alone. To avoid Doppelspurigkeit with Hallau during cleanup in 1949, they had to create a new coat of arms. To this end, they took the coat of arms of the Dutch Tobias, the rising red lion in yellow with inverted colors and combined it with the white lily.

Population

Transport links

Mayrhofen is connected via the main road 331 Thayngen Schaffhausen and to the south and with Büßlingen in Germany to the north.

Buses of the Regional Public Transportation Schaffhausen (brand name Schaffhausen bus) provide the link to Schaffhausen and Thayngen.

Attractions

Local attractions include the Dutch House ( residence of Tobias Dutch in the 17th century) and the barracks in Oberhof.

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