Wilchingen

Wilchingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

The municipality consists of the villages of Wilchingen Wilchingen and Osterfingen. They formed their own communities until 2005 and were joined by a referendum.

2.1 Agriculture
2.2 traffic

Geography

The municipality is located in Unterklettgau, in the hills of Südrandens. The climate is extremely mild with northern latitude for this a lot of sunny days and one caused by the protected location in side valleys of the Südrandens low rainfall. A special feature is the south-facing Wangental, which is a nature reserve and many orchids provides a habitat. High above the Wangental perched on a ledge of the Rossberg the medieval ruin Radegg.

Waters

Rare Bach
Ernstel

Economy

Agriculture

Both villages have an old wine-growing tradition and produce wines with remarkable quality. Various wineries and wine cellar are located in the villages and invite every year in the autumn to traditional wine festivals. The most famous wine cellar is the bathroom Osterfingen on the road to Jestetten and also houses a well-known dining restaurant. Continue farming and forestry operations in the surrounding woods.

Traffic

Wilchingen has together with the neighboring village of Hallau a regional station of the Deutsche Bahn on the line Schaffhausen- Waldshut, which lies approximately 3 km from the village center near the hamlet Unterneuhaus. From here, trains run every hour in both directions as well as a car bus in the surrounding communities. The district Osterfingen is developed by the Südbadische bus company.

Despite the access to public transport, the village is a traffic- remote, because the train station is outside the city center. The important link road to Jestetten ( Germany ), which is the direct route to Bülach and Zurich, is not accessible by public transport to this day.

History

The municipal area of Wilchingen there are several prehistoric traces, in the valley had been a Roman road to Zur Therme ( Bad Zurzach ) and the remains of ramparts against the Germans were found. As possession of the monastery Rheinau Wilechinga was first mentioned in writing in 1049, the settlement was, however, earlier founded by a Alemanni called Willico with his family. 1371/1373 were the Wilchingen advocacies over to the hospital in Schaffhausen, which is managed as a monastery lands and estates on the Klettgauer country. 1515 a separate parish was established after years of squabbling of Wilchingen churchgoers who had to go to church in the neighboring Habsburg Erzingen. The Church of St. Othmar also built in 1515 on a Rebhang above the village and had already expanded in 1588. By ore mining and wine growing, the community was quite wealthy, and the population grew continuously. 1816, the first school house was established in 1845 and already expanded. In 1863 the Badische railway was inaugurated, which was to connect the community to the regional transportation network. 2006, the municipality was merged with Osterfingen Wilchingen.

Coat of arms

Blazon

The first time is the coat of arms coat of arms on a pulley 1569th It represents a knight on foot with flag and shield with white cross dar. Presumably, these here at St. George or Mauritius. In the latter, it could be a confusion with Hallau. In any case, must be some mistake in this coat of arms. A second coat of arms from this period refers to the connection with the Holy Spirit Hospital in Schaffhausen. It is a white cross on black, then hospital coat of arms in wrong colors, dar. The oldest reference to the current coat of arms is found on a coat of arms slice of 1575th It is the upright, silver plowshares, occupied by a red cross on a red constitute grounds 1610 we find the first seal of Wilchingen out with that icon. To date, no other coat of arms is more than these plowshares with the cross. The only change make ornaments (eg laurels or vines) dar. In 1950, the cleanup choice of the emblem with the colors of 1575 was not a topic of discussion.

Attractions

Pictures

Half-timbered house in Wilchingen

Church of St. Othmar in Wilchingen

Guest House Town House in the center of Wilchingen

Osterfingen

St. James' Church in Osterfingen

Gasthaus Bad Osterfingen

Personalities

Ferdinand Vetter (1848-1924), German scholar
Albert Bächtold (1891-1981), dialect writers
Ruth Blum (1913-1975), author and teacher
Hans Ritzmann ( born 1933 ) Former Canton judges, winemakers, poet, author dialect
Lisa Stoll (* 1996) Alphorn soloist

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