Dachsen

History

Dachsen is first mentioned in 876 as Tahsheim.

Geography

Dachsen has an area of . Of this area, 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 25.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is a linear village (built along a single street) on a terrace near the Rhine knee near Laufen-Uhwiesen. Currently it is part of the agglomeration of Schaffhausen, even though it is in the canton of Zürich.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  14,962
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  8,354
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  6,115
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  4,424
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  4,045
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  3,347
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,937
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,892

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland