Neunkirch

History

Neunkirch was mentioned first in a deed of gift to the Rheinau Abbey on a Sunday 21 September in the reign of Louis the German. An exact year is not mentioned. Researches show, that 21 September was a Sunday only in 850, 861, 867 and 872. A commission decided in 1901, that the first year, 850, should officially be taken as the first date Neunkirch was mentioned in. The document itself doesn't exist anymore, but there is a copy in the public record office of Zürich. We know from 1150 that the bishop of Konstanz owned the church and a house. In 1260 the bishop bought the majority of land in Neunkirch as well as the low and high justice. At the end of this century Neunkirch was destroyed; perhaps by war or fire. Afterwards the bishop reconstructed Neunkirch with a plan which had, and still has, a geometrical form. It is a rectangle with four straight streets. The houses are protected by two walls with an open space between. In front of the wall was a ditch partially filled with water. For 250 years Neunkirch had belonged to the Bishopric of Constance till in 1525 the bishop sold his rights of the low and high justice to Schaffhausen for 8500 guilder.

Geography

Neunkirch has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  12,942
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  8,004
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,363
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  4,126
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  4,066
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,410
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,656
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,456

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