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Stein am Rhein
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Stein am Rhein
Total population
3,334
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Stein am Rhein is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is located at the outfall of Lower Lake Constance on the High Rhine river, about halfway between the town of Schaffhausen and the city of Konstanz.
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History
In or around 1007 Emperor Henry II moved St George's Abbey from its former location on the Hohentwiel in Singen to Stein am Rhein, at that time little more than a small fishing village on the Rhine. This was in order to strengthen his presence at this strategic point where major road and river routes intersected. He gave the abbots extensive rights over Stein and its trade so that they could develop it commercially. In this they were very successful, and Stein am Rhein rapidly became a prosperous town which in the 15th century was briefly granted reichsfrei status. The Imperial abbey also prospered and in the 15th century completely rebuilt its premises, which remain as a significant example of late Gothic architecture in the region. Under the Reformation, the abbey was secularised and its assets taken over by Zürich. Abbot von Winkelsheim negotiated a settlement with the Zürich authorities, whereby, although control of the abbey was handed over to them, he and the remaining monks would be allowed to remain on the premises until their deaths. However, Zürich suspected the abbot of collusion with the Habsburgs and locked him up in his new rooms. He was able to escape to Radolfzell, but died shortly after, in 1526. On February 22, 1945, the town was bombed by the United States Air Force.
Geography
Stein am Rhein is located in the eastern part of the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, where the Rhine flows out of the Untersee (), the western part of Lake Constance (). It is adjacent to the Hegau region of southern Germany, known for its extinct volcanoes and castles. Stein am Rhein has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.7%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
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Geography
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Nearby places in Schaffhausen
- Hemishofen1.8 mi away · pop. 441
- Ramsen4 mi away · pop. 1,375
- Buch5.3 mi away · pop. 416
- Dörflingen7.3 mi away · pop. 907
- Thayngen9.3 mi away · pop. 5,151
- Barzheim9.5 mi away
- Schaffhausen10.8 mi away · pop. 35,927
- Büttenhardt11.7 mi away · pop. 438
- Opfertshofen SH12.3 mi away · pop. 141
- Altdorf SH12.7 mi away · pop. 188
- Merishausen13.6 mi away · pop. 828
- Beringen13.6 mi away · pop. 4,118
Geography & sun
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2964
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,414
- Wikidata
- Q11939
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771