Neuhausen am Rheinfall
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Neuhausen am Rheinfall (which was officially called Neuhausen until 1938) is a municipality
in the canton
of Schaffhausen in Switzerland
.
The little town is well known for the Rhine Falls
, a tourist attraction and mainland Europe
's largest waterfall.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Or a Sickle Argent handled proper and in base a Trefoil slipped Vert.
The municipality is located in the Schaffhausen district. Originally a haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on the south foot of the Randen range
near the Rhine Falls, today it is an industrial city. It is located on the south-west border of the city of Schaffhausen. Until 1938 Neuhausen am Rheinfall was known as Neuhausen.
The neighboring municipalities are Laufen-Uhwiesen
, Flurlingen
, Feuerthalen
, Schaffhausen
, Beringen
, Guntmadingen
and the German
municipality
Jestetten
, with which it has a border crossing along Zollstrasse to the southwest of town.
, 5.3% are from Croatia
, 20.3% are from Serbia
, 13.1% are from Macedonia
, 6.5% are from Turkey
, and 22.5% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.6%. Most of the population speaks German (81.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 4.3%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.7%.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SP
which received 36.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP
(33.3%), and the SVP
(30.5%) .
In Neuhausen am Rheinfall about 64.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
). In Neuhausen am Rheinfall, , 1.63% of the population attend kindergarten
or another pre-school, 6.05% attend a Primary School, 2.62% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.49% attend a higher level Secondary School.
, 27.3% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
and 37.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
.
The historical population is given in the following table:
the mid year average unemployment rate was 2.8%. There were 509 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 37.7% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 62.3% were involved in the third. At the same time, 73.5% of the working population was employed full-time, and 26.5% was employed part-time. There were 5,313 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce. there were 1,428 residents who worked in the municipality, while 3,077 residents worked outside Neuhausen am Rheinfall and 2405 people commuted into the municipality for work.
, there are 26 restaurants, and 3 hotels with 112 beds. The hospitality industry in Neuhausen am Rheinfall employs 185 people.
Neuhausen is home to a number of manufacturing firms. Some of the best known include:
The playing card company of AGM AGMüller, the cotton wool factory IVF Hartmann AG, the packaging company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
(SIG) and the former Alusuisse factory, which is now part of the Alcan
-Group.
and S33
.
.
Villa Charlottenfels was built in 1850-54 as a Renaissance Revival castle-like building. Originally built to house a factory, it features wide terraces with covered arcades and pavilion
s. The southern pavilion contains a mural
by Hans Bendel
which has a Swiss history theme.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Schaffhausen in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
The little town is well known for the Rhine Falls
Rhine Falls
The Rhine Falls is the largest plain waterfall in Europe.The falls are located on the Upper Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich. They are 150 m ...
, a tourist attraction and mainland Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
's largest waterfall.
History
Neuhausen am Rheinfall is first mentioned in 900/910 as Niuhusen. In 1253 it was mentioned as Niuwenhusin.Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Or a Sickle Argent handled proper and in base a Trefoil slipped Vert.
Geography
Neuhausen am Rheinfall has an area, , of 8.1 km² (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).The municipality is located in the Schaffhausen district. Originally a haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on the south foot of the Randen range
Hagen (Randen)
The Hagen is the highest point of the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen.-References:* Swisstopo maps* to-urs.ch...
near the Rhine Falls, today it is an industrial city. It is located on the south-west border of the city of Schaffhausen. Until 1938 Neuhausen am Rheinfall was known as Neuhausen.
The neighboring municipalities are Laufen-Uhwiesen
Laufen-Uhwiesen
Laufen-Uhwiesen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-History:Laufen-Uhwiesen is first mentioned in 858 as ad Laufin. In 1290 it was mentioned as ze Uwisan.-Geography:...
, Flurlingen
Flurlingen
Flurlingen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Flurlingen has an area of . Of this area, 18.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 55.6% is forested...
, Feuerthalen
Feuerthalen
Feuerthalen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Langwiesen also belongs to the same municipality.-History:...
, Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 34,587 ....
, Beringen
Beringen, Switzerland
Beringen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-Bronze Age:In the Eschheimer Valley near Beringen, a gravesite had been discovered that is believed to reach back to the early Bronze Age...
, Guntmadingen
Guntmadingen
Guntmadingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-History:Guntmadingen is first mentioned in 1111 as Guntrammingin, though this comes from a 12th Century forgery...
and the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
municipality
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
Jestetten
Jestetten
Jestetten is a town in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.The border crossing into Switzerland is located to the east of town along Schaffhauserstraße leading to Neuhausen am Rheinfall...
, with which it has a border crossing along Zollstrasse to the southwest of town.
Demographics
Neuhausen am Rheinfall has a population of 10,080, of which 35.1% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, , 16.1% are from Germany, 16.2% are from ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 5.3% are from Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, 20.3% are from Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, 13.1% are from Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, 6.5% are from Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and 22.5% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.6%. Most of the population speaks German (81.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 4.3%).
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.7%.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 36.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(33.3%), and the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(30.5%) .
In Neuhausen am Rheinfall about 64.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). In Neuhausen am Rheinfall, , 1.63% of the population attend kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
or another pre-school, 6.05% attend a Primary School, 2.62% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.49% attend a higher level Secondary School.
, 27.3% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
and 37.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
Swiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1524 | 12 houses |
| around 1800 | 206 |
| 1850 | 922 |
| 1888 | 2,023 |
| 1900 | 3,905 |
| 1950 | 7,969 |
| 1970 | 12,103 |
| 2000 | 9,959 |
Economy
Neuhausen am Rheinfall has an unemployment rate of 3.25%. , there were 39 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 1,664 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 112 businesses in this sector. 3,082 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 405 businesses in this sector.the mid year average unemployment rate was 2.8%. There were 509 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 37.7% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 62.3% were involved in the third. At the same time, 73.5% of the working population was employed full-time, and 26.5% was employed part-time. There were 5,313 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce. there were 1,428 residents who worked in the municipality, while 3,077 residents worked outside Neuhausen am Rheinfall and 2405 people commuted into the municipality for work.
, there are 26 restaurants, and 3 hotels with 112 beds. The hospitality industry in Neuhausen am Rheinfall employs 185 people.
Neuhausen is home to a number of manufacturing firms. Some of the best known include:
The playing card company of AGM AGMüller, the cotton wool factory IVF Hartmann AG, the packaging company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft , or SIG, is the former name of SIG Holding AG, a Swiss company that has been active in various businesses during its more than 150 years of operation. Since the year 2000 the Society has undergone strategic refocus, concentrating on its core compentence in...
(SIG) and the former Alusuisse factory, which is now part of the Alcan
Alcan
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. is a Canadian company based in Montreal. It was created on November 15, 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto PLC's Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., and Canadian company Alcan Inc. On the same date, Alcan Inc. was renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Inc..Rio...
-Group.
Transportation
Neuhausen is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S16S16 (ZVV)
The S16 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen.- Route :...
and S33
S33 (ZVV)
The S33 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen.- Route :...
.
Heritage sites of national significance
The house Villa Charlottenfels at Charlottenweg 2 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significanceSwiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
Villa Charlottenfels was built in 1850-54 as a Renaissance Revival castle-like building. Originally built to house a factory, it features wide terraces with covered arcades and pavilion
Pavilion
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
s. The southern pavilion contains a mural
Mural
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of...
by Hans Bendel
Hans Bendel
Hans Sigmund Bendel was a Swiss painter.Hans Bendel, of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, was an historical painter and lithographer, and attended the Academy of Munich, under Kaulbach. He commenced to paint a series of cartoons with scenes from Swiss history, but died in 1853 before they were completed...
which has a Swiss history theme.