Bargen SH

SH is the abbreviation for the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Bargen .

Barges
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Schaffhausen (SH)
District :	Schaffhausen
BFS no. :	2931
Postal code :	8233
UN / LOCODE :	CH BGN
Coordinates :	687 786  /  294137 coordinates: 47 ° 47 '31 "  N , 8 ° 36' 37"  O ; CH1903:  687 786  /  294137
Height :	605  m above sea level M.
Height range :	571–873 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.27  km²
Residents:	313 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bargen.ch
Barges, to the northwest
Location of the municipality

Aerial 1964

Bargen is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen .

geography

Bargen is the northernmost municipality in Switzerland. It consists of the village of Bargen (originally Niederbargen ) and the hamlet of Oberbargen .

Bargen is located on the Durach in the upper Merishausertal at 605 m above sea level. M., where the valley branches further into Hoftal and Mülital. The two valleys are separated by the Nieder Hengst (746 m above sea level) and the adjoining Hoh Hengst , at 861 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality and border point to Germany.

The Mülital, located to the south, is uninhabited and is bordered to the south by the Bargemer Randen (808.7 m above sea level), over whose ridge the municipal boundary to Merishausen runs. In the more northerly Hoftal lies the farm Oberbargen (694.6 m above sea level), once a settlement equivalent to Niederbargen.

In the southeast of the municipality in the Merishausertal, on the border with Merishausen and Wiechs am Randen (municipality of Tengen, Germany), the so-called hose (570 m above sea level) is located, a valley floor between Bargemer Randen and Ebnet (734 m above sea level). ) and Bohl (786 m above sea level). The confused border lines in the hose were cleared up in two attempts, the last one in 1967 when the A4 motorway was being built .

Neighboring communities of Bargen are Merishausen in the south, Blumberg ( Schwarzwald-Baar district ) in the west and in the north and Tengen ( district of Konstanz ) in the east.

Black stone

Switzerland's northernmost boundary stone is in Bargen . It bears the number 593. It is popularly called the black stone .

history

Northernmost point of Switzerland: boundary stone 593

Yellow lady's slipper in the Tannbüel nature reserve

Bargen is the first time 884 as Paragen mentioned when the Hegau Graf Peringer his Merishausener possession against the Bargener goods of the monastery of St. Gall exchanged. Bargen used to consist of the three hamlets of Unter-, Mittel- and Oberbargen.

Bargen belonged to the Landgraviate of Nellenburg and after the foundation of the Allerheiligen Monastery in 1049 to its immunity district, which came to the city of Schaffhausen in 1451 and 1491 respectively. The most important landowners in Bargen were the Reds of Randenburg. In 1378 Egbert the Red sold his property in Bargen, including the church and bailiwick, to the Spital zum Heiligen Geist Schaffhausen , which expanded its position until 1510. The bailiwick rights were exercised by Schaffhausen from the Reformation until 1798 (Obervogtei Merishausen).

coat of arms

Blazon

In yellow and black plumb bob, topped with a hat of freedom with a green, red and yellow feather each.

The coat of arms of the municipality of Bargen appears first on a municipal seal from 1805. The depiction of the freedom hat over a plumb line is a typical symbol of sovereignty from the Helvetic era . Since the village had no coat of arms before the Helvetic era, it kept it afterwards. In 1950 the coat of arms, which is valid today, was officially recognized at the municipal assembly.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	327
1900	226
1950	203
1990	211
2002	237
2010	249
2015	300

Economy and Transport

Bargen is connected to Schaffhausen via Hauptstrasse 4 . In a northerly direction the road reaches the town of Neuhaus am Randen ( Blumberg municipality ) in Germany . Public transport uses a side street, on which there is an hourly bus service to Schaffhausen on weekdays. Some courses per day also run to Germany. A not entirely insignificant factor of the economy in Bargen are the three petrol stations on Hauptstrasse 4, which, due to their proximity to the border, provide convenient opportunities for tank tourism.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bargen SH

The Tannbüel nature reserve is known for its more than 20 types of orchid (e.g. purple orchid , fly and bee ragweed , yellow lady's slipper , etc.), which bloom there in spring.

gallery

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  A4 and parish hall

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  Restaurant Krone

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  Gas stations

literature

• Walter Ulrich Guyan: 1100 years of Bargen 884–1984. The northernmost village in Switzerland and its landscape. Commemorative publication for the 1100th anniversary of the first documentary mention. Schaffhausen 1984, ISBN 3-8580-1005-7 .
• Andreas Schiendorfer: Bargen (SH). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Bargen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Bargen
• Tannbüel nature reserve
• Swisstopo, topographical journey through time from 1853 to today with the border shifts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ StiASG , Urk. IV 377. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
3. ↑ Presentation of the local history on the website of the municipality of Bargen
4. ↑ Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state of Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 169–171.