Büttenhardt

Büttenhardt

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (SH)
District :	Reiat
BFS no. :	2914i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8236
Coordinates :	690 842 / 289526 coordinates: 47 ° 45 '0 " N , 8 ° 39' 0" O ; CH1903: 690,842 / 28952647.749998 8.649997 658
Height :	658 m above sea level M.
Height range :	508–688 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.00 km²
Residents:	416 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.buettenhardt.ch
Büttenhardt
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Büttenhardt is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland on the German border . The former German exclave Verenahof is located in the municipality .

history

In 1238 the village was first mentioned as Butinhart . In 1259, the Paradies monastery received the forest from Count Hartmann the Elder of Kyburg , which is called Buothenhart . In the 15th century everything came to Schaffhausen . Only the Verenahof stayed with Tengen because of bad policies . The Verenahof then became Baden and formed a German exclave in Switzerland for centuries . In 1967, the German exclave Verenahof was annexed to Switzerland as the last swap of territory to date. Some of the boundary stones that have become superfluous can be seen at the old schoolhouse and the town hall in Wiechs am Randen .

Discarded boundary stones from Verenahof in Büttenhardt

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1948

coat of arms

Blazon

In blue, a white ploughshare stuck with the tip in the ground, each with two yellow stylized ears of wheat.

Büttenhardt is one of the communities that did not have their own coat of arms before 1800. At the beginning of the 19th century, when it became customary for the municipalities to carry a coat of arms, they chose the plowshares stuck in the ground and surrounded by ears as a symbol for agriculture. They chose the tincture based on the Landgraviate of Nellenburg , where the village used to be.