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Coat of arms of Buchthalen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (SH)
District : Schaffhausenw
Municipality : Schaffhauseni2
Postal code : 8203, 8207
Coordinates : 691511  /  283609 coordinates: 47 ° 41 '48 "  N , 8 ° 39' 28"  O ; CH1903:  691511  /  283609
Height : 458  m above sea level M.
Residents: 4682 (Dec 31, 2015)
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Buchthalen is a former political municipality and a former farming and winegrowing village in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland . On January 1, 1947, Buchthalen was incorporated into the city of Schaffhausen as a quarter .

location

Buchthalen is located east of the old town of Schaffhausen on a hill around 70 meters above the Rhine , surrounded by fields and forests. To the south, vineyards drop down to the Rhine. These vineyards that still exist today never belonged to the municipal area of ​​Buchthalen. Buchthalen was still surrounded by numerous vineyards in the 19th century. However, these were lifted and mostly built over. Buchthalen has been connected to the Schaffhausen transport network with line 5 since 1949 . The former municipality consisted of the three originally independent legal areas Buchthalen and Inner- and Ausserwidlen (Vorder- and Hinterwidlen) at the Nägelsee .

coat of arms

Blazon

In yellow on green ground a green beech with a brown trunk, entwined by a brown vine with two hanging blue grapes and two green vine leaves.

As early as 1597 there was a coat of arms for Buchthalen in yellow with green beech on the same floor entwined with a vine. These figures symbolize on the one hand the name of the community and on the other hand viticulture as the main occupation. In the course of the following centuries this coat of arms was lost, so that the municipality drew a new coat of arms at the beginning of the 19th century. As a figure, the vine knife was built to refer to viticulture. Although Buchthalen already belonged to Schaffhausen when the municipal coats of arms were cleared, they too cleared up theirs and chose the old coat of arms, with beech and vines.

history

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1947

Buchthalen is mentioned for the first time in 1122 as Buochtella in a document that was supposed to settle a dispute between the Bishop of Trier and the Allerheiligen monastery. Delle is a hollow, from which the similar sounding word valley was derived. However, it can be assumed with certainty that the protected location of the Buchental already prompted the Alemanni to settle here. The abbot of the Allerheiligen monastery in Schaffhausen, founded in 1049, was the city lord of Schaffhausen and exercised sovereign rights, the so-called mundat, within a four-mile spell. Through acquisitions and donations, the monastery became large landowners in the nearby Buchthalen and lent the farmers land against annual interest. The inhabitants were servants and servants of the monastery. In the Vorderwydlen courtyard, which was the monastic fron or manor, the Buchthal farmers paid the prescribed interest in the form of grain, fruit, vegetables, wine, etc. to the monastery. In this way, centuries before the incorporation there had been close relationships between Buchtahlen and the city of Schaffhausen. The high level of jurisdiction (blood court) was exercised first by the abbot, then by the Small Council of Schaffhausen. The bailiwick over the village belonged to the Landgraviate of the Nellenburger , the city founders of Schaffhausen. They gave the practical exercise of the lower jurisdiction as a fief to a nobleman. In 1465 the Landgraviate of Nellenburg passed to the Imperial House of Austria-Habsburg . The Bailiwick of Buchthalen was in the hands of a noble family from Schaffhausen, the Cron at Herblingen Castle . In 1498 Adam Cron sold Buchthalen for 480 guilders to the city of Schaffhausen, which was planning to expand its territory. Around 1530 15 families (Herdstätten) lived in the village. With the overthrow of the political system with the revolution of 1798, Buchthalen gained municipal autonomy and thus equal rights with the city. The population increased to 364 by 1850. In 1941, 1,470 people were already living in Buchthalen.

Incorporation

Buchthalen was unable to benefit from the industrialization that began in the city of Schaffhausen. The urban quarters grew closer and closer to Buchthalen. In addition, more and more industrial workers settled in Buchthalen. The apartments were cheaper and the immigrants could still cultivate their own garden. As a result of the immigration, the community had to invest a lot of money in the school, streets and sewerage. The community was financially unable to cope with this enormous increase in population. The first negotiations about a possible incorporation were started as early as 1910. This initially led to numerous cooperation agreements. The First and Second World Wars delayed the inevitable incorporation. On Sunday, November 4th, 1945, large parts of the electorate followed the voice of reason. The Buchthal community spoke out in favor of incorporation with 304 yes to 65 no, the assembly of citizens with 44 yes to 22 no. In the city of Schaffhausen, the corresponding numbers were 4,717 yes, 591 no and 1,130 yes to 174 no. On July 7, 1946, the voters of the canton of Schaffhausen finally approved the incorporation with 10,519 yes to 1,158 no, which was implemented on January 1, 1947. At the time of incorporation, Buchthalen consisted of three parts: the old village center, which still had a clearly agricultural character, the new residential quarters of urban layout and the Widlen and Ausserwidlen farms. In 1946, the Buchthalen district comprised 323.68 hectares of land, of which 232.95 hectares were used for agriculture, 78.53 hectares of forest and 12.2 hectares of unproductive land. The community counted 1,470 people and 442 households, 268 inhabited and 95 uninhabited buildings. Of the 656 employed, 83 were self-employed. There were still 32 farmers. The population was divided into 1,394 Swiss and 76 foreigners, 1,100 Protestants and 194 Catholics. Since 1908 Buchthalen has been supplied with gas by the municipal gas works. However, it obtained its electricity from the electricity company of the canton of Schaffhausen EKS and not from the municipal electricity company. This has not changed until today.

Buchthalen Church

Ref. Church in Buchthalen

In terms of church, Buchthalen belonged to the St. Michael mountain church in Büsingen . The St. Lucia Chapel has stood in the village at today's Linde restaurant since the Middle Ages . Buchthalen joined the Reformation in 1529 together with Schaffhausen. In the course of the Reformation, the chapel was secularized and demolished in 1703. On March 13, 1705 the foundation stone of the current church (renovated in 1934 and 1954) took place on the monastic fief field above the village. The residents of Buchthalen built the simple baroque church as a slave labor . Mighty oak trunks were used for the roof structure. In 1751 the church was supplemented with a baptismal font. The three bells date from 1506, 1706 and 1842. In 1796 the cemetery, which still exists today and was enlarged after 2000, was laid out. However, it was not until 1866 that Buchthalen became its own Reformed parish. Even after the incorporation, the Buchthalen parish remained independent. Today it is part of the Association of Reformed Parishes in Schaffhausen.

Attractions

Buchthalen today

After the incorporation, brisk construction activity began in the 1960s. In 2000, 4,941 people lived in the former municipal area. In 2009 the former municipal boundaries can hardly be made out. Nevertheless, the village of Buchthalen did not go under. Above all, the independent parish and the numerous associations contribute to the fact that Buchthalen, now as a quarter, lives on. Buchthalen is now a preferred residential area.

Kirchgasse

societies

The following associations contribute to the lively village life:

  • District association Buchthalen
  • Shooting club Buchthalen
  • Blue ring, Jungwacht and Seewadel scout department
  • Buchthalen women's team
  • Buchthalen women's gymnastics club
  • Buchthalen men
  • Gymnastics Club Buchthalen
  • Buchthalen women's choir
  • Buchthalen men's choir

Village center

Former farmhouse on the back alley

Plans from the 1960s envisaged razing the village center and building over it with apartment blocks. Dedicated people prevented the demolition and professionally restored the former farmhouses. The village center of Buchthalen, classified as worthy of protection since 1979, has therefore been well preserved. The old village center is structurally and structurally almost intact to this day and shows in its way a medieval farming village. Buchthalen already had a closed form of settlement in the 15th century. Building archaeological studies and findings in recent years support this. The oldest fully preserved farmhouse dates back to 1444. As far as we know today (2010), it is the oldest farmhouse in the canton of Schaffhausen. On the Siegfried map from 1885 Buchthalen is shown as a compact, Y-shaped farming village, surrounded by numerous vineyards. The Y-shaped streets determine the structure of the old village center. The two arms of the alley , Kirchgasse and Hintergasse , are densely built on both sides with farmhouses. The houses, partly free-standing, partly assembled in rows, form closed and distinctly rural alleyways. The rural character is further emphasized by the largely intact intermediate areas (gravel forecourts, fenced gardens and meadows). From inventory lists of inheritance divisions, we know that the houses were furnished simply, but not poorly.

literature

  • René Steiner: Schaffhauser Magazin No. 1/1997 on the topic: Incorporation of Buchtahlens 50 years ago. Publishing house Steiner + Grüninger AG, Schaffhausen.
  • Dr. phil. Elisabeth Anna Rufener: "... including Baumgärtly and Krautgarten" in Schaffhauser Nachrichten on October 9, 2010.
  • Hans Peter Mathis, Peter Scheck: Buchthalen. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 882, series 89). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-85782-882-9 .

Web links

Commons : Buchthalen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, p. 186.