Hemishofen

Hemishofen
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Schaffhausen (SH)
District :	stone
BFS no. :	2962
Postal code :	8261
Coordinates :	704 633  /  281570 coordinates: 47 ° 40 '35 "  N , 8 ° 49' 55"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and four thousand six hundred and thirty-three  /  281570
Height :	401  m above sea level M.
Height range :	393–685 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.89  km²
Residents:	468 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.hemishofen.ch
Hemishofen In the background Wolkensteinerberg and right Rhine with Hemishofer railway bridge
Location of the municipality

Hemishofen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland . In the east runs the border between Germany and Switzerland .

history

For a long time Hemishofen was owned by the Barons von Hohenklingen , who were also court lords in the village. Together with the town of Stein am Rhein and the communities of Ramsen and Dörflingen , Hemishofen was assigned to the canton of Schaffhausen in the Helvetic Republic in 1798 . So far they have belonged to Zurich .

The Hemishofen mine disaster occurred in 1944 near the railway bridge in the "Tschungel" forest - an explosion in which ten soldiers of the Swiss Army lost their lives.

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1954

coat of arms

Blazon

Split by yellow and red, covered with a stylized, green oak tree with five leaves growing from the base of the shield.

The old coat of arms of the community showed a combined representation of a freedom altar with freedom hat and a soldier. It was a typical symbol from the Helvetic era (1798–1803). These symbols were seen on many seals of the time and over time were considered to be the actual coat of arms. However, since it is completely unheraldic , a new coat of arms was proposed during the 1950 cleanup. It was based on the coat of arms of the barons of Hohenklingen , who were owners and court lords of the village for a long time, which bore the stylized oak. The colors of Stein am Rhein (blue-red) were first suggested as the shield color, but finally the yellow-red tinge was chosen.

traffic

Two bridges span the Rhine near Hemishofen . The road bridge crosses Hauptstrasse 332 and the railway bridge the museum railway line from Etzwilen to Singen . Passenger traffic on the railway line from Winterthur to Singen , which opened in 1875, was switched to bus operation in June 1969. In the 1970s, the line experienced another comeback for freight transport. With the decision to handle all freight traffic between Winterthur and Singen via Schaffhausen, the line was definitely downgraded to an industrial track. Today the association for the maintenance of the Etzwilen-Singen railway line uses the line as a museum railway and offers steam rides in summer.

Tourism and sightseeing

See also : List of cultural assets in Hemishofen

• Wolkensteinerberg

literature

• Hermann Tanner: Hemishofen. 200 years self-employed , Hemishofen 1998.
• Christian Birchmeier et al .: Buch, Ramsen, Hemishofen , in: Schaffhauser Magazin, 27, 2004, No. 2, pp. 5-37.
• Hermann Tanner: Traffic history of the municipality Hemishofen in the 19th century , in: Schaffhauser contributions to history, 54, 1977, pp. 81–112, ISSN  0259-3599 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the Hemishofen community
• Website of the association for the maintenance of the Etzwilen-Singen railway line
• Markus Höneisen and Hermann Tanner: Hemishofen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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. ↑ Markus Höneisen, Hermann Tanner: Hemishofen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
3. ↑ Schaffhauser Magazin 02/1987: The limits , Steiner + Grüninger AG publishing house, Schaffhausen
4. ↑ Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state of Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 213-214