Ramsen SH

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SH is the abbreviation for the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Ramsenf .
Ramsen
Ramsen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of SchaffhausenCanton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (SH)
District : stonew
BFS no. : 2963i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 8262
UN / LOCODE : CH RAM
Coordinates : 702 899  /  285069 coordinates: 47 ° 42 '29 "  N , 8 ° 48' 35"  O ; CH1903:  702,899  /  285069
Height : 413  m above sea level M.
Height range : 393–680 m above sea level M.
Area : 13.50  km²
Residents: 1469 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 109 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.ramsen.ch
Ramsen SH

Ramsen SH

Location of the municipality
Bodensee Deutschland Kanton Thurgau Kanton Zürich Buch SH Hemishofen Ramsen SH Stein am RheinMap of Ramsen
About this picture
w

Ramsen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland .

geography

Ramsen is located in the Bibertal directly on the German border and has an area of ​​1345 ha. In addition to the village, it consists of the hamlets Bibermühle , Hofenacker , Moscow , Wiesholz and Wilen.

In addition to the hamlet of Moscow, there are also the field names Petersburg and on the edge of the forest to the Rauhenberg "Chlii Amerika" (Little America).

The Biber river flows through the village and flows into the Upper Rhine below Stein am Rhein .

history

Ramsen was first mentioned in 846. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Habsburg Landgraviate of Nellenburg . In 1539, the lesser jurisdiction passed from the Lords of Klingenberg to the city of Stein am Rhein , which was under the authority of Zurich . Zurich finally acquired blood jurisdiction over Ramsen in 1770 . In 1798 Ramsen came to the canton of Schaffhausen together with Stein in the course of the Helvetic Republic. Ramsen as a border town was the end point of the Singen escape route during World War II , an escape route for Dutch and British prisoner-of-war officers who found their way from the Colditz Castle prison camp in Saxony via Singen to Switzerland. A little later it was an important entry point for refugees who were housed in the Catholic Church and in the Schüppelwald.

population

On December 31, 2011, Ramsen had 1,345 inhabitants, 848 of whom were eligible to vote, 195 students and 242 foreigners.

Economy and Transport

Ramsen's economy is characterized by the immediate border location, which explains the above-average number of transport companies and petrol stations. The most important employers are customs and the software company Star AG . The shortest route from Ramsen to Schaffhausen is via Gailingen am Hochrhein and Büsingen am Hochrhein and crosses the international border with Germany four times. Ramsen can be reached by public transport with a bus line from Südbadenbus from Stein am Rhein via Ramsen to Singen and with line 25 from SchaffhausenBus every hour to Schaffhausen via Buch- Murbach- Randegg - Dörflingen .

The community received its own train station on July 17, 1875, when the Swiss National Railway (SNB) opened the Etzwilen – Singen line. After the bankruptcy of the SNB, the line was taken over by the Schweizerische Nordostbahn (NOB) and eventually came into the possession of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) when it was nationalized . On May 31, 1969, they stopped passenger traffic on the route. The line was used as a freight line until 2004 and was ultimately the last non-electrified line of the SBB. With the decision to handle all freight traffic between Winterthur and Singen via Schaffhausen, the line was definitely downgraded to an industrial track. After the closure, the line was not dismantled, but taken over by the Association for the Preservation of the Etzwilen-Singen Railway Line , which has been using it for trolley and steam rides since 2007 .

Culture

Ramsen has a lively club life, which manifests itself in many events and festivities throughout the year. The most outstanding events include the annual performances of the “Theater 88”, as well as the “Turner-Chränzli” (gymnastics festival). The largest club is the soccer club , whose 1st team plays in the 4th league. The Catholic past has given rise to a carnival tradition in Ramsen, one of the few places in the canton of Schaffhausen, with a street parade , masked ball and schnitzel bank (Bänkelsang) .

coat of arms

Blazon

Three yellow ears of wheat growing from a yellow shield base in blue.

In 1810 a coat of arms of the municipality of Ramsen was found on a seal for the first time. It shows three ears of wheat growing out of the ground. During the adjustment in 1949, an attempt was made to create a historical connection by combining the coat of arms symbol with that of the Landgraviate of Nellenburg , in which Ramsen was located. However, the community assembly rejected this proposal.

Buildings, sights

The village of Ramsen has two parish churches, the Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul and the Reformed parish church of Ramsen .

Personalities

gallery

Rhine at the Bibermühle on April 10, 2009
Beaver mill on April 10, 2009
Aerial photo from December 23, 2014

literature

  • Municipality of Ramsen (ed.): Ramsen. Homeland book. Published for the 1150th anniversary of the Ramsen community. Ramsen 1996, ISBN 3-9521-139 .
  • Gregor Schweri: The rule of Ramsen in the 16th and 17th centuries (1539-1659). Freiburg 1974.
  • Christian Birchmeier among others: Buch, Ramsen, Hemishofen. In: Schaffhauser Magazin. 27, 2004, No. 2, pp. 5-37.

Web links

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

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. Swisstopo: Map excerpt
  3. ^ "Ramsen, end of" The Singen Route "", Steiner Anzeiger of October 18, 2016
  4. ^ Berty Bruckner-Herbstreit: The emblems of the state Schaffhausen and its communities. Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 266-268.
  5. ^ Gnädinger, Josef - SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland. In: sikart.ch. Retrieved May 13, 2014 .