Schaffhausen (Saar)

Coat of arms of the district of Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is the third largest district (municipality) of the municipality of Wadgassen in the Saarlouis district ( Saarland ).

history

The place is mentioned for the first time as Zhafhusen in a document from 1325 . Schaffhausen was the place where the sheep of the Wadgassen Abbey lived , so grazed. The Bist flows through Schaffhausen and flows into the Saar in Wadgassen .

Schaffhausen has a primary school , a kindergarten , a Catholic church ( Hl. Guardian Angel ) and the only part of the community is a Protestant church. It is the seat of the Protestant parish of Schaffhausen, which has stretched from Wadgassen to Überherrn since it was separated from the Saarlouis parent community in the 1960s .

On January 1, 1974, Schaffhausen was incorporated into the municipality of Wadgassen.

Culture

Since 1983 there has been an amateur play group in Schaffhausen who perform a new fairy tale every Advent.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gregor Eisvogel (1873–1950), Abbot of Engelszell
• Werner Zimmer (1936–2015), radio and television presenter
• Volker Panzer (1947–2020), journalist and editor of the Humanist Press Service

Business

There is a sand and gravel pit in the new Sitters industrial park.

Web links

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

• Picture tour through Schaffhausen (museum.academia-wadegotia)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Schaffhausen. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 808 .
3. ↑ Our association. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Schaffhausen sand and gravel pit, soil and construction waste dump. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 7, 2004 ; Retrieved May 12, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '  N , 6 ° 48'  E