Siblings

Siblings
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Schaffhausen (SH)
District :	Schleitheim
BFS no. :	2953
Postal code :	8225
Coordinates :	680.92 thousand  /  283 821 coordinates: 47 ° 42 '0 "  N , 8 ° 31' 0"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty thousand nine hundred and twenty  /  283,821
Height :	508  m above sea level M.
Height range :	455–900 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.42  km²
Residents:	886 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.siblingen.ch
Siblings
Location of the municipality

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

geography

The municipal area measures 942 hectares, 455 hectares of which are forest areas and 455 hectares of arable land (including 15.8 hectares of vines). 32 hectares are zoned as building land. Siblingen is located in Klettgau , at the foot of the Rand .

Meager meadow above Siblingen with a view of the Randen.

• Highest point: 900 m above sea level M.
• Lowest point: 475 m above sea level M.

history

The traces of settlement on the Siblinger Schlossranden / Schlossbuck and the clay pots found there testify to a settlement in Siblingen in the 2nd millennium BC. Chr.

Then the Romans built a multi-storey complex 38 feet long and 18 feet wide, protected by a moat. During excavations in 1999, pottery shards, tools and jewelry were found.

In the Middle Ages , Hartenkirch Castle was built on this site by an unknown noble family . In the 13th century the village received a small chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael .

Historical aerial photo from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

coat of arms

Blazon

In red a natural green, uprooted, brown-stemmed fir tree with four broad branches each.

The symbol of Siblingen's coat of arms is the fir tree. Not as such, but as a tree it can be traced back to 1608. Namely as a seal stamp on a file. A fir tree is shown here. Later, however, deciduous trees can also be found on the seal stamps. The symbol of the fir tree probably comes from the family of Danner, who had many bailiffs in Siblingen. When it was cleared up in 1949, the fir was retained as a historically transmitted coat of arms. The tincture was green for the tree and red for the shield, based on the lords of Randenburg , who were the chief lords of Siblingen.

traffic

Siblingen is on Hauptstrasse 14 , which leads from Schaffhausen to the border at Stühlingen .

SchaffhausenBus buses run every hour between Beggingen or Neunkirch and Schaffhausen, ensuring a continuous half-hourly service. At rush hour, additional buses run between Siblingen and the Beringerfeld S-Bahn stop, where there is a connection to Schaffhausen. Because the additional courses are poorly used, there are capacity bottlenecks on the other buses in the morning and in the evening.

photos

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  Main road

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  Main road

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  Grabenstrasse

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  Ref. Church and House to Anchor

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  Primary school building

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  gym

Siblingerrandenturm

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Siblingen

Beautiful walks are possible on the Randen . From the observation tower of the Siblinger Randen you have a wonderful view of the Alps (in good weather up to the Churfirsten ) and the Klettgau and for a snack there is the Siblinger Randenhaus near the Randenturm (above Siblingen). The reformed parish church was probably built in the 13th century and there are Gothic wall paintings from the 14th century in the choir part .

Personalities

• Johann Wilhelm Meyer (1690–1767), clergyman and hymn poet, was pastor of the place from 1722 to 1737
• Johann Jakob Mezger (1817–1893), Antistes in Schaffhausen and local history researcher
• Johann Jakob Keller (1847–1914), mayor, councilor
• Samuel Keller (1856–1924), writer and theologian
• Johann Jacob Weber (1803–1880), publisher

Web links

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

• Official website of the Siblingen community
• Martin Akeret Weishaupt: Siblings. 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. ↑ Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state of Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 275–277.