Neuhausen am Rheinfall (noi'houzən äm rīn'fäl), town (1990 pop. 10,619), Schaffhausen canton, N Switzerland, on the right bank of the Rhine River. It is a manufacturing center adjoining the city of Schaffhausen.
Neuhausen am Rheinfall
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| Population | 10,040 (February 2008[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 1,258 /km2 (3,259 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 410 m (1,345 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 8212 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 2937 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Stephan Rawyler (as of 2008) FDP/PRD | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Beringen, Flurlingen (ZH), Guntmadingen, Jestetten (DE-BW), Laufen-Uhwiesen (ZH), Schaffhausen | |||||||||
| Website | www.neuhausen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics |
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Neuhausen am Rheinfall (which was officially called Neuhausen until 1938) is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The city is first recorded in written records as Nuwenhusen in 1111.
The little town is well known for the Rhine Falls, a tourist attraction and mainland Europe's largest waterfall.
The neighboring municipalities are Laufen-Uhwiesen, Flurlingen, Feuerthalen, Schaffhausen, Beringen, Guntmadingen and the German municipality Jestetten, with which it has a border crossing along Zollstrasse to the southwest of town.
Transportation
Neuhausen is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the lines S16 and S33.
External links
- Neuhausen am Rheinfall in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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