It is the northernmost canton of Switzerland, located to the north of Zurich. It has a size of 298 km² (112 square miles), mostly agricultural land. In 2002 the population was 73,400 people. The German language predominates. Well regarded white Riesling wine is grown here.
Location of the canton
History
Schaffhausen was a city state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins starting in 1005. For a time it was under Habsburg domination, but regained its independence in 1415. It allied itself with Zurich in 1457, and became a full member of the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The first railroad came to Schaffhausen in 1857. In 1944 Schaffhausen suffered from a bombing raid by United States airforce planes that accidentally strayed from Germany to neutral Switzerland.
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