Surroundings, Schaffhausen

Diessenhofen (416 m/1,365ft; pop. 3,000) is a medieval town of 3,000 inhabitants, once a free Imperial city, with its fine Gothic burghers' houses, old fortifications (Siegelturm, 1545), parish church of St Dionysis (1200; rebuilt 15th century) and the Dominican convent of St Katharinental (1571; Baroque conventual church). On the opposite side of the river is the German village of Gailingen. Diessenhofen is about 10km/6mi to the east of Schaffhausen.

An old wooden covered bridge crosses from Diessenhofen to the opposite bank of the Rhine to the health resort of Gailingen (pop. 2,500; neurological rehabilitation center), with a St Nikolaus chapel (1100) and an interesting Jewish cemetery (1676); in the 19th C. there were as many Jews as Christians in Gailingen.

Schleitheim in the canton of Schaffhausen is best known as the location where the seven articles of the "Schleitheim Confession" were written by Michael Sattler in 1527.

The town of Hallau is noted for the Mountain Church of St. Moritz built in 1491. Restoration of the church between 1976 to 1978 brought valuable insights into the early history of Hallau.

Neunkirch has a Local Museum with fossils, documents on local history, furniture, household items, crafts and coins.

The Reiat Museum in Thayngen houses furniture, clothes, tools, books and local history displays.

Wilchingen is located in the canton of Schaffhausen.