Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Schaffhausen is in the Schaffhausen district and in the Schaffhausen canton. Schaffhausen is located in northern Switzerland on the shore of the High Rhine and is the capital of the canton. Schaffhausen (as of 2004/09) had an area of 41.85 km² (16.16 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 20.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 53.4% - forested
 * 24.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.6% - unproductive land

History
In 1045, Schaffhausen was first mentioned by the name of Villa Scafhusun. Schaffhausen was a city-state in the Middle Ages. It grew in size when Buchthalen (1947), Herblingen (1964), and Hemmental (2009) were merged in the municipality. The Schaffhausen municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Schaffhausen is: 1392 - 4,000 inhabitants 1520 - 3,500 inhabitants 1550 - 5,300 inhabitants 1582 - 6,350 inhabitants 1620 - 5,950 inhabitants 1640 - 3,650 inhabitants 1672 - 5,050 inhabitants 1766 - 6,969 inhabitants 1798 - 5,482 inhabitants 1850 - 8,477 inhabitants 1860 - 9,386 inhabitants 1870 - 11,049 inhabitants 1880 - 12,557 inhabitants 1888 - 13,099 inhabitants 1900 - 16,320 inhabitants 1910 - 19,267 inhabitants 1920 - 21,700 inhabitants 1930 - 23,141 inhabitants 1941 - 24,984 inhabitants 1950 - 27,261 inhabitants 1960 - 32,839 inhabitants 1970 - 37,035 inhabitants 1980 - 34,250 inhabitants 1990 - 34,225 inhabitants 2000 - 33,628 inhabitants 2016 - 36,000 inhabitants 2020 - 36,952 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 27.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 43.6% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1841, a parish was established and the Sainte-Anne chapel was used. In 1883-1885, the Notre-Dame church was constructed.

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Schaffhausen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Schaffhausen families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Schaffhausen prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen