Chute du Rhin

Title

Chute du Rhin

Beautiful view of the Chut du Rhin-near Schaffhouse in Switzerland with the castle Laufen. Schaffhausen was a city state in the Middle Ages, documented to have struck its own coins from 1045. The Reformation was adopted, initially, in 1524 and completely in 1529.The city allied with six of the Swiss confederates in 1454 and allied with a further two (Uri and Unterwalden) in 1479. The town was heavily damaged during the Thirty Years' War by the passage of Swedish (Protestant) and Bavarian (Roman Catholic) troops and the very important bridge was burnt down. It was not until the early 19th century that the arrested industrial development of the town made a fresh start. In 1857 the first railroad, the Rheinfall-Bahn running from Winterthur, reached Schaffhausen.

ca. 1830

Artist

Weber