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The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall [ˈʁaɪnfal] ⓘ, a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe. [2] [3] [1] The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen (SH) and Zürich (ZH), between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH) and Laufen-Uhwiesen/Dachsen (ZH), next to the town of ...
The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1788. The Wörth Castle owes its name to the location on a small island, washed by the water of the Rheinfall, which used to be known as Werd, meaning literally a river island. Wörth was first mentioned in the 13th century AD, serving up to the middle of the 19th century ...
Neuhausen Rheinfall (German: Bahnhof Neuhausen Rheinfall) is a railway station in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen.The station opened on 13 December 2015, principally to serve the tourist attraction of the Rhine Falls, from which it takes its name.
Location Canton Notes Rhine Falls: Schaffhausen: Schaffhausen: Largest waterfalls in Europe (150 m wide, 23 m high) Mürrenbach Fall: Lauterbrunnental: Bern: Highest waterfall in Switzerland Engstligen Falls: Adelboden: Berne Foroglio Fall: Foroglio: Ticino Giessbach Falls: Brienz: Berne Reichenbach Falls: Meiringen: Berne: World famous thanks ...
The High Rhine The Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen (Switzerland) The High Rhine (Hochrhein) begins in Stein am Rhein at the western end of the Untersee. Now flowing generally westwards, it passes over the Rhine Falls (Rheinfall) below Schaffhausen before being joined – near Koblenz in the canton of Aargau – by its major tributary, the Aare.
The station is overlooked by Schloss Laufen ("Laufen Castle") and in turn overlooks the famous Rhine Falls, from which it derives its name. It is located on the Swiss Federal Railway 's Rheinfall line and is served by Zürich S-Bahn lines S12 and S33 .
view from the Rhein river. The water castle is located at the Rheinfall, built on a small island in the Rhein river at the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the Canton of Schaffhausen, opposite of the Laufen Castle in the canton of Zürich.
One of the previous urban routes, line 12 to the Rhine Falls, was the first route ever to feature a level 5 autonomous bus (2018–2019). [36] In addition, there are several regional bus services that link Schaffhausen with villages in the canton of Schaffhausen, the canton of Zürich and nearby German territory. The regional bus services 21 ...