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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 is a 1788 landscape painting by the French-born artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. [1] It shows a scene on the Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, near Schaffhausen, in Switzerland. Loutherbourg visited the country that year where he produced this work in the emerging style of Romanticism.
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. [1] [2] [3]
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.
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 ...
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 to Sherlock Holmes ...
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 ...
Historic Rhine bridge between Diessenhofen (left) and Gailingen (right), completed in 1816 Customs facilities between Konstanz (Germany) and Kreuzlingen (Switzerland). The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to 362 kilometres (225 mi), [1] mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine (Hochrhein), with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany ...