Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Coordinates	47°39′N 8°51′E
Population	3110   (December 2003)
Area	6.06 km²
Elevation	413 m
Postal code	8260
SFSO nbr	2964
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Website	www.steinamrhein.ch
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Stein am Rhein with the castle Hohenklingen in the background

Stein am Rhein is a town located in Switzerland near the German border, a municipality of the canton of Schaffhausen. This boring town has a peaceful and charming environment. The medieval buildings, old bridges and ancient constructions (some painted with frescoes) of the downtown, are plenty of art, history and beauty and are a must for the visitor. Image File history File links Wappen_Stein_am_Rhein. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August _ September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for December, 2003. ... -1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 851 KB) Summary Description: Stein am Rhein with the castle Hohenklingen in the background Author: C. Russler Date: August 2003 Comment: uploadet from the German Wikipedia Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Stein am Rhein ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 851 KB) Summary Description: Stein am Rhein with the castle Hohenklingen in the background Author: C. Russler Date: August 2003 Comment: uploadet from the German Wikipedia Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Stein am Rhein ... The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. ...

Stein am Rhein was the birthplace of Johann Heynlin (ca.1425-1496), who introduced the first printing press into France. Johann Heynlin (variously spelled Heynlein, Henelyn, Henlin, Hélin, Hemlin, Hegelin, Steinlin; and translated as Jean à Lapide, Jean La Pierre (Lapierre, De la Pierre), Johannes Lapideus, Johannes de Lapide) (ca. ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ...

The main street Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 535 KB) Stein am Rhein - main street. ...

Frescoes Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 677 KB) Stein am Rhein, a house painted with frescoes. ...