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Schaffhausen (inhabited place) |
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Lat: 47 41 50 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.6973 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 38 06 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.6349 decimal degrees |
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Note: Count Eberhard III of Nellenburg founded Benedictine monastery dedicated to All Saints here in 1049. It became a free imperial city ca. 1190, but came under Hapsburg domination from 1330 to1415. Present day town is predominantly Protestant and the language is German. |
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Schaffhausen (preferred,C,V,German,U)
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Schaffhouse (C,V,French,U,N)
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Schaffusa (C,V,Romansh,U)
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Schofhausen (C,V)
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Sciaffusa (C,V,Italian,U)
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Villa Scafhusun (H,V)
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............ | documented in 1045 |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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site first documented in 1045 |
town (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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