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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 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]
The Rhine Fall, with the Eglisau-Neuhausen line on the near bank and the Rheinfall line on the far bank Bridge over the river Thur at Andelfingen Train on the S33. The Rheinfall Railway (German: Rheinfallbahn) is a railway line in Switzerland. The line links Winterthur in the canton of Zurich with Schaffhausen in the canton of Schaffhausen.
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.
It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance [2] overlooking the Rhine Falls. The first documented reference to the castle dates to the year 858 when it was the home of the Barons of Laufen. It passed through several owners until the Old Zürich War (1439–1450) when the castle was acquired by the Fulach family, from whom the city of ...
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 ...
The Rhine Falls are 150 metres (490 ft) wide and 25 metres (82 ft) high. The plateau occupies about one third of the land area of Switzerland, and about two thirds of the population live in this area. The population density on the plateau averages about 450 people per km 2 (1,166 per square mile). [7] In the regions around Lake Geneva, Lake ...
Rhine Falls at Neuhausen Neuhausen as seen from Rhine Falls Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Neuhausen am Rheinfall has an area, as of 2006 [update] , of 8.1 km 2 (3.1 sq mi). Of this area, 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.3% is forested.