Switzerland Schaffhausen

The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved, though the former city wall now consists of houses. The medieval part of the town has been pedestrianised and many of the medieval buildings are painted with beautiful frescoes. Stein am Rhein is home to a number of buildings that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance, including three churches, Burg Hohenklingen above the town, an older late-Roman castle, and the city walls. The list also includes six houses or municipal buildings located in the old city.

The old portion of the city has many fine Renaissance era buildings as well as the impressive old canton fortress, the Munot. A train runs out of town to the nearby Rhine Falls, Europe's largest waterfall. There are 35 sites in Schaffhausen that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance including the entire old city of Schaffhausen, the city walls, the Giesserei +GF+ Werk I factory, the city and cantonal archives, the Schweizersbild Paleolithic cave and the Herblingen and Grüthalde Neolithic settlements, 4 former guild houses and 7 listed houses. There are only 2 listed religious buildings, the former Benedictine All Saints Abbey and the Church of St. John.