The Klettgau is a region and landscape and lies in the Switzerland and in Germany, in the Canton of Schaffhausen, in the Canton Zurich and in Kanton Aargau as well as in Waldshut district.
Regions
- Oberklettgau: Löhningen, Siblingen and Neunkirch, in a broader sense too Ringing & Guntmadingen
- Unterklettgau: Hallau, Oberhallau, Wilchingen, Trasadingen
- Schleitheim and Beggingen are not part of the Klettgau, but rather the Randental
Places in Switzerland
- Ringing
- Guntmadingen, after the merger in 2013, part of Ringing
- Löhningen
- Siblings
- Neunkirch
- Gächlingen
- Hallau
- Oberhallau
- Wilchingen
- Osterfingen, part of Wilchingen after the merger in 2005
- Trasadingen
There is also the German municipality of Klettgau in the neighboring German town of Klettgau.
history
The Klettgau has a long and eventful history. For more details see below Landgraviate of Klettgau
Other goals
background
The Schaffhauser Klettgau extends between the high Rhine communities of Neuhausen to Jestetten and the Beets. The fertile valley with its vine-growing communities has retained its rural character, even if it is increasingly being integrated into the agglomeration of Schaffhausen in terms of traffic.
The German part of the Klettgau consists essentially of the City of Tiengen as a former residence town and the newly founded municipality of Klettgau, the area around the Küssaburg and the Jestetter tip. The forms a geographical and natural boundary Upper Rhine. The Klettgau roughly covers the area of the former Rule of Schwarzenberg.
languages
German, Alemannic and Schaffhausen dialect.
getting there
With the bus line 21 of the RVSH / Bus Schaffhausen every 20 minutes, the line follows the former Schaffhausen / Schleitheim (St.S.S.) tram to Oberklettgau, with Deutsche Bahn on the Hochrheinbahn (Line Schaffhausen - Erzingen - Waldshut - Basel in the Unterklettgau. DB train stations are in Ringing, Neunkirch, Hallau-Wilchingen (in the hamlet Untereuhaus between the two villages, continue by regional bus) and Trasadingen.
By car from Schaffhausen on Hauptstrasse 13 (motorway exit Schaffhausen Süd, direction Neuhausen, then direction Freiburg i.B., pay attention to the brown signs for Klettgau), by car from Waldshut (D) via the B34 and the Hauptstrasse 13.
mobility
Well-developed local public transport, the route is due to historical reasons and sometimes not easy to understand, sometimes RVSH and German buses circulate Südbadenbus GmbH / SGB The topographical conditions and a well-developed network of cycle paths make the Klettgau very attractive for cyclists.
Sights (Switzerland)
- Vineyards of Ringing / Löhningen / Siblingen, Hallau and Wilchingen / Osterfingen
- Local museums of Ringing, Neunkirch, Hallau and in the nearby Schleitheim, the latter with the space dedicated to the history of the Anabaptist movement.
- Plow Museum in Guntmadingen
- Hallau mountain church
- Hikes on the Randen, climbing the Beringer, Siblinger or Schleitheimer Randenturm: from the Randenturm you can enjoy the view of the Alps and the Black Forest over the treetops of the wooded Rand. This is on the Siblinger Randen Dining restaurant from Wed - Sun open, the cozy "Mountain restaurant" at the Beringer Randenturm from Thu - Sun only in the afternoons and at the Schleitheimer Randenturm on Sundays in summer.
- All Saints' Day Museum in Schaffhausen.
- Rhine Falls
Sights (Germany)
- Tiengen Castle with Klettgau Museum
- Baroque church Tiengen
activities
- Excursion to Schleitheim ins Plaster museum, Guided tours with inspection of the gypsum mining tunnel (on the first Sunday afternoon of the month from April to October)
- Excursion to Schleitheim for Thermenmuseum the small Roman town of Juliomagus
- Visiting the car - Oberhallau hill climb for motor sport enthusiasts, always in August
- Visit the autumn Sundays of the Unterklettgau communities Hallau, Schaffhauserland.ch> Blauburgunderland: Wilchingen and other wine and trotting festivals.
kitchen
In the wine-growing region ("Blauburgunderland"), culinary delights are often enjoyed in liquid form; there are opportunities for wine tasting in all wine-growing communities.
nightlife
Schaffhausen can be reached within a few minutes by public transport, and there is a night bus from for returning night owls Schaffhausen bus.
climate
In Klettgau, in the rain shadow of the Black Forest located, there is little precipitation, it is one of the driest and sunny regions of Switzerland. The climate is mild, which contributes to the fact that the Klettgau is one of the largest contiguous vineyards and one of the granaries in Switzerland.
