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Schleitheim
Schleitheim is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland, located directly on the border with Germany.
It is known as the location where the seven articles of the Schleitheim Confession were written.
Schleitheim has an area, as of 2006[update], of 21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi). Of this area, 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The area of today's Schleitheim was already settled in Roman times. A vicus at that time bore the name Iuliomagus. In 995 the German name is attested for the first time as Sleitheim. This name stems from Old High German sleit (English: 'gently sloping, inclined') and Old High German heim (English: 'house, residence'), meaning "settlement on a gentle slope on the inclined plain."
Schleitheim gained historical significance as the birthplace of the Schleitheim Confession of 1527, the oldest creed of Anabaptism, written under the direction of Michael Sattler.
In 1530 the villages Schleitheim and Beggingen became part of the territory of the city of Schaffhausen, in exchange for Grafenhausen and Birkendorf which became part of the landgraviate Stühlingen.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, an ox head sable lined white.
Schleitheim has a population (as of 2008[update]) of 1,663, of which 12.0% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008[update]), 45.3% are from Germany, 10.3% are from Italy, 2% are from Croatia, 25.6% are from Serbia, 1.5% are from Macedonia, and 15.3% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).
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Schleitheim
Schleitheim is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland, located directly on the border with Germany.
It is known as the location where the seven articles of the Schleitheim Confession were written.
Schleitheim has an area, as of 2006[update], of 21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi). Of this area, 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
The area of today's Schleitheim was already settled in Roman times. A vicus at that time bore the name Iuliomagus. In 995 the German name is attested for the first time as Sleitheim. This name stems from Old High German sleit (English: 'gently sloping, inclined') and Old High German heim (English: 'house, residence'), meaning "settlement on a gentle slope on the inclined plain."
Schleitheim gained historical significance as the birthplace of the Schleitheim Confession of 1527, the oldest creed of Anabaptism, written under the direction of Michael Sattler.
In 1530 the villages Schleitheim and Beggingen became part of the territory of the city of Schaffhausen, in exchange for Grafenhausen and Birkendorf which became part of the landgraviate Stühlingen.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, an ox head sable lined white.
Schleitheim has a population (as of 2008[update]) of 1,663, of which 12.0% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008[update]), 45.3% are from Germany, 10.3% are from Italy, 2% are from Croatia, 25.6% are from Serbia, 1.5% are from Macedonia, and 15.3% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4.4%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).