Schaffhausen Switzerland

Schaffhausen (German: Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 33,693. The old portion of the city has many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture, as well as the impressive old canton fortress, the Munot.

Schaffhausen is located in a finger of Swiss territory surrounded on three sides by Germany.

The Rhine Falls (Rheinfall in German) are the largest waterfalls in Europe and are located on the High Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland

And the morning will blow away

as the waves crash and fall.

And the Reach like a siren sings

as she beckons and calls.

As the coastline recedes from view

and the seas swell and roll

I will take from the Reach

all that she has to teach

To the depths of my soul...