Neunkirch
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Neunkirch is a small, historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is set in the south of the Lange Rande (), part of the mountains range Randen. thumb|left|250px|Neunkirch
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Neunkirch
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- town, municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Neunkirch 162.JPG
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Neunkirch.png
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- Flag of Neunkirch.gif
- Swiss town.canton
- Schaffhausen
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-SH
- Swiss town.district
- n.a.
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 8213
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2904
- Swiss town.area
- 17.92
- Swiss town.elevation
- 429
- Swiss town.elevation_description
- Vor em obere Toor
- Swiss town.website
- www.neunkirch.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Ruedi Vögele
- Swiss town.mayor_asof
- January 2017
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Gemeindepräsident
- Swiss town.parliament_name
- none (Gemeindeversammlung)
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- Geography
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- Demographics
- Economy
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Notable people
- References
Neunkirch is a small, historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is set in the south of the Lange Rande (), part of the mountains range Randen. thumb|left|250px|Neunkirch
==Name== The first documentary record of Neunkirch is in 850; the town is called Niuchilchun. It is Old High German and means new church. This name varies several times during the ages. Versions are known such as Nuinchilchen, Niuchilchen and Nüwenkilch. Some 17th-century documents mention Nükilch or Nünkilch.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neunkirch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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