Rüdlingen is a

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in the

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Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimat ...

in Switzerland.

History

Rüdlingen is first mentioned in 827 as ''Ruodiningun''.

Geography

Rüdlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (10.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Schaffhausen district on the Rhine knee above

Eglisau Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as ''Ouwa''. In 1238 it was mentioned as ''Owe'', in 1304 as ''ze ...

. With Buchberg, Rüdlingen forms one of the two

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s of the Canton of Schaffhausen on the Rhine, bordered by the Canton of Zürich and

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Per pale Azure an Oar and a ookin saltire Or and Or a Semi Mill Wheel Azure.''

Transportation

A road border crossing into Germany's

Lottstetten Lottstetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History In 1806 Lottstetten became part of Baden. From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Lottstetten together with Altenburg, Jestetten and what was t ...

municipality,

state, is located at Ischläg. The town in Germany is Nack.

Demographics

Rüdlingen has a population () of 665, of which 7.2% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 53.1% are from

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, and 46.9% are from another country.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
accessed 2 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.6%) and English being third ( 0.5%).
accessed 17-December-2009 The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (31.4%), and the FDP (23.6%) . In Rüdlingen about 87.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

upper secondary education Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...

or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied ar ...

''). In Rüdlingen, , 2.01% of the population attend

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

or another pre-school, 6.5% attend a

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, 2.63% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.01% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 14.3% of the population belonged to the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and 68.5% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. The historical population is given in the following table:

Sights

The village of Rüdlingen with a number of

half timbered Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...

houses is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.ISOS site
accessed 8 December 2009

Economy

Rüdlingen has an unemployment rate ( of 0.75%. , there were 56 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 11 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 100 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 21 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.7%. There were 34 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 19.1% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 80.9% were involved in the third. At the same time, 55.9% of the working population was employed full-time, and 44.1% was employed part-time. There were 136 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.2% of the workforce. there were 102 residents who worked in the municipality, while 223 residents worked outside Rüdlingen and 40 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there are 3 restaurants, and 1 hotel with 68 beds. The hospitality industry in Rüdlingen employs 21 people.

References

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