What is Schaffhausen?
{{Infobox Swiss town |subject_name = Schaffhausen |image_photo = 1 schaffhausen 2012.jpg |image_caption = Schaffhausen in 2012 |municipality_name = Schaffhausen |municipality_type = town, municipality |imagepath_coa = Schaffhausen-coat of arms.svg |map = Karte Gemeinde Schaffhausen.png |canton = Schaffhausen |iso-code-region = CH-SH |district = ''(None in canton of Schaffhausen)'' |coordinates = {{coord|47|42|N|8|38|E|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8231 Hemmental |municipality_code = 2939 |area = 41.85 |elevation = 403 |elevation_description = Bahnhofstrasse |population = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-SH|2939}} |populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-SH}} |website = www.stadt-schaffhausen.ch |mayor = [[Peter Neukomm]] |mayor_asof= January 2017 |mayor_party=SP |mayor_title = Stadtpräsident |list_of_mayors = List of mayors of Schaffhausen |parliament_name = [[#Parliament|Grosser Stadtrat]] |parliament_number_of_members = 36 |executive_name = [[#Government|Stadtrat]] |executive_number_of_members = 5 |places = Schaffhausen, Breite, Gruben, Buchthalen, St. Niklausen, Herblingen, Hauental, [[Hemmental]] |neighboring_municipalities= [[Beringen, Switzerland|Beringen]], [[Büsingen am Hochrhein]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Baden-Württemberg|BW]]), [[Büttenhardt]], [[Dörflingen]], [[Feuerthalen]] ([[canton of Zürich|ZH]]), [[Flurlingen]] (ZH), [[Merishausen]], [[Neuhausen am Rheinfall]], [[Stetten, Schaffhausen|Stetten]], [[Thayngen]] |twintowns = [[Sindelfingen]] (Germany), [[Singen am Hohentwiel]] (Germany), [[Dobrich]] (Bulgaria) }} {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Reichsstadt Schaffhausen'' |conventional_long_name = Imperial City of Schaffhausen |common_name = Schaffhausen | |era = Middle Ages |status = City-state |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Republic