Schallhausen brings sound diversity into the digital age
Schaffhausen is driving forward its future as a smart city. Mayor Peter Neukomm emphasises the importance of digitalisation and sustainability. The new "Schallhausen" platform combines the city's musical diversity with its digital transformation in order to position Schaffhausen as a liveable and innovative city and innovative city.
Peter Neukomm emphasises that the continuous adaptation and implementation of the Smart City strategy enables Schaffhausen to respond to technological progress and thus create a more liveable city. With innovative projects, the city is ensuring future-oriented development with a focus on digitalisation and sustainability.
One example of this constant striving for innovation is the new “Schallhausen” platform, which combines the city’s rich musical heritage with modern digital solutions. The platform is part of the Smart City urban development concept and aims to make the diversity of Schaffhausen’s music scene visible and audible.
Musical history meets digital innovation
Schaffhausen has always been a city of music with an impressive diversity in a very small area. With “Schallhausen”, this diversity can now also be experienced digitally. The platform offers both an online platform for musicians and an audio walk through the city’s musical history. From Bach to jazz, from punk to dialect – the musical diversity can be experienced through an innovative digital map that combines the geography of the city with its musical identity.
Music venues and music trail
Schallhausen is divided into two sub-projects: “Musikorte” and “Musiktrail”. The “music venues” enable musicians to present their works at various locations in the city. The endlessly expandable map is freely available to all artists with the associated anecdotes and memories. In this way, the city merges into a musical whole.
The “Musiktrail” will be presented as part of the Schaffhausen Culture Days 2025 and offers a musical tour of the city that connects important places and personalities of Schaffhausen’s music scene. Original recordings, interviews and sound design create a unique musical experience that shows Schaffhausen as a city of music in a new light.
Projects such as “Schallhausen” position Schaffhausen not only as an innovative city, but also as a culturally rich city worth living in.