Stein am Rhein [SEP] named after
, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
History.
In or around 1007 Emperor Henry II moved St George's Abbey from its former location on the Hohentwiel in Singen to Stein am Rhein, at that time little more than a small fishing village on the Rhine. This was in order to strengthen his presence at this strategic point where major road and river routes intersected. He gave the abbots extensive rights over Stein and its trade so that they could develop it commercially.
Kaulbach, Sandreuter was able to attend the nude drawing classes at the Academy of Fine Arts. 
He went with Böcklin to Florence in 1874 and, due to an illness, stayed with him until 1877, then went to Paris. After two years there, he returned to Florence then, after another two years, opened a studio in Basel. He received numerous contracts for murals in public buildings; notably the monastery in Stein am Rhein. In 1896. he was named a member of the . The following year,