Alvaschein

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Alvaschein
Alvaschein coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Albula
Political community : Albula / Alvrai2
Postal code : 7451
former BFS no. : 3501
Coordinates : 761 536  /  171481 coordinates: 46 ° 40 '30 "  N , 9 ° 33' 0"  O ; CH1903:  761 536  /  171481
Height : 1001  m above sea level M.
Area : 4.08  km²
Residents: 134 (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 33 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.albula-alvra.ch
Alvaschein, view from NE

Alvaschein, view from NE
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Alvaschein ( Rhaeto-Romanic Alvaschagn [ (d) alvɲa ist ]) is a village in the municipality of Albula / Alvra in the Swiss canton of Graubünden , which is part of the Alvaschein district in the Albula  district.

Alvaschein was an independent political municipality until December 31, 2014 . On January 1, 2015, it merged with the municipalities of Alvaneu , Brienz / Brinzauls , Mon , Stierva , Surava and Tiefencastel to form the new municipality of Albula / Alvra .

coat of arms

Blazon : split between black and silver (white); in black a silver key , in silver a black carpenter's hatchet

The key and carpenter's hatchet refer to the church patrons of St. Peter in Mistail and St. Joseph in Alvaschein.

geography

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2015
Historical aerial photo from 2500 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1928

The former municipality is located in the Surmeir region on a hill 200 m above the Albula valley between the Rhine valley and the Engadine . Of the 406 hectares of the former municipal area, 236 hectares are forest, 127 hectares of agricultural land (meadow and arable land), 30 hectares of settlement area and 13 hectares of unproductive area.

Alvaschein borders on Lantsch / Lenz and Vaz / Obervaz .

history

The former community is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1154 on the occasion of the abolition of the women's monastery ( coloniam unam de Aluisinis ) , which has only been preserved as a later copy . The place name should refer to one of the 8./9. Century in Graubünden common personal names Lupicinus or Lubucio go back, but maybe also to Latin Albesius / Albisius or Albucius . The form starting with d first appears in 1551 as Dalwasein .

Since 1282 it has been under the prince-bishops of Chur . From 1367 the former community belonged to the church association . The residents finally bought themselves free from the prince-bishop in 1732. Almost the entire village was cremated in a fire in 1745. Since 1851 the place has been the seat of the district of the same name.

population

Population development
year 1850 1860 1900 1910 1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2014
Residents 156 137 276 (railway construction) 165 208 235 149 145 154 143 134

The population was relatively stable in the second half of the 19th century. 1900 brought a historic high with 276 inhabitants. Many of them, however, were workers who were involved in the construction of the Albula Railway at the time . For the same reason (construction work), the population in 1970 is also above average.

languages

The original majority language was Rhaeto-Romanic , which is now only spoken by a minority.

Languages ​​in Alvaschein
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 73 48.99% 64 44.13% 82 53.25%
Romansh 71 47.65% 67 46.21% 62 40.26%
Italian 5 3.36% 2 1.38% 5 3.25%
Residents 149 100% 145 100% 154 100%

Denominations

Alvaschein Church

At the time of the Reformation, the population of Alvaschein belonged to those communities in the canton that remained true to the "old doctrine". In 2000 there were 73% Roman Catholic, 15% Evangelical Reformed and 2% Orthodox Christians. There were also 3% Muslims and 2% non-denominational. 5% of the population did not provide any information about their creed.

nationality

Of the 143 residents at the end of 2005, 138 were Swiss nationals. The few immigrants come from eight different countries - including Germany and Serbia-Montenegro in particular.

economy

There are jobs in agriculture and forestry, in trade and in the service sector.

Attractions

  • The biggest attraction is the church of St. Peter Mistail , built in the Carolingian period , which is a cultural and historical monument of European importance. The village church of St. Joseph was built between 1653 and 1657.
  • Residential building
  • Solis Viaduct

literature

Web links

Commons : Alvaschein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andres Kristol: Alvaschein / Alvaschagn GR (Albula) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 87.
  2. ↑ House on baukultur.gr.ch