Augio

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Graubünden (GR)

Region :

Moesa

Political community :

Rossa

Postal code :

6548

Coordinates :

729 883 / 136 210 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '53 " N , 9 ° 7' 35" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand eight hundred eighty-three / one hundred thirty-six thousand two hundred and ten

Height :

1034 m above sea level M.

Residents:

35 ((1980))

Website:

Rossa

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 1982

Augio was a separate municipality in the former District Moesa , Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland . In 1982 Augio and the formerly independent municipality of Santa Domenica merged with the municipality of Rossa to form the new political municipality of Rossa .

geography

The village is at an altitude of 1034 m above sea level. M. Gem. And village on the right bank of the Calancasca , in the upper Calancatal , 26 km north of Bellinzona .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1301 under the then name Augio, then in 1584 it belonged to Santa Domenica. Since the 12th century the village has been under the rule of the Barons von Sax . In 1480 they sold their rights to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio of Milan . When the latter got into a dispute with Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan in 1496 , it entered the Gray League and Augio received the status of half a Degagna.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	1980
Residents	168	109	102	35

Attractions

Catholic parish church of SS. Giuseppe e Antonio di Padova
Spadino house.

personality

Rinaldo Spadino (born October 4, 1925 in Augio (now the municipality of Rossa, GR ), † June 15, 1982 in Bellinzona ), journalist, writer, Bündner Kulturpreis

Village center
Parish Church of Santi Giuseppe e Antonio da Padova
former parish hall
Casa Spadino

literature

Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 521.
Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
Cesare Santi: Augio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 1, 2009 .
Various authors: Augio. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

Commons : Rossa, Switzerland - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Cesare Santi: Augio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 1, 2009 .
^ Catholic parish church of SS. Giuseppe e Antonio di Padova
↑ ^a ^b Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 521.
^ Stefano Barelli: Rinaldo Spadino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 20, 2012 , accessed February 14, 2020 .

[1] Cesare Santi: Augio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 1, 2009 .

[2] Catholic parish church of SS. Giuseppe e Antonio di Padova

[Martinoli-3] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 521.

[4] Stefano Barelli: Rinaldo Spadino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 20, 2012 , accessed February 14, 2020 .