Chur Rhine Valley
The Chur Rhine Valley (also commonly known as Bündner Rheintal ) describes the part of northern Grisons that the Rhine flows through after the confluence of the Front and Rear Rhine at Reichenau to the canton border at Maienfeld and Fläsch . The Bonaduz and Rhäzüns plains are also part of the Chur Rhine Valley and form the southern end. The valley is part of the natural landscape formed by the Alpine Rhine .
Geographical breakdown
The Chur Rhine Valley is divided into three sub-regions:
• the section from Reichenau to Chur , shaped by the landscape of the Tumas
• the area of the Five Villages
• the Bündner Herrschaft
climate
In terms of climate, the Chur Rhine Valley is one of the warmest and driest regions in the Canton of Graubünden . A particularly large number of blow-dry days counts .
Language and population
The spoken language is predominantly Bündnerdeutsch (in Chur in the variant of Churerdeutsch ), in Rhäzüns and especially in Domat / Ems also Romansh .
In recent years, the Chur Rhine Valley has increasingly grown together to form an agglomeration around the center of Chur.
media
Regional daily newspapers are the Bündner Tagblatt and Südostschweiz . Weekly newspapers are in the Bündner Herrschaft of the Prättigauer and Herrschäftler and in the southern part of the Bündner Rhine Valley the Ruinaulta (until the end of 2013 the Rhiiblatt ). In terms of culture and natural history, the magazines Terra Grischuna and Rheinfluss deal with the Chur Rhine Valley .
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Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '38.8 " N , 9 ° 33' 26.1" E ; CH1903: 761183 / 205106