Unterlandquart district

Unterlandquart district
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Grisons
Region ISO :	CH-GR
FSO number :	1813
Map of the former Unterlandquart district

The former districts of the canton of Graubünden

The district of Unterlandquart ( Rhaeto-Romanic district da Landquart sut ) was a civil court district of the Swiss canton of Graubünden from 1851 to 2000 . It comprised the districts of Schiers and Seewis in the outer Prättigau , which transferred to the new Prättigau-Davos district at the beginning of 2001 , as well as the five villages and Maienfeld districts , which have since formed the Landquart district .

The communities of the former Unterlandquart district

circle	Municipal coat of arms	Name of the parish	Area in km²	Remarks
District five villages		Haldenstein	18.56
		Igis	10.88
		Mastrils	7.98
		Says	14.47
		Trimmis	28.40
		Untervaz	27.72
		Zizers	11.01
Maienfeld district		Bottle	19.94
		Jenins	10.54
		Maienfeld	32.33
		Malans	11.40
Schiers district	-	Cavadura	?	At Grüsch since 1875.
		Grüsch	43.30
		Schiers	61.66
	-	Schuders	?	At Schiers since 1878.
Seewis district		Fanas	21.84
	-	Hintervalzeina	?	United with Vordervalzeina in 1891.
		Seewis	49.63
		(Front) Valzeina	11.44	United with Hintervalzeina in 1891.

1854: Split from Zizers → Mastrils
1875: Merger of Grüsch and Cavadura → Grüsch
1876: Merger Sigg and some surrounding farms move from Grüsch → Vordervalzeina
1878: Merger of Schiers and Schuders → Schiers
1880: Split from Trimmis → Says
1891: Fusion Vordervalzeina and Hintervalzeina → Valzeina
1977: Dissolution of the community area Maienfeld-Fläsch → Fläsch and Maienfeld
2001: District change from Fanas , Grüsch , Schiers , Seewis in Prättigau and Valzeina from the former Unterlandquart district → Prättigau-Davos district

2001: District change of all remaining municipalities from the former Unterlandquart district → Landquart district

Population development
data according to Jürg Simonett: Unterlandquart. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .