Braggio

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Braggio
Braggio coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Moesa
Political community : Calancai2
Postal code : 6544
former BFS no. : 3803
Coordinates : 729 922  /  129 017 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '0 "  N , 9 ° 7' 30"  O ; CH1903:  729,922  /  129,017
Height : 1298  m above sea level M.
Area : 6.91  km²
Residents: 50 (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 7 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.comunedicalanca.ch
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2015

Braggio is a village in the municipality of Calanca , which lies in the former Calanca district in the Moesa district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from July 31, 1946

The place is on a terrace 500 meters in altitude on the left above the valley floor of the Calanca valley . Of the entire former municipal area of ​​688 hectares, 462 hectares are covered by forest and wood. Another 154 hectares are unproductive areas (mostly mountains), 66 hectares of agricultural land and 6 hectares of settlement area.

Braggio borders the municipalities of Buseno and Santa Maria in Calanca .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1419 under the then name Bragio . As a half degagna (user cooperative ) it was part of the municipality of Calanca and had been independent since 1851. The mayor was Gabriele Minotti until 2014 (as of 2009).

Community merger

Until December 31, 2014, Braggio was a separate political municipality . On January 1, 2015, it merged with the municipalities of Arvigo , Cauco and Selma to form the new municipality of Calanca .

coat of arms

Blazon : In red a slanted silver knife with a golden (yellow) handle, crossed with an overturned golden arrow.

The symbol of St. Bartholomew is the knife, the arrow stands for the new church dedicated to the painful Mother of God.

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2004 2014
Residents 123 108 98 54 62 64 50

Of the 64 residents at the end of 2004, 56 (= 87.5%) are Swiss nationals and eight are immigrants.

Attractions

  • The Catholic Parish Church of SS. Bernardo e Nicolao

traffic

The place can be reached by mule track or by cable car from Arvigo. A route may only be used with a special permit.

Personalities

  • Andrea Sciuchetti (born May 10, 1906 in Sils in Engadin / Segl , † January 30, 1997 in Chur ), from Braggio, agronomist, director of the Plantahof agricultural school, president of the Swiss Brown Swiss Association

literature

  • Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 518.
  • 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: Braggio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
  • Alberto Tognola: La püsè folca l'è quéla da l'üš. Braggio: Cose varie sulla gente, l'ambiente, la lingua, la storia . Grono, 2014.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cesare Santi: Braggio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
  2. ^ Catholic parish church SS. Bernardo e Nicolao
  3. ↑ Yuri Auderset: Andrea Sciuchetti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 28, 2012 , accessed May 6, 2020 .