Bregaglia

Bregaglia

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Maloja
BFS no. :	3792i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	7603 Vicosoprano 7605 Casaccia 7605 Stampa 7606 Bondo 7608 Castasegna 7610 Soglio 7516 Maloja
Coordinates :	765 655 / 134717 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '36 " N , 9 ° 35' 26" O ; CH1903: 765,655 / 13471746.3434 9.5906237 994
Height :	994 m above sea level M.
Height range :	665–3375 m above sea level M.
Area :	251.42 km²
Residents:	1544 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.comunedibregaglia.ch
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Bregaglia ( Romansh Bregaglia ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Maloja region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

coat of arms

The municipality has adopted the coat of arms of the Bergell district , of which it was the only municipality.

Blazon : In silver on a black shield base in pewter cut a black ibex walking upright to the right, red armored.

Community merger

It was created on January 1, 2010 and includes the previously independent municipalities of Bondo , Castasegna , Soglio , Stampa and Vicosoprano . The municipality of Bregaglia and the former Bergell district thus cover the same area.

geography

Historical aerial photo by Werner Friedli (1954)

The majority of the community is located in the Bergell, which gives it its name . The municipality also includes the village of Maloja on the pass of the same name , which is the only part of the municipality in the Upper Engadin .

A severe landslide occurred in the Bondo area at the end of August 2017 .

population

Population development
year	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Residents	1395	1434	1503	1601	1583	1576	1564	1543	1536	1537	1531

languages

While Maloja is bilingual, German and Italian, the other places have Italian-speaking majorities, with German-speaking minorities of ten to 20 percent. A Lombard dialect is spoken in Bergell , and there has been a growing German-speaking minority for decades. Originally, Romansh was also spoken, but this language has been almost completely displaced. Bargaiot is increasingly spoken; This Bergell dialect combines (based on the Lombard dialect) Italian and Rhaeto-Romanic elements with German words. The following table shows the development over the past decades:

Languages in the area of today's municipality of Bregaglia
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
Romansh	44	3.15%	37	2.58%	37	2.46%
German	197	14.12%	280	19.53%	297	19.76%
Italian	1117	80.07%	1084	75.59%	1127	74.98%
Residents	1395	100%	1434	100%	1503	100%

Attractions

In 2015, Bregaglia received the Wakker Prize for its efforts to preserve the architectural heritage in the municipality .

literature

Adolf Collenberg: Bergell. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .
The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich 2003, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
E. Gerber, L. Joos: Bergell (that). In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Basel - Berikon. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1921, p. 119.
Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 525-526.
Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden. Volume V: The valleys on the Vorderrhein, Part II. The valleys of Schams, Rheinwald, Avers, Münstertal, Bergell (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 14). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943, ISBN 978-3-906131-20-7 .

Web links

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

Bregaglia on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Bregaglia
Bergell on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
^ Adolf Collenberg: Bergell. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .
^ «Bargaiot» - the amalgam of the Bündner Sprachen SRF broadcast «Schnabelweid» from February 25, 2016
↑ The Heimatschutz pays tribute to Bergell . NZZ , January 19, 2015

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Adolf Collenberg: Bergell. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .

[3] «Bargaiot» - the amalgam of the Bündner Sprachen SRF broadcast «Schnabelweid» from February 25, 2016

[4] The Heimatschutz pays tribute to Bergell . NZZ , January 19, 2015