Casti-Wergenstein

Casti-Wergenstein
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Viamala
BFS no. :	3703
Postal code :	7433
Coordinates :	751 733  /  165 665 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '30 "  N , 9 ° 25' 12"  O ; CH1903:  751 733  /  one hundred sixty-five thousand six hundred sixty-five
Height :	1489  m above sea level M.
Height range :	1019-3047 m above sea level M.
Area :	25.62  km²
Residents:	56 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Casti village
Location of the municipality

Casti-Wergenstein ( Romansh Casti-Vargistagn ) is a municipality in the Viamala region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver (white) on black Three rock a red castle tower, beseitet of two six-pointed red stars

The coat of arms refers to the name of the municipality: the castle tower stands for Casti, the Dreifels for (Wergen) stone.

geography

The community consists of the widely separated districts of Casti (1125 m) and Wergenstein (1489 m) on the lower Schamserberg. Of the total municipal area of ​​2559 hectares, 1343 hectares are used for agricultural purposes (1275 hectares of which are Alpine farms), 998 hectares of unproductive area (mostly mountains), 203 hectares of forest and wood and 15 hectares of settlement area.

Casti-Wergenstein borders on Andeer , Clugin , Donat GR , Mathon GR , Safien and Sufers .

population

languages

The original language of the inhabitants is Sutselvisch , a Graubünden Romance dialect. The community remained almost monolingual until the First World War. Thereafter, Romansh began to decline by the Second World War (74% in 1941), but this was reversed by 1980: in 1970, 83% spoke Romansh. Since the 1980s, there has been a change of language due to the immigration of German-speaking people:

Languages ​​in Casti-Wergenstein
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	7th	19.44%	14th	32.56%	24	42.86%
Romansh	29	80.56%	29	67.44%	31	55.36%
Residents	36	100%	43	100%	56	100%

Romansh and German are official languages ​​on an equal footing. The official language according to the cantonal language law of 2006 is only Romansh.

nationality

Of the 61 residents at the end of 2005, all were Swiss citizens.

politics

The current mayor is Marco Dolf.

history

Casti was already settled in the early Middle Ages. A first church was built in the 12th century, a free farming community in the 13th century. The Reformation was introduced in the 1530s. Wergenstein was in the 6./7. Settled in the 18th century and introduced the Reformation shortly after Casti. In the church of Casti there are frescoes by the Waltensburg master .

Today's municipality was created in 1923 from the merger of the municipalities of Casti and Wergenstein.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Casti-Wergenstein

In addition to the church in Casti, the Wergenstein church is also a listed building.

The Center da Capricorns is a rural information and innovation center.

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  Casti Church

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  Wergenstein Church

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  Capricorn center da capricorns

literature

• Jürg Simonett: Wergenstein. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Casti-Wergenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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. ↑ Language law of the Canton of Graubünden of October 19, 2006 (PDF; 274 kB).