Cunter

Cunter

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Albula
Political community :	Sursesi2
Postal code :	7452
former BFS no. :	3532
Coordinates :	764 956 / 164012 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '25 " N , 9 ° 35' 31" O ; CH1903: 764 956 / 16401246,607 9,592 1182
Height :	1182 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.12 km²
Residents:	256 (December 31, 2014)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.surses.ch
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Cunter ( German and until 1943 Conters in Oberhalbstein ) was until December 31, 2015 a political municipality in the Surses district in the Albula district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . On January 1, 2016, Cunter merged with the municipalities of Bivio , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom-Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong-Rona to form the new municipality of Surses .

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold (yellow) the red bust of St. Charles Borromeo

The motif of the coat of arms is the patron of the local parish church.

geography

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1928)

Cunter is a former municipality in the Oberhalbstein region and is located on the right bank of the Julia on the road from Tiefencastel to Silvaplana (the Julier pass road). In addition to the village, the hamlet of Burvagn and the Mäiensässen Muntschect and Promastgel also belong to the village. Of the entire former community area of 711 hectares, 355 hectares are covered by forest and wood. At least 230 hectares can be used for agriculture - the majority of it, however, are alpine farms. Another 108 hectares are unproductive areas (mostly mountains) and 18 hectares are settlement areas. Cunter borders on Riom-Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin and Albula / Alvra .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2014
Residents	182	152	152	116	141	175	198	215	256

languages

The original language is Surmeir , a regional dialect of Graubünden Romance . The former municipality remained almost monolingual in Romansh until 1970. While in 1880 86.4% said this language was their mother tongue, in 1910 it had risen to 95.39%. In 1941 it was still 86.4% and in 1970 it was 87.93%. Since then, there has been an increased change of language to German, which can be attributed to immigration. This is shown in the table below:

Languages in Cunter
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	27	19.15%	54	30.86%	72	36.36%
Graubünden Romance	105	74.47%	95	54.29%	101	51.01%
Italian	8th	5.67%	9	5.14%	11	5.56%
Residents	141	100%	175	100%	198	100%

The official language is the Graubünden Romance language.

Origin and nationality

Of the 215 residents at the end of 2005, 184 (= 85.58%) are Swiss citizens.

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Karl Borromeo

Catholic parish church of St. Karl Borromeo

literature

Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden III. The valley communities Räzünser Boden, Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Oberhalbstein, Upper and Lower Engadine. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 11). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1940. DNB 760079625 .
Gion Peder Thöni: Cunter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .

Web links

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

Cunter on the ETHorama platform
Page about Cunter on the website of the Savognin tourist region

Individual evidence

^ Catholic parish church of St. Karl Borromeo

[1] Catholic parish church of St. Karl Borromeo