Donat GR

GR is the abbreviation for the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Donat .

Donat GR
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Viamala
BFS no. :	3705
Postal code :	7433
Coordinates :	752 472  /  166118 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '44 "  N , 9 ° 25' 47"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-two thousand four hundred seventy-two  /  166118
Height :	1037  m above sea level M.
Height range :	890–1872 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.67  km²
Residents:	202 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.donat.ch
Donat GR
Location of the municipality

Donat ( German  Donath ) is a municipality in the Viamala region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

It was created with effect from January 1, 2003 from the union of the previously independent communities Donath and Patzen-Fardün . At the same time as the merger, the place names were adapted to the current Romanesque spelling: the place name Donath became Donat, the place name Patzen zu Pazen and the place name Fardün zu Farden.

• Pazen-Farden, 78 pop.
• Donat, 156 pop.

The new municipality of Donat had 234 inhabitants when it was unified and is therefore still a small municipality.

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold (yellow), a red sword kmit black handle, crossed with a black torch

Patzen-Fardün

Donath

The coat of arms of the new municipality Donat was combined from the slightly changed coats of arms of the original municipalities: On the left the coat of arms of the former municipality Patzen-Fardün:

Sword and torch symbolize the struggle for freedom of the cooperative organized Schamser farmers.

In the right field the coat of arms of the former municipality Donath:

In silver (white) an upright red griffin (lion griffin ) with a flight split by red and black and black fangs, in the right muzzle holding a blue sword with a gold grip. Adoption of the coat of arms of the Marchion family, which played an important role in the village's history.

history

When the connecting road to Wergenstein was built in 1926, workers discovered two bronze artifacts, a carved stone object and human skeletal remains near the Valtschiel Bridge. In 1927/28 Walo Burkart carried out further excavations. Four grave goods were found in the vicinity: a bronze ax, a bronze dagger, a bronze needle point and a cut stone object. In 1961 five more burials were discovered in stone boxes when the road was widened . It was a double burial of adults, a double grave for children and a single adult burial . Grave goods - two bronze needles - allow dating to the end of the Early Bronze Age . After the evaluation, the graves were filled in again.

population

Pazen-Farden Church

Population development
year	1835	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	167	188	128	118	175	171	197	229	209	213	206	214

languages

Originally, the inhabitants of all three communities spoke Sutselvisch , a Graubünden Romance dialect. In 1880 the communities were almost monolingual. In 1910, 85% and 88% respectively still spoke Romansh. Little changed until World War II, and in 1970 144 of the 169 inhabitants were Romansh. While the majority of the population in Donath speaks Romansh today, Patzen-Fardün had a German-speaking majority for the first time in 2000.

Languages ​​in Donat
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	32	18.29%	50	29.24%	81	41.12%
Romansh	141	80.57%	119	69.59%	106	53.81%
Residents	175	100%	171	100%	197	100%

Languages ​​in Patzen-Fardün
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	8th	16.67%	20th	37.04%	33	51.56%
Romansh	40	83.33%	34	62.96%	31	48.44%
Residents	48	100%	54	100%	64	100%

A total of 149 (= 76%) of the population understand Romansh. Italian is spoken very sporadically. German and Romansh are the two official official languages.

nationality

Of the 229 residents at the end of 2005, 215 were Swiss nationals.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Donat

The Donater Church , the Pazen-Farden Church and the Valtschiel Bridge designed by the engineer Robert Maillart are listed as historical monuments .

literature

• Jürg Simonett: Donat. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .
• Jürg Simonett: Pazen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .
• Jürg Simonett: Farden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .

Web links

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

• Donat GR on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the Donat municipality

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. ^ Stiftungswf.ch : Foundation of Swiss coats of arms and flags, mergers and independence of municipalities - Donat GRR , accessed on January 18, 2010