Fürstenau GR

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

Fürstenau
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Viamala
BFS no. :	3633
Postal code :	7414
Coordinates :	753 759  /  176 281 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '12 "  N , 9 ° 27' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine  /  one hundred seventy-six thousand two hundred and eighty-one
Height :	650  m above sea level M.
Height range :	640–786 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.32  km²
Residents:	353 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	267 inhabitants per km²
Website:	fürstenau.ch
Fürstenau
Location of the municipality

Fürstenau ( Rhaeto-Romanic Farschno ) is a municipality in the Viamala region of the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The community used to have town charter .

geography

Fürstenau with the Episcopal Palace in the back left and Schloss Schauenstein on the right behind the Stoffelhaus

Stoffelhaus

Fürstenau consists of the historic town of Fürstenau and the district of Fürstenaubruck above the confluence of the Hinterrhein and Albula rivers . Fürstenau is registered in the inventory of places worth protecting in Switzerland of national importance.

history

Mairaus, the old name of Fürstenau, was first mentioned in a document in the first half of the 12th century. The new name is first recorded in 1257 with Fürstinowe . Fürst refers here to the Bishop of Chur, who owned the Meierhof von Fürstenau. The name was only later transferred to the castle that was built afterwards.

population

Population development
year	1803	1850	1860	1888	1900	1930	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2016
Residents	107	304	244	316	235	200	253	198	271	311	329	345

The first wave of emigration occurred between 1850 and 1860. At that time, the population sank by 19.74% within a decade. Thereafter, the population grew continuously until 1888, when 316 residents were counted (1860–1888: + 29.51%). Two further waves of emigration between 1888 and 1900 and 1910 and 1930 caused the population to drop to a historical low of 200 people in 1930 (1888–1930: −36.71%). Then there was strong growth until 1950, followed by a last wave of emigration between 1950 and 1980. After the historic low of 1980, the population grew rapidly.

The reason for this is the beautiful landscape combined with good transport links (rail, motorway). The young people from the village stay and commute instead of leaving Fürstenau. At the same time, many “Unterländer” are moving in.

languages

Originally, the residents spoke Sutselvisch , a vernacular of the Graubünden Romansh, as a colloquial language . But the residents switched to the German language early on. While in 1880 20% of the population was Romansh as their mother tongue - and this remained so until 1900 - the proportion fell to 14% in 1910 and to 11% in 1941. Since then it has continued to decline. The community is now almost entirely German-speaking. This is also proven by the following table:

Languages ​​in Fürstenau GR
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	170	85.86%	243	89.66%	287	92.28%
Romansh	13	6.57%	15th	5.54%	10	3.22%
Italian	10	5.05%	4th	1.48%	6th	1.93%
Residents	198	100%	271	100%	311	100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 329 residents at the end of 2005, 303 (= 92.10%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Fürstenau

The castle town of Fürstenau has remained structurally almost unchanged since the 19th century and is therefore a sight as an ensemble. Also worth mentioning are:

• Reformed village church
• Schauenstein Castle or Upper Castle
• Episcopal Castle or Lower Castle
• Stoffelhaus
• Casa Aperta

literature

• Markus Rischgasser: Fürstenau - city in the smallest format (= Swiss Art Guide. No. 697, series 70). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2001, ISBN 3-85782-697-5 .
• Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden III. The valley areas Räzünser Boden, Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Oberhalbstein, Upper and Lower Engadine (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 11). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1940.
• Jürg Simonett: Fürstenau. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2005 .

Web links

Commons : Fürstenau, Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fürstenau GR on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality and city of Fürstenau

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. ^ House Stoffel
3. ↑ Casa Aperta