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Coat of arms of Fläsch
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Landquart
BFS no. : 3951i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 7306
Coordinates : 757 711  /  210469 coordinates: 47 ° 1 '35 "  N , 9 ° 30' 49"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and eleven  /  210469
Height : 528  m above sea level M.
Height range : 478–2600 m above sea level M.
Area : 19.94  km²
Residents: 799 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.flaesch.ch
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Location of the municipality
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historical aerial photo, taken by Werner Friedli (October 10, 1963)

Fläsch is a municipality in the Landquart region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is one of the four communities in the Bündner Herrschaft area .

coat of arms

Blazon : three golden ears of wheat growing from a golden (yellow) shield base in blue.

The coat of arms corresponds to a municipal seal from 1803 in the traditional colors.

geography

The municipality is the northernmost place in the canton of Graubünden and is located on the right side of the Chur Rhine Valley at the foot of the Fläscherberg and the St. Luzisteig . Of the entire municipal area of ​​1995 hectares, 874 hectares are covered by forest and wood, 705 hectares of agricultural land (including vineyards), 376 hectares of unproductive area (mostly mountains) and 40 hectares of settlement area. Fläsch borders on Maienfeld , in the west on Bad Ragaz on the other side of the Rhine in the canton of St. Gallen and in the north on Balzers in the Principality of Liechtenstein .

Until October 23, 1977 there was a so-called Kommunanz , the community area Maienfeld-Fläsch , which belonged to the communities of Fläsch and Maienfeld .

history

A Bronze Age settlement existed on the Matluschkopf, and early Iron Age houses near Parsax. Four Roman lime kilns and coins from the 1st century AD were found. In the year 831 the place is mentioned for the first time as Villa Flascae. In the early Middle Ages it belonged to the Franconian county of Unterrätien , in the High Middle Ages it was part of the Maienfeld-Fläsch rule. It was Alemannized in the 14th century . In 1436, Fläsch became a member of the Ten Court Association . In 1480 a chapel dedicated to St. Niklaus is mentioned, which at that time was under the patronage of the Pfäfers monastery . In 1509, Fläsch was bought by the Drei Bünde and became their governor. In 1524, Fläsch became the first Graubünden community to convert to the Evangelical Reformed faith, and in 1569 it was separated from the St. Amandus Church in Maienfeld . From the 16th to the end of the 18th century, Fläsch was also known as a bathing resort (with a corresponding name affix) and popular because of its beautiful location and its good wines. 1617-1817 the borders with Maienfeld were adjusted. In 1803, Fläsch became an independent municipality. In 1850, Fläsch had 441 inhabitants, after that the number sank to 383 (1900) and 317 (1970), since then it has increased again and reached 535 inhabitants in 2000. The regulation of goods was ended in 1979 and the businesses were renovated by specializing in viticulture, cattle breeding and agriculture. There is significant forestry, but viticulture has been the most important industry since the 9th century.

population

Population development
year 1850 1870 1888 1900 1920 1941 1970 2000 2004 2006 2008 2017
population 441 462 408 383 421 417 317 535 586 602 590 774

Between 1850 and 1870 the population increased slightly - only to decrease sharply in two phases until 1900 (1870–1900: -17%). This was followed by a twenty-year growth phase. Between 1941 and 1970 there was massive emigration to a new low (1941–1970: -24%). Since then, the population has been growing steadily and rapidly (1970–2004: + 85%).

languages

The Romansh- speaking population in the early Middle Ages was Germanized by Alemannic immigrants as early as the 14th century. The official language of the municipality is German. In addition to the languages ​​listed in the table, seven people named Portuguese and three English as their main language in 2000.

Languages ​​in flask
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 339 97.41% 400 96.39% 519 97.01%
Romansh 5 1.44% 2 0.48% 4th 0.75%
Residents 348 100% 415 100% 535 100%

Religions - denominations

Fläsch was the first Graubünden community to introduce the reformed doctrine in 1524 . The Reformed Church dominated for centuries. This has changed significantly due to leaving the church and immigration. In 2000 there were 70% Evangelical Reformed and 23% Roman Catholic Christians. In addition, there were 5% non-denominational. Another 1% of the population did not provide any information about their creed.

Origin - nationality

Of the 586 residents at the end of 2004, 559 (= 95%) were Swiss citizens. At the last census, 511 (= 95%) were Swiss citizens, including 24 dual citizens. The largest groups of immigrants come from Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Portugal and Italy.

societies

Despite the small population, there is a lively club life in the village. In addition to the winegrowing association, in which almost all self-pressers are represented, there are also various sports clubs for all age groups. One of the oldest village associations are the rural women, founded in November 1938. They delight with soup days, visits to old people's homes and lectures. For young people, the youth work association Fläsch, Jenins and Maienfeld offers a youth room in Maienfeld.

politics

Memorial stone in memory of the amelioration of the municipality of Fläsch

The municipal council has seven members. The mayor is René Pahud (as of 2019). On February 14, 2019, the entire renewal of the council took place, which is elected for four years.

economy

Contrary to what the municipal coat of arms suggests, Fläsch is not a municipality in which grain cultivation predominates. Although it is dominated by agriculture, the main line of business is viticulture . 16 farms use about 48 ha vineyard, to 80% with Blauburgunder is planted vines.

traffic

Fläsch is connected to Bad Ragaz and Landquart by the PostBus course 450 and is connected to the public transport network. The train can be used from the Maienfeld or Bad Ragaz train station . There is also a connection to the trunk road network via connection 13 (Maienfeld) or Bad Ragaz of the A13 motorway , which runs nearby.

Fläsch is the destination of the North Grisons Wine Trail, which begins in Chur .

Location planning

Fläsch from above with the areas kept free by the award-winning local planning
Looking north

In order to protect and continue to preserve the Fläsch site, which is included in the inventory of sites worth protecting in Switzerland , Fläsch has realigned its site planning in an exemplary manner for Switzerland. After a draft by the University of Technology and Economics in Chur for a redesign of the zoning plan and a new building law, building land in the village center was zoned back, and the owners of building land in the core received real replacement in newly zoned areas on the edge of the village. The original draft of the revised local planning provided that the owners could keep their building land, which had been zoned back to agricultural land, in the village center. This draft was rejected at the municipal assembly on July 2, 2007 (ratio of votes 135: 130), mainly due to the fear that the real-compensated owners of the zoned-back building land in the center of the village could benefit twice from a later re-zoning. A revised version of the new local planning was approved practically unanimously by the community assembly in November 2008.

The municipality of Fläsch was awarded the Wakker Prize in 2010 for innovative local planning, the preservation of typical regional open spaces in the center and the promotion of contemporary architecture .

Personalities

Attractions

  • On the border with Balzers you can see the ruins of Grafenberg Castle , which was probably built in the 13th century, but nothing more is known about it.
St. Luzisteig Church
  • The historically important fortress St. Luzisteig of the Swiss Army with a gate building from 1702 and a small army museum is located on the St. Luzisteig . At the top of the pass (713 meters above sea level) there is a small Gothic church , the previous building of which was first mentioned in 831. Until the beginning of the 15th century it was the mother church of Fläsch and Maienfeld.

Web links

Commons : Fläsch  - Collection of images, 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. ^ Adolf Collenberg: Fläsch. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Section: Local plan revision approved by the population www.baukader.ch, accessed on November 4, 2014
  4. ↑ Fläsch receives the 2010 Wakker Prize, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, article from January 19, 2010
  5. ↑ gasthof-luzisteig.ch: Landgasthof St.Luzisteig - history , accessed on February 9, 2010
  6. ↑ Funiculars in Switzerland: Artillery Works Tschingel, Fläsch
  7. ^ Parish of Fläsch: Mouse-eared colony , accessed on February 9, 2010
  8. ↑ House Meuli on www.graubuendenkultur.ch .
  9. ↑ schoolhouse on www.graubuendenkultur.ch .
  10. ↑ Weingut Gantenbein at www.graubuendenkultur.ch .
  11. ↑ Casascura residential building at www.graubuendenkultur.ch .