Fuldera
Fuldera | |
---|---|
State : |
![]() |
Canton : |
![]() |
Region : | Engiadina Bassa / Val Müstair |
Political community : | Val Müstair |
Postal code : | 7533 |
former BFS no. : | 3841 |
Coordinates : | 824 630 / 166127 |
Height : | 1638 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 13.23 km² |
Residents: | 121 (December 31, 2007) |
Population density : | 9 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.cdvm.ch |
Fuldera |
|
map | |
Until December 31, 2008, Fuldera ( municipality in the Val Müstair district in the Inn district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
) was aOn January 1, 2009, Fuldera merged with the other Swiss municipalities in the valley ( Lü , Müstair , Santa Maria Val Müstair , Tschierv and Valchava ) to form the municipality of Val Müstair .
coat of arms
Description: A jumping silver (white) gray horse in blue. The image of the municipal coat of arms was chosen based on the tradition of an untrusted old seal motif .
geography
Fuldera lies on a rubble fan inclined to the northeast to the right of the Rombach and consists of the two districts Fuldera-Dora and Fuldera-Daint . Of the entire former municipal area of 1,319 ha, 491 ha are covered by forest and wood. Almost as much, namely 480 hectares, is unproductive area (mostly mountains). Another 329 hectares can be used for agriculture - around 60% of which are Alpine farms. The remaining 10 hectares are settlement areas .
Neighboring communities
Fuldera bordered on Lü , Tschierv and Valchava .
population
Population development | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
year | 1835 | 1870 | 1900 | 1910 | 1941 | 1970 | 1980 | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 |
Residents | 123 | 155 | 98 | 115 | 113 | 116 | 100 | 115 | 127 | 121 |
Population development
The number of inhabitants fell sharply due to strong emigration between 1835 and 1850 (1835–1850: - 31.3%). After great growth in the following twenty years, another period of emigration followed between 1870 and 1900 (total from 1835–1900: - 45.3%). After that, the population (with the exception of the year 1930 with 94 and 1980 with 103 inhabitants) fluctuated around the 115-120 mark for decades. At present, a surge in growth can be seen again (1980–2004: + 27.0%).
languages
In Fuldera, the Romansh language has always been spoken , more precisely the Jauer dialect . Between 1880 and 1980 the development towards a uniform language even intensified (1880: 80%, 1941 89% and 1980 95% with Romance as mother tongue ). Overall, 93% of the residents spoke the language as their main or second language in 1990 and 92% in 2000. The only official language of the municipality is Romansh. But here, too, the proportion of the German-speaking minority is increasing , as the following table shows:
Languages in Fuldera | ||||||
languages | 1980 census | 1990 census | 2000 census | |||
number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | |
German | 5 | 5.00% | 17th | 16.19% | 27 | 23.48% |
Romansh | 95 | 95.00% | 87 | 82.86% | 86 | 74.78% |
Italian | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.87% |
Residents | 100 | 100% | 105 | 100% | 115 | 100% |
Religions - denominations
Fuldera adopted the new (reformed) doctrine around 1530 , which dominated for centuries. Immigration has changed the religious situation considerably in recent decades. In 2000 there were 57.39% Evangelical Reformed and 41% Roman Catholic Christians . In addition, there were 1% non-religious and 1% residents who gave no information about their creed.
Origin - nationality
Of the 126 residents at the end of 2005, 120 were Swiss citizens. At the last census, 110 were Swiss citizens, including eight dual citizens. Most of the few immigrants come from Italy.
Personalities
- William Wolfensberger (1889–1918), poet, pastor, mayor and honorary citizen
politics
Council : Last mayor was Aldo Rodigari .
Attractions
The reformed village church is a listed building .
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 .
Web links
- Paul Eugen Grimm: Fuldera. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .