Innerferrera

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Graubünden (GR)

Region :

Viamala

Political community :

Ferrera

Postal code :

7445

Coordinates :

753060 / 153652 coordinates: 46 ° 31 '0 " N , 9 ° 26' 0" O ; CH1903: 753060 / 153652

Height :

1480 m above sea level M.

Area :

43.95 km²

Residents:

38 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

1 inhabitant per km²

Website:

www.ferrera.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2008

Innerferrera ( Rhaeto-Romanic Calantgil ) is a fraction of the municipality of Ferrera GR in the former Schams district in the Hinterrhein district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . On January 1, 2008, she was with the community Ausserferrera to the municipality Ferrera merged .

coat of arms

Description: In black, a silver (white) miner's hammer (pick) placed diagonally to the right. The significant mining in Ausser- und Innerferrera led to the choice of the miner's hammer as a coat of arms for both communities in the colors of the church association.

geography

The place is a cluster of villages at the confluence of the Ferrera-Rhine and Niemetbach rivers in the only valley floor in the back of the Ferrera valley . Of the total local area of almost 44 km², 65% are unproductive areas (mostly mountains). After all, 10 km² (exactly 1,006 ha) can be used for agriculture, but almost all of it is an alpine farming area. A further 516 hectares are covered by forest and wood and the remaining 18 hectares are settlement areas.

Neighboring communities

The area of the former municipality of Innerferrera bordered on Avers , Ausserferrera , Riom-Parsonz and Sufers .

population

Population development
year	1808	1850	1880	1900	1950	1960	1980	1990	2000	2005	2007
Residents	57	106	52	55	67	286	64	51	49	37	38

languages

Originally, the inhabitants spoke Sutselvisch , a Graubünden Romanesque dialect. In 1880 all 52 people stated Romansh as their mother tongue. The language situation did not change until the First World War (96.15% Romansh speakers in 1910). The decline of Romansh followed in the interwar period. As early as 1941, Romansh speakers were in the minority with 46.3%. Until 1980 there was a shrinking Romansh-speaking minority. Today the village is almost monolingual in German. The only official language is German, because only three of the 49 residents (= 6.12%) understand Romansh. The following table shows the development over the last few decades:

Languages in Innerferrera GR
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	50	78.13%	47	92.16%	46	94%
Romansh	14th	21.88%	4th	7.84%	2	4%
Residents	64	100%	51	100%	49	100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 37 residents at the end of 2005, 34 (= 91.89%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building .

Innerferrera

literature

Jürg Simonett: Innerferrera. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .

Web links

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

Innerferrera on the ETHorama platform