Vicosoprano

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Vicosoprano
Vicosoprano coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Maloja
Political community : Bregagliai2
Postal code : 7603
Coordinates : 768 058  /  135 827 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '10 "  N , 9 ° 37' 20"  O ; CH1903:  768 058  /  135 827
Height : 1067  m above sea level M.
Area : 54.00  km²
Residents: 445 (January 1, 2010)
Population density : 8 inhabitants per km²
Vicosoprano

Vicosoprano

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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2009

Vicosoprano (in the Lombard local dialect Visavráng [visɐvr'aŋ] , formerly German Vespran, Romansh Visavraun ) is a place in the political municipality of Bregaglia im Bergell , Maloja region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The name comes from Vicus supranus, which means "upper village".

coat of arms

Description: Divided by silver (white) and black, in silver an upright black, red-armed ibex , in black a silver two-tower battlement castle with gate. Simplified from an older coat of arms.

geography

Historical aerial photo from 3300 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

The Maira flows through Vicosoprano down in the valley . Above and north of the village at 1,458 m above sea level. M. is the hamlet of Casaccia , incorporated in 1971 , which lies at the fork in the road to the Septimerpass and the Malojapass , where the Bergeller Höhenweg now also runs.

South of Vicosoprano is the hamlet of Pranzaira and the reservoir Albignasee at 2162  m above sea level. M. , which has been accessible by cable car or on foot since its completion in 1959. The Piz dal Päl ( 2617  m above sea level ), the Punta da l'Albigna ( 2892  m above sea level ), the Piz Cacciabella (2979 m above sea level) and the Albigna glacier lie around the reservoir .

history

Vicosoprano was already settled in prehistoric times, as a bowl stone found near Bosca shows. A Mercury altarpiece from the second half of the 4th century near Caslac dates from Roman times .

Until 960 the inhabitants of the place were house of God from Como, then of the bishop of Chur . In 1096 the Latin name Vicus Supranus is first attested, which in the early modern period prevailed in written language against Lombard forms of writing such as Visoprano and similar. In the Middle Ages, Vicosoprano was the capital of the valley community of Bergell, seat of the Bergeller Port and the ministerial families of Castelmur and Prevost. In 1529 and 1553, the Vicosoprano community introduced the Reformation .

In 1971 the neighboring village of Casaccia was incorporated. On January 1, 2010, Vicosoprano merged with the other Bergell communities - Bondo , Castasegna , Soglio and Stampa - to form the new community of Bregaglia.

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010
Residents 383 417 415 568 387 397 393 429 453 445

languages

In Vicosoprano they speak a Lombard dialect. There has been a large German-speaking minority for decades. The following table shows the development over the past decades:

Languages ​​in Vicosoprano
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 43 10.83% 41 10.43% 55 12.82%
Romansh 8th 2.02% 16 4.07% 18th 4.20%
Italian 342 86.15% 329 83.72% 346 80.65%
Residents 397 100% 393 100% 429 100%

Religions and denominations

In the three districts of Vicosopranos the Reformation was introduced between 1529 and 1553, in the formerly independent community of Casaccia in 1551.

nationality

Of the 453 residents at the end of 2005, 420 were Swiss nationals.

Casaccia

economy

The jobs come from agriculture and forestry, industry and commerce as well as the service sector and hospitality. There are two hotels available in the village. Above the village, on the right bank of the Mera, is the Mulina campsite.

In the Löbbia district there is a power station and a substation for the city of Zurich's electricity station (EWZ). In addition to Zurich, the EWZ also supplies the Graubünden valleys, where a considerable amount of electricity is produced.

traffic

Vicosoprano is served by the Engadine bus line 4; The Swiss Postbus Service is the licensee .

Attractions

  • The churches are under cantonal monument protection. The main reformed church is S. Trinità , the reformed church of San Cassiano is much older . Regular services are also held in the reformed church Casaccia .
  • Catholic Church of S. Gaudenzio
  • town hall
  • Ca d'Prutz
  • Casa Gadina
  • Post office building
  • In the center is the round Senvelenturm from the 13th century, which is built into the town hall. The pillory block with the necklace can still be seen on its outer wall.
  • On the western edge of the village of Vicosopranos stands the "Salisturm", a six-story residential tower. It dates from the 13th or 14th century and was rebuilt in 1580 for Rudolf von Salis . The windows were installed in the 16th and 18th centuries, and further alterations were made in 1821.
  • At the western exit of the village, the stone pillars of the gallows are on the left in a forest clearing.
  • Bridge over the Maira
  • So-called Convento in Casaccia
  • Church ruins of San Gaudenzio in the Casaccia district

Personalities

  • Maurizio family
    • Giacomo Maurizio (* 1761 in Vicosoprano; † 1831 ibid), confectioner in Italy , Poland and France , Podestà 1808
    • Giovanni Andrea Maurizio (born July 4, 1815 in Vicosoprano; † April 17, 1885 ibid), Landammann, author of La stria.
    • Anna Cornelia Maurizio (born August 4, 1852 in Vicosoprano, † March 20, 1930 in Palazzolo sull'Oglio ), founder of the Scuola di Macramé in Bergamo
    • Silvio Maurizio (* 1863 in Vicosoprano; † March 3, 1922 ibid), professor, school inspector
  • Willy Trepp (born December 23, 1938 in Vicosoprano), former Swiss cyclist.

  • Bridge over the Mera

  • Salisturm

  • Senvelenturm

  • gallows

literature

  • Thomas Bitterli: Swiss Castle Guide. Friedrich Reinhard, Basel / Berlin 1995.
  • Adolf Collenberg: Vicosoprano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
  • Lorenz Joos: Vicosoprano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7: Ungelt - Villarvolard. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 243 ( digitized version ).
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 530-532.
  • Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden. Volume V. The valleys on the Vorderrhein, Part II. The valleys of Schams, Rheinwald, Avers, Münstertal, Bergell (=  Swiss art monuments. Volume 14). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943, ISBN 978-3-906131-20-7 .
  • Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008.
  • Willy Zeller: Art and culture in Graubünden. Haupt, Bern 1993.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 924.
  2. ^ Adolf Collenberg: Vicosoprano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
  3. ^ Catholic Church of S. Gaudenzio
  4. ↑ City Hall
  5. ↑ Ca d'Prutz
  6. ↑ Casa Gadina
  7. ↑ Post Office
  8. ↑ residential tower
  9. ↑ Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden:
  10. ↑ Bridge over the Maira
  11. ↑ So-called Convento
  12. ^ Ruins of the pilgrimage church S. Gaudenzio
  13. ^ Family Maurizio. In: Historisch Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume V, p. 57 ( digitized version ), accessed on March 17, 2020.
  14. ↑ Silke Redolfi: Anna Cornelia Maurizio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 27, 2008 , accessed March 17, 2020 .
  15. ^ Emilio Gianotti: Prof. Silvio Maurizio, school inspector Vicosoprano. In: Annual report of the Bündnerischer Lehrerverein 40, 1922, pp. 89–91 ( digital copy , accessed on January 14, 2017).