Lüen

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Lüen
Coat of arms of Lüen
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Plessure
Political community : Arosai2
Postal code : 7027
former BFS no. : 3925
Coordinates : 765.8 thousand  /  189147 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '58 "  N , 9 ° 36' 44"  O ; CH1903:  765800  /  189147
Height : 990  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.49  km²
Residents: 81 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lueen.ch
Lüen

Lüen

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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Lüen ( Romansh Leun ? / I ) was, until 31 December 2012, a municipality in the former area of Schanfigg , district Plessur of the Swiss canton of Grisons . Audio file / audio sample

On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities of Calfreisen , Castiel , Langwies , Molinis , Peist and St. Peter-Pagig to form the municipality of Arosa .

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue golden letter L, topped with golden arrow in pole position.

The initial of the former municipality name is covered by the arrow as the symbol of the valley. Colors of the Ten Court League .

geography

Lüen is located on the right, northern valley side of the Schanfigg , seven kilometers (as the crow flies) east of Chur . In a narrow strip, the former municipal area extends 750  m above sea level. M. at the valley river Plessur almost up to the ridge. The deeply cut course of the river forms the former municipal boundary for around 2 km between the mouths of the Schelmentobel and Clasaurer Tobel . The clustered village of Lüen lies on a slope above a steep, wooded section of the slope, surrounded by meadows and fruit trees. Beyond the valley road, which runs around 200 meters above the village, the territory encompasses the western flank of the Clasaurer Tobel with Maiensässen , wooded areas and the pastures on Lüener Berg . The highest point is 2217 m above sea level. M. on the south side of the Hochwangs .

9% of the former municipality area is unproductive, 52% is forested and 37% is used for agriculture. Neighboring communities were Castiel , St. Peter-Pagig , Molinis and Tschiertschen-Praden .

geology

The Schanfigg is largely built from Penninic Bündner schists. At Lüen these occur as limestone slate to pebbly limestone slate. The rock is covered with moraines and fluvio-glacial gravel.

history

Originally the village was inhabited by Rhaeto-Romans . The first documented mention of Leune (place name of unknown origin) dates from 1084, when the free Lüener donated the newly built church to the Chur bishop . In the three leagues , the place belonged as the neighborhood of the Ausserschanfigg court to the ten-court league. In 1530 Lüen joined the Reformation . At the end of the 16th century there was a transition from Romance to German.

population

The population of Lüen has been more or less stable for 150 years: 1850: 83, 2005: 79.

economy

Seven people work in agricultural businesses in Lüen, and there are two jobs in the service sector (as of 2002). The remaining residents find work outside of the former community. The Lüen hydropower plant built in 1913/14 is now operated by Arosa Energie .

traffic

Since 1914, the former community has been connected to the public transport network with the Lüen-Castiel station below the village on the Chur – Arosa railway operated by the Rhaetian Railway . From Castiel on Schanfiggerstrasse , built in 1875/77 , a narrow connecting road leads down to Lüen.

Culture and sights

The interior of the Church of S. Zeno

literature

  • The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
  • Hans Danuser / Walser Association Graubünden (ed.): Old ways in Schanfigg. Publishing house Walser Association Graubünden, Splügen 1997.
  • C. Fischer: Land and people in the Schanfigg valley. Manatschal Ebner & Cie., Chur 1905.
  • Peter Masüger: From Old Rhaeto-Romanic to «Tschalfiggerisch». In: Terra Grischuna, Volume 48, Issue 1, Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur 1990, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Christian Patt: Schanfigger words. A supplement to the Davos dictionary. Walservereinigung Graubünden publisher, Chur 1986.
  • Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden II. The valley communities Herrschaft, Prättigau, Davos, Schanfigg, Churwalden, Albula valley. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 9). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1937. DNB 811066703 .
  • E. Rud: The Schanfigg. Buchdruckerei AG Arosa, Arosa undated (around 1920).
  • Jürg Simonett: Lüen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Lexicon of Switzerland; Censuses; Municipal statistics