Lantsch / Lenz

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Lantsch / Lenz
Coat of arms of Lantsch / Lenz
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Albula
BFS no. : 3513i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 7083
Coordinates : 762 654  /  172 624 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '6 "  N , 9 ° 33' 54"  O ; CH1903:  762654  /  one hundred seventy-two thousand six hundred twenty-four
Height : 1328  m above sea level M.
Height range : 1084–2978 m above sea level M.
Area : 21.81  km²
Residents: 535 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 25 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lantsch-lenz.ch
Lantsch / Lenz

Lantsch / Lenz

Location of the municipality
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Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1947

Lantsch / Lenz ( Rhaeto-Romanic Lantsch, German and until 1943 officially Lenz ) is a political municipality in the Albula region , in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Traditionally, a majority of the population spoke Romansh . Lantsch / Lenz is part of the Surmeir region .

coat of arms

Blazon : A silver (white) pack horse packed in blue with red barrels

The pack horse in the colors of the von Vaz family is reminiscent of the significant mule traffic across the Lenzerheide .

history

Excavations on the group of hills "Bot da Loz" to the south-west of the town center showed that Lenz was already settled in the older Iron Age. The late Latena settlement remains from the 1st century BC. BC probably come from a Celtic guard station. The Romans used the Lenzerheide crossing for their troops and traders as a through route to the Julier and Septimer passes . In the Carolingian period "Lanzes" belonged, according to the kingdom Urbar of 831 to the Ministry Impetinis. At that time there was a royal court in Lantsch, a church and two hostels («tabernas»). Old field names indicate that the older Lantsch was right next to the Church of St. Maria and was only later relocated to the east on the through road. As one of the four ports - besides Tinizong , Bivio and Vicosoprano - on the transit route via Julier and Septimer, it was entitled to levy customs duties. Lantsch was part of the Belfort Court, which had entered the Ten Court Association in 1436.

population

Population development
year 1710 1850 1900 1950 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2014 2016
Residents 215 353 363 355 382 453 485 496 532 543 512 538

languages

The population traditionally speaks Surmiran , a dialect of Romansh . While the residents in 1880 were almost monolingual with 96.1% Romansh speakers, this figure rose to 97.02% by 1910. Since then, the number of novels has been falling steadily (1941 86.6%, 1970 74.53%). Since 2000, German speakers have been in the absolute majority. The official languages ​​of the municipality are Romansh and German. The following table shows the development over the past decades:

Languages ​​in Lantsch / Lenz
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 133 34.82% 226 49.89% 263 54.23%
Romansh 230 60.21% 197 43.49% 178 36.70%
Italian 16 4.19% 9 1.99% 8th 1.65%
Residents 382 100% 453 100% 485 100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 496 residents at the end of 2005, 448 (= 90.32%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

  • Today's burial church of St. Maria is a late Gothic hall church and dates from the middle of the 9th century.
  • In the middle of the village is the St. Antonius Church .
  • The St. Cassian's Chapel on the road to Lenzerheide is a pre-Gothic building with a retracted rectangular choir.
  • The Pro pastroins association was able to renovate two of the eight slab-roofed washing and baking houses, called pastroins in Romansh, built around the middle of the 19th century , so that bread can be baked on festive occasions.
  • The house of the in-laws of Hans Ardüser , one of the most famous painters of the time, is on Dorfstrasse . His facade paintings from 1592 mainly show religious subjects with portraits of various saints, above all the depiction of Saint Anne the Third.
  • Two other houses are painted by Hans Arduser.
  • The Amilcar house (No. 36) has paintings by Hans Ardüser from 1591. The four-storey building with a steep gable roof was expanded in 1694 by the Beeli von Belfort family. It has sgraffiti from 1694 and a Renaissance room from 1590.

Biathlon Arena Lenzerheide

The Biathlon Arena Lenzerheide is located on the northern outskirts of Lantsch / Lenz .

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Lantsch / Lenz  - 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. ↑ Hans Ardüser's house
  3. ↑ House painted by Hans Ardüser
  4. ↑ House painted by Hans Ardüser
  5. ↑ Amilcar House