Leggia

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Leggia
Leggia coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Moesa
Political community : Gronoi2
Postal code : 6556
former BFS no. : 3833
Coordinates : 733 094  /  124972 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '47 "  N , 9 ° 9' 54"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred thirty-three thousand and ninety-four  /  124972
Height : 337  m above sea level M.
Area : 9.18  km²
Residents: 138 (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 15 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.grono.ch
Leggia

Leggia

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

Leggia was a municipality in the Moesa region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland until December 31, 2016 . On January 1, 2017 , Leggia merged with the municipality of Verdabbio to form the new municipality of Grono .

Former train station

geography

The village is located on a terrace on the right bank of the Moësa (river) around 15 km northeast of Bellinzona . The municipality extends over the valley floor and the mountainous landscape on the left side of the Moësa up to Pizzo Paglia (2,593 m above sea level) on the border with Italy. Of the entire municipal area of ​​915 hectares, 585 hectares are covered by forest or wood, many of which are chestnut trees. Another 226 hectares are unproductive areas, mostly mountains. The remainder consists of 79 ha of agricultural land and 25 ha of settlement area.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1219 under the name de Legia at the time . The community shared the fate of the entire Misox . In the Middle Ages, the area belonged to the Lords of Bregenz and then to the Counts of Sax-Misox . After they had sold the region to a Milanese count, the municipalities joined the Graubünden Gray League in 1496 to protect themselves and bought themselves free in 1549.

coat of arms

Blazon : A golden (yellow) crown in red, topped by a golden cross

The coat of arms symbolizes the coronation of Clovis by the patron of the local chapel San Remigio (Remigius).

population

Population development
year 1826 1850 1900 1950 2000 2004 2015
Residents 72 103 123 138 127 115 138

Of the 115 residents at the end of 2004, 111 (= 96.52%) were Swiss citizens.

politics

The mayor is Efrem Biondini (as of 2010).

economy

In the past, the inhabitants lived from cultivation of meadows, cattle, vegetable growing and viticulture. Today there are quite a few commuters in the nearby Bellinzona economic area who work in industry or in service professions.

traffic

The municipality is connected to the public transport network through the Bellinzona-Mesocco (-San Bernadino) postbus course .

The place is on the main connection from Bellinzona to Chur via the San Bernadino. The A13 motorway runs through the municipality. The closest motorway connection is in Roveredo .

education

The children from Leggia attend primary school in Cama . They attend secondary school in Roveredo.

Attractions

  • The village church of Sant'Antonio e Bernardo dates from 1513, was expanded in 1610 and is a listed building.
  • The chapel of San Remigio from 1219 stands on the other side of the valley.
  • House in Marca
  • Shell stone called Sass Pagan (335 m above sea level)

Personalities

  • Giovanni Pietro Rossini (* around 1630 in Leggia; † after 1675 there), Podestà in Bormio (1673–1675)
  • Family a Marca
    • Clemente Maria a Marca (born November 21, 1764 in Soazza, † August 27, 1819 in Leggia), Podestà von Teglio , President of the Grisons Grand Council, member of the Small Council
    • Carlo a Marca (born December 30, 1803 in Mesocco ; † July 4, 1851 in Leggia), Oberstbrigadier, Landammann
    • Luigi a Marca (May 25, 1959 in Zurich), painter

literature

  • Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
  • The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich, 2003, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 503.
  • Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
  • Balser Puorger : Leggia. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4, Krauer - Liebburg. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 642 ( digitized version ).
  • Cesare Santi: Leggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 22, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
  • Various authors: Leggia. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cesare Santi: Leggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 22nd June 2017 .
  2. ↑ Catholic Church of Santi Bernardo e Antonio Abate
  3. ↑ San Remigio Chapel
  4. ^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 204.
  5. ^ Giovanni Pietro Rossini on e-periodica.ch (accessed January 9, 2017).
  6. ↑ Lorenz Joos: a Marca. P. 307 (PDF biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on May 4, 2017).
  7. ↑ Cesare Santi: Clemente Maria a Marca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 10, 2008 , accessed March 24, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Cesare Santi: Carlo a Marca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 14, 2007 , accessed December 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Luigi a Marca (Italian) in uovodiluc.ch