Luff

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Graubünden (GR)

Region :

Surselva

Political community :

Ilanz / Glion

Postal code :

7141

former BFS no. :

3577

Coordinates :

734 551 / 180267 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '36 " N , 9 ° 12' 0" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and thirty-four thousand five hundred fifty-one / 180267

Height :

998 m above sea level M.

Area :

6.63 km²

Residents:

181 (December 31, 2013)

Population density :

27 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.ilanz-glion.ch/fraktionen/luven.html

Luff

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from June 1949

Luven ( [ˈluːvən] ^?^/^I , German and until 1943 officially Luvis ) was until December 31, 2013 a political municipality in what was then the Ilanz district in the Surselva district of the Swiss canton of Graubünden . On January 1, 2014 Luven merged with the former municipalities of Castrisch , Duvin , Ilanz , Ladir , Pigniu , Pitasch , Riein , Rueun , Ruschein , Schnaus , Sevgein , Siat to form the new municipality of Ilanz / Glion .

coat of arms

Blazon : In red an open silver (white) Bible with the black letters Alpha and Omega.

The Bible from the community seal recalls the conversion of the community to the evangelical faith.

geography

The village is located on the northeastern slope of the Piz Mundaun around two kilometers southwest of Ilanz . Of the total settlement area of 683 ha, 345 ha are agriculturally usable. Another 293 hectares are covered by forest and wood; 31 hectares are settlement areas and the remaining 14 hectares are unproductive. Until December 31, 2013, Luven bordered on Ilanz , Sevgein , Cumbel , Morissen and Mundaun . The former municipal area extends from 768 m. ü. M. up to 1'604 m. ü. M. in the natural area of the panoramic mountain Piz Mundaun and Obersaxen . Tourism, construction and small businesses and the construction of second homes secure the livelihood of a large part of the population. By incorporating it with Ilanz, Luven has the advantage of sharing its former autonomous community tasks and infrastructure with the neighboring regional center. Many residents also commute to work in the Gruob or in the Rhine Valley in Chur. In the 19th century there was a great wave of emigration from the Surselva and also from Luven, and numerous children indulged in the Swabian movement. The achievements of modernity have enabled today's residents to have a secure existence, which also ensured the preservation of the Romansh language.

The village of Luven has a long history. The first historical evidence of the settlement of this region comes from the Bronze Age (approx. 1800 - 800 BC). The discovery of a bronze buckle, which can now be viewed in the Rätisches Museum in Chur, together with the remains of a skeleton in a grave well-built with plates in a gravel pit in Val Pilac (Quadras), suggests that it was already in the Bronze Age was inhabited. Also the presence of the Romans, the 15 BC. BC invaded Raetia, can be proven with coin, ceramic and device finds. Luven is first mentioned in a document in 765 in the will of Tello, Bishop of Chur. Viticulture was also climatically possible back then, as an entry in the Reichsurbar shows. In the reformed church with its Romanesque tower since 1526 there is still a heavy baptismal font from the 14th century. Individual houses on the village square date from the 16th century. Also noteworthy is the number of knitted stables from the 19th century, which, however, today, due to the changed agricultural use (and as a result of the amelioration from 1979 to 1999) characterize the Maiensäss landscape empty or half-decayed. Approaches to maintaining them and converting them into seasonal second homes often fail due to the existing building laws. Above Luven, not far from Piz Mundaun, there is the historic view hotel Bündner Rigi.

Below Luven are the ruins of Castelberg Castle , a former four-story high tower with the remains of a bering. It was secured in 1940 by the Castelberg family, but has to be saved from decay with renovations again and again.

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	2000	2013
Residents	297	259	208	183	181

Of the 204 residents, 201 were Swiss nationals (end of 2004). The majority of the population speaks Sursilvan and is mainly Reformed. The Reformed Parish of Luven is independent. She is part of the Luven / Flond / Pitasch / Duvin pastoral community.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building . The tallest spruce in Switzerland, the Panera , stood in the municipality of Luven until December 2, 2018 .

literature

The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
Studies on the history of the Vorderrhein in the Middle Ages . Friedrich Purtscher. Chur 1911, p. 243f.
Martin Bundi: Luven. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

[1] Parish of Luven

[2] Luven Flond Pitasch Duvin cuminonza da pastoraziun