Madris

View of the Madris in summer

The Madris ( Rhaeto-Romanic Val Madris ^{? / I} or Val Madrisch ^{? / I} ) is a side valley of the Avers high valley in the canton of Graubünden .

Politically it is divided and belongs in the lower part to Avers, where it forms a neighborhood , and in the upper part to Soglio in the Bergell district . The valley is traversed by the Madrischer Rhein .

In 2002, 11 residents lived in the hamlets of Stettli and Höjahus all year round. The upper valley was developed as a settlement area by Chiavenna and Piuro in the 14th century , while the lower valley was originally pastureland for Rhaeto-Romans until it was settled by Walsers in the High Middle Ages .

Web links

Commons : Val Madris  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jürg Simonett: Madris. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de géographie (editors): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 258, keyword Madris   ( scan of the lexicon page ).

Coordinates: 46 ° 24 '53 "  N , 9 ° 29' 59"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty-one  /  142455