Masein

Masein
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Viamala
BFS no. :	3663
Postal code :	7425
Coordinates :	752031  /  174 227 coordinates: 46 ° 42 '7 "  N , 9 ° 25' 36"  O ; CH1903:  752031  /  one hundred and seventy-four thousand two hundred and twenty-seven
Height :	865  m above sea level M.
Height range :	722–1347 m above sea level M.
Area :	4.20  km²
Residents:	488 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.masein.ch
Masein
Location of the municipality

Masein is a municipality in the Viamala region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Masein consists of the following districts: Oberdorf, Ausserdorf, Unterdorf, Cresta, Dalaus and Crestalunga.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver (white) on a green single mountain, a red roebuck - based on a suggestion by the community.

geography

Masein is located on a slope of the Heinzenberg just west of Thusis . In addition to the two districts of Oberdorf and Unterdorf, the hamlets of Crestalunga and Dalaus, Schloss Tagstein and the hamlets of Cresta and Lochmühli to the east of the village also belong to the municipality. Of the entire municipal area of ​​419 hectares, 218 hectares are covered by forest and wood. Another 161 hectares can be used for agriculture. In addition to 25 ha of settlement area, there is also 15 ha of unproductive area.

population

Population development
year	1803	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	198	282	228	270	227	333	366	399	409	427	475	478

languages

Masein switched to German early on. The official language is German. Language development is shown in the following table:

Languages ​​in Masein
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	188	82.82%	306	91.89%	339	92.62%
Romansh	26th	11.45%	15th	4.50%	12	3.28%
Italian	6th	2.64%	3	0.90%	1	0.27%
Residents	227	100%	333	100%	366	100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 399 residents, 386 (96.74%) were Swiss citizens (as of the end of 2005).

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Masein

Untertagstein Castle

• The reformed village church is a listed building .
• The Untertagstein Castle is privately owned and cannot be visited. It was probably founded around 1200 by the Lords of Masein. There was probably a connection with Obertagstein Castle . The castle came to different owners after 1322. The ruinous castle was lordly expanded in 1706 for Johannes Gaudenz Capol von Flims and passed to the von Buol-Berenberg family before 1742 . Badly damaged by fire in 1899, it was then rebuilt in a historicizing way by the current owner family of Planta .

Personalities

• Petrus Domenicus Rosius à Porta (1734–1806), reformed pastor in Masein 1757–1758 and church historian
• Peter Anton Feldscher (1889–1979), lawyer and diplomat

literature

• Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden III. The valley communities Räzünser Boden, Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Oberhalbstein, Upper and Lower Engadine. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 11). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1940. DNB 760079625 .
• The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich, 2003. ISBN 3-7253-0741-5
• Jürg Simonett: Masein. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2008 .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Masein

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. ^ Cantonal Library / Office for Culture Graubünden: Schloss Untertagstein ; accessed on June 1, 2014.