Molinis

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Molinis
Molinis coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Plessure
Political community : Arosai2
Postal code : 7056
former BFS no. : 3927
Coordinates : 768 721  /  188 138 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '23 "  N , 9 ° 39' 0"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred sixty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-one  /  188,138
Height : 1041  m above sea level M.
Area : 13.21  km²
Residents: 119 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 9 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.molinis.ch
Molinis from the northeast. On the left the Rungser Rüfi, on the right in the background the village of Tschiertschen

Molinis from the northeast. Left the Rungser Rüfi,
right in the background the village Tschiertschen
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Molinis (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Until December 31, 2012, Molinis ( Romansh Molinas ? / I = mill) was a political municipality in the former district of Schanfigg , district of Plessur in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Audio file / audio sample

On January 1, 2013 it merged with the municipalities of Calfreisen , Castiel , Langwies , Lüen , Peist and St. Peter-Pagig to form the municipality of Arosa .

geography

Molinis is located in Schanfigg , ten kilometers (as the crow flies) east of Chur . As the only settlement in the valley, the cluster village is not located on a slope terrace, but down in the narrow valley floor directly on the right bank of the Plessur . On the right (northern) side of the valley, the former municipal area only encompasses a narrow strip around 2 km long between the course of the river and the railway line running a good 100 m above. The territory on the opposite shadowy side is much more extensive. It extends from the Plessur over the mostly wooded slope, furrowed by ravines and ruff, to the extensive alpine pastures of the Ochsenalp on the northern flank of the Aroser Weisshorn . Shortly below the summit is the 2544  m above sea level. M. highest point of the former municipality reached.

In addition to the main town, the former community includes the farm settlements Gadenstett , Usser Zana and Inner Zana on the left side of the valley.

Neighboring communities were St. Peter-Pagig , Peist , Arosa , Tschiertschen-Praden and Lüen .

history

The place mentioned in 1335 as Mulina belonged in the three leagues to the Ausserschanfigg court of the ten-court league .

coat of arms

Blazon : in blue a golden mill wheel .

Talking coat of arms as a reference to the place name, which goes back to mulin (Romansh for "mill"). Colors of the Ten Court League .

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 1980 1990 2006
Residents 135 106 137 83 133 138

language

The name of the place goes back to the Romansh word mulin "mill". In fact, Molinis, like all of Schanfigg, originally belonged to the Rhaeto-Romanic language area. Molinis has only spoken German since the 16th century; the population speaks a Walser dialect, which spread from the Langwies further upstream down the valley.

economy

The former municipality offers a few jobs in agriculture and forestry, industry and trade as well as in the service sector. There is a restaurant but no longer a shop for everyday use.

traffic

Molinis is achieved by the halfway between Molinis and St. Peter Situated Station St. Peter-Molinis the railway line Chur-Arosa of the Rhaetian Railway or on a road up to St. Peter, which at the Schanfiggerstrasse located and the post bus line Chur- Peist is served.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building .

literature

  • Hans Danuser / Walser Association Graubünden (ed.): Old ways in Schanfigg. Publishing house Walser Association Graubünden, Splügen 1997.
  • The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich, 2003. ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
  • C. Fischer: Land and people in the Schanfigg valley. Manatschal Ebner & Cie., Chur 1905.
  • Peter Masüger: From Old Rhaeto-Romanic to “Tschalfiggerisch” In: Terra Grischuna, 48th year, issue 1, Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur 1990, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Christian Patt: Schanfigger words. A supplement to the Davos dictionary. Walservereinigung Graubünden publisher, Chur 1986.
  • Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden. Volume II: The valleys of Herrschaft, Prättigau, Davos, Schanfigg, Churwalden, Albula Valley (= Swiss art monuments. Volume 9). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1937. DNB 811066703 .
  • E. Rud: The Schanfigg. Buchdruckerei AG Arosa, Arosa undated (around 1920).
  • Jürg Simonett: Molinis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

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