Obermutten

Obermutten is a district of the political municipality Thusis in the Alvaschein district in the Albula district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Until 2017 Obermutten belonged to the political municipality Mutten .

The place can only be reached by car from the Schin Gorge ; At the Soliser Viadukt a narrow road branches off, the upper part of which is not asphalted, which leads in numerous bends and a difference in altitude of around 1000 meters up to Obermutten.

geography

View from the south

Obermutten lies at an altitude of 1863 meters on the north slope of the Muttnerhorn and east of the Muttner Höhi on the saddle between the Hinterrhein and the Albula . It consists of around thirty wooden houses. Some of the original farmhouses have been converted into holiday homes. A hotel / restaurant offers accommodation and catering.

Like Mutten, the German-speaking Obermutten is a Walser settlement in the middle of Graubünden Romanesque communities. It is conceivable that the settlement was laid out in the 14th century by the barons of Vaz to secure the narrow pass strip between their possessions in Schams and the Albula valley .

The lower-lying district of Stafel (1750 m) belongs to Obermutten. In winter the two districts are connected by a ski lift.

Village fire

17 wooden houses and stables fell victim to the village fire of 1946. The reconstruction took place with the help of donations.

Attractions

The wooden church , a stage stop on the Graubünden Walser Trail , is a listed building .

Trivia

Chalkboards with the Facebook fans

The district became famous in 2011 through a campaign on Facebook . The promise to post a photo of every fan on a pin board in the hamlet sparked a worldwide response. After a broadcast on Galileo on September 18, 2012 , the "likes" rose rapidly to up to 45,000 "fans".

gallery

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  Wooden church

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  Obermutten with wooden church

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  View from the north

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  Group of houses, on the right the Hotel Post

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  Obermutten Stafel

literature

• The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich, 2003. ISBN 3-7253-0741-5
• Diis Gsetz isch nit inschas Gsetz, historical biographies, Chur, 2012 ISBN 978-3-85637-425-9
• Muttner BärgSunntig, Chur, 2015 ISBN 978-3-033-04880-5
• Paths and astray between Schyn and Viamala, Chur 2017 ISBN 978-3-033-04880-5

Web links

Commons : Obermutten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Facebook, Obermutten
• Mutten municipality
• The whole world likes NZZ, Bündner Bergdorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gasthaus Post
2. ↑ Mutten municipality / general improvement. (PDF file, 225 KB) Project number 1265. (No longer available online.) Swiss sponsorship for mountain communities, archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; accessed on August 23, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '20.3 ​​"  N , 9 ° 29' 2.5"  E ; CH1903:  756,498  /  171048