Peist

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Peist
Coat of arms of Peist
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Plessure
Political community : Arosai2
Postal code : 7029
former BFS no. : 3929
Coordinates : 770 823  /  189408 coordinates: 46 ° 50 '2 "  N , 9 ° 40' 41"  O ; CH1903:  770 823  /  189408
Height : 1340  m above sea level M.
Area : 17.89  km²
Residents: 204 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.peist.ch
Peist in August 2020. The RhB train station at the bottom left

Peist in August 2020. The RhB train station at the bottom left
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Parish before the merger on December 31, 2012

Peist one was until 31 December 2012 municipality in the former area of Schanfigg , district Plessur of the canton of Grisons in Switzerland .

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

geography

Peist is eleven kilometers (as the crow flies) east of Chur on the northern side of the Schanfigg valley and belongs to the St. Peter / Hochwang region. The greater part of the former municipal area extends to the right of the Plessur from around 1100  m above sea level. M. located river over the slope , which is jagged by several gorges, to the Hochwang range , which forms the northern limit between Cunggel (2413 m) and Mattjisch Horn (2461 m, highest point of the former municipality). On the opposite side of the valley of the Peister comprised spell the up to 1900 m rising Enthalbwald and the above subsequent Alp Prätsch with the two Prätschseen and the Guisan place . In addition to the road village Peist (1340 m), on a sunny slope back about 250 meters right above the Plessur and 100 meters above the railway line Chur- Arosa located, belonged to the former municipality of the (partly as Maiensässe used) outside settlements Barguns , Chegelboden and Tarnatel . Hof Maran , which used to belong to Peist, has been part of the Arosa community since 1911.

Neighboring communities were St. Peter-Pagig , Furna , Jenaz , Fideris , Langwies , Arosa and Molinis .

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue, gold post , covered with a rising blue arrow .

Based on the example of the old valley flag . The stake was added to distinguish the coat of arms from the county coat of arms.

economy

The main occupations are agriculture and handicrafts. There is a construction company, a sawmill and two carpentry shops in the village. One of the joiner's shops is the only company that ever produces the traditional Schanfigger sledge . Tourism plays a minor role in Peist.

traffic

The Schanfiggerstrasse runs through Peist . The former church is opened by the 1914 Arosa line of the Rhaetian Railway addition and since April 1 in 1981 by the post bus line connected Chur Peist to the public transport network. With the commissioning of the railway, the Peist station was inaugurated.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building . The Rufanatöbeli east of the Farbtobel is known for its peculiar, sandy erosion formations («Steimannli»). In September 2012, the Graubünden Civil Engineering Office decided against the initial resistance of the environmental associations in Graubünden to completely remove the largest Steimannli there, as the boulder on its top posed a threat to the Schanfiggerstrasse below.

At the station there is the Peister ash , one of the oldest ash trees in Europe.

literature

  • Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton Graubünden II. The valleys of Herrschaft, Prättigau, Davos, Schanfigg, Churwalden, Albula valley (= art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 9). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1937; unchangeable Reprint 1957, DNB 811066703 .
  • Hans Danuser : Arosa place and field names with inclusion of the Welschtobel and some border areas of neighboring communities. Edited by the Institute for Cultural Research Graubünden, IKG. Ed. H. Danuser, Arosa 2011, ISBN 978-3-905342-49-9 .
  • Hans Danuser / Walser Association Graubünden (ed.): Old ways in Schanfigg. Publishing house Walser Association Graubünden, Splügen 1997, DNB 955753066 .
  • C. Fischer: Land and people in the Schanfigg valley. Manatschal Ebner & Cie., Chur 1905.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bündner Woche, May 22, 2013, p. 35.
  2. ↑ Die Südostschweiz from 21st and 22nd September and 4th October 2012, p. 4 and 3 respectively.