Pitasch

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Pitasch
Pitasch coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Surselva
Political community : Ilanz / Glioni2
Postal code : 7111
former BFS no. : 3578
Coordinates : 736 155  /  176 967 coordinates: 46 ° 43 '48 "  N , 9 ° 13' 12"  O ; CH1903:  736,155  /  176,967
Height : 1060  m above sea level M.
Area : 10.79  km²
Residents: 99 (December 31, 2013)
Population density : 9 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.ilanz-glion.ch/fraktionen/pitasch.html
Pitasch

Pitasch

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Pitasch (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2014

Pitasch ( [piˈtaːʃ] ? / I ) was a political municipality in Val Lumnezia in the then Surselva district of the Swiss canton of Graubünden until December 31, 2013 . On January 1, 2014 Pitasch merged with the former municipalities of Castrisch , Duvin , Ilanz , Ladir , Luven , Pigniu , Riein , Rueun , Ruschein , Schnaus , Sevgein , Siat to form the new municipality of Ilanz / Glion . Audio file / audio sample

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver (white) on a green three-mountain three green fir trees

Adoption of the seal motif from the middle of the 19th century in the coat of arms .

geography

The place is on a terrace between the Rieinertobel (Romanesque Val Renastga ) in the north and the Pitascherboden (Romanesque Val da Pitasch ) in the south. Although geographically located in the Val Lumnezia, the places Riein and Pitasch belonged politically to the Gruob , which is Romansh Foppa, because of their proximity to Ilanz and the valley of the Rhine there, even before their merger with Ilanz . The regional center of Ilanz is 4.5 km from Pitasch. Historically important was the former pass crossing over Güner Lückli into Safiental and from there on to Italy. The former municipality rose from the Glenner to the Güner Horn, (Romanesque Piz Gün , 2,851  m above sea level ) from west to east. Of the entire former municipal area of ​​1081 hectares, 531 hectares are covered by forest and wood. Another 339 hectares can be used for agriculture, mostly as mountain pastures . In addition to 195 ha of unproductive area (mainly mountains) there is 16 ha of settlement area.

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 2000 2004 2013
Residents 96 105 125 118 117 99

In 2004, all but two residents (= 98.32%) were Swiss nationals living in the village. The majority of the population speaks Sursilvan and is reformed . The main occupation is agriculture and a few commute outside the village to the regional center of Ilanz or further down the valley to the Chur Rhine Valley. Today the population is bilingual. The school location is Ilanz. At the entrance to the Pitascher Tobel valley, the access road to this terrace and meadow village branches off at the Pitascher Mühle (a restaurant), which has a considerable amount of forest. For a long time, Pitasch was a holiday resort for those seeking relaxation from the Blue Cross and was able to stabilize its population thanks to second homes. Social life takes place in village associations. The reformed parish of Pitasch is part of the pastoral community Luven / Flond / Pitasch / Duvin.

history

There are no signs of early settlement. Pitasch is mentioned as "Pictaui" in 801-850 and as "Pictaso" in 960 in documents from the 16th century. The Graubünden historian Otto Clavadetscher suspected a stem that was also based on the French city of Poitiers. Pictaui was the Roman name for a settlement at a fork in the road. The route from Ilanz to Pitasch via Güner Lückli played an important role as a transit route to the south and for the cattle trade in Lombardy until the opening of the Viamala route in 1473. It was also often used by the Walsers of the Safien valley. The mountain pass also played an important role in European middling traffic over the Alpine passes. In 1477 the Maierhof von Pitasch and the Alp Moliet (located on the pass path to Güner Lückli) were performed by the Lugnez bailiffs Gilli de Mont and Hertli von Capol from Villa. They controlled and maintained the pass route into the Safien Valley and towards Italy.

A royal estate is proven in Pitasch as early as 840. Emperor Otto I, the Great, then transferred his property to the Bishop of Chur, who remained fiefdom until 1538. Excavations at the Reformed Church also testify to a nun's gate, which proved the influence of the Cazis monastery in Pitasch. In the Middle Ages, various episcopal ministerial families ruled in Pitasch and Castrisch as fiefdoms. Successors were the barons of Belmont and, after they died out, those of Sax-Misox . The latter sold their rulership rights to the Chur bishop in 1483. The Reformation took place in 1526 and twelve years later the Pitaschers bought themselves free. Together with Riein they formed a reformed parish, at times also with the neighboring village of Duvin . In modern times, village life was mainly characterized by everyday rural life. The village image is largely still intact.

Attractions

The reformed church was built around 950. On the north facade there are pictures of the Waltensburg master .

  • Signina group with Pitasch on the right and Riein on the left

  • Pitasch with a view of Riein

  • Reformed Church Pitasch

  • Old post office in Pitasch

  • View to Pitasch from Riein

  • Pitasch seen from the east

literature

Web links

Commons : Pitasch  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • [1] Pitasch im e-lir (Rhaeto-Romanic)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reformed Parish Pitasch ; Pastoral community Luven / Flond / Pitasch / Duvin
  2. ↑ Denise Ellenberger: Church Pitasch GR (= Swiss Art Guide. No. 432). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1988.