Prec

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Prec
Coat of arms of Präz
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Viamala
Political community : Cazisi2
Postal code : 7424
former BFS no. : 3665
Coordinates : 749 901  /  177 666 coordinates: 46 ° 44 '0 "  N , 9 ° 24' 0"  O ; CH1903:  749901  /  one hundred and seventy-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-six
Height : 1200  m above sea level M.
Area : 11.35  km²
Residents: 159 (December 31, 2009)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2010

Prec (Rhaeto-Romanic Prez or Preaz ) was a political municipality in the former district of Thusis in the Hinterrhein district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On January 1, 2010, the municipalities of Cazis , Portein , Präz, Sarn and Tartar merged to form the new municipality of Cazis .

coat of arms

Description: In silver an upright red lion. The lion as a traditional heraldic animal on Heinzenberg in the colors of the Counts of Werdenberg -Heiligenberg, who carried a red church flag in a silver shield.

geography

Prec with Reformed Church

The place is on the eastern slope of the Heinzenberg west of the Hinterrhein . It consists of the clustered village of Präz, the 800 m south of Dalin (1236 m above sea level), Raschlegnas (800 m northeast of the village; 947 m) as well as Maiensässen and individual farms. Of the entire former municipal area of ​​1133 hectares, 543 hectares are covered by forest and wood. Almost as much - 513 hectares - can be used for agriculture, the greater part of it as alpine meadows. The remainder of the former community area consists of 45 ha of unproductive area - mostly mountains - and 32 ha of settlement area. Below the village are the ruins of Heinzenberg Castle .

population

Population development
year 1803 1850 1900 1950 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009
Residents 286 303 201 231 152 145 178 170 159

languages

The original language of the population was Sutselvisch , a Romansh dialect. All residents spoke this language until around 1850. This was followed by the advance of the German language. In 1880 90% and in 1910 69% said Romansh was their mother tongue. Until the Second World War, Romansh was able to maintain a slim majority (59% in 1941); In 1970 there were 42% Romansh speakers and since 1970 the language change has accelerated further. Since 1990 Romansh has been of little importance and is still spoken by 8%. The official language is German. The following table shows the development over the last few decades:

Languages ​​in Prec
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 105 69.08% 132 91.03% 170 95.51%
Romansh 46 30.26% 10 6.90% 5 2.81%
Residents 152 100% 145 100% 178 100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 170 residents at the end of 2005, 157 were Swiss nationals.

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Personalities

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: Prec. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .

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