Rhäzüns

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Rhäzüns
Rhäzüns coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : In the ground
BFS no. : 3723i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 7403
Coordinates : 749 715  /  185 075 coordinates: 46 ° 48 '0 "  N , 9 ° 24' 0"  O ; CH1903:  749715  /  185 075
Height : 657  m above sea level M.
Height range : 593–1998 m above sea level M.
Area : 13.37  km²
Residents: 1496 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 112 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.rhaezuens.ch
Rhäzüns

Rhäzüns

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Rhäzüns ( Romansh Razén [ʁɐˈtsen] ? / I ) is a municipality in the Imboden region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Historical aerial photo from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1928

Rhäzüns lies on the lower reaches of the Hinterrhein before its confluence with the Vorderrhein .

history

Coat of arms of the Lords of Rhäzüns, fresco from Sogn Gieri
Rhäzüns Castle, south side

Rhäzüns was first mentioned in a document in 840 as Raezunne . With Bonaduz , Rhäzüns originally formed a parish with St. George as the parish church. 1529–1667 the two communities were gradually separated. Since the establishment of the Upper or Gray League in 1424, Rhäzüns formed a court with the communities of Bonaduz, Ems and Felsberg . With the same-named rule of Rhäzüns , the community came from the Zollern to Habsburg after 1497 , but remained part of the Three Leagues. The new ruler Maximilian I and his successors first gave the rulership as pledges to various local families such as the Marmels, the Planta , the Stampa or the Travers. From 1696 the rule was administered directly by the Habsburgs. After the Congress of Vienna , Rhäzüns finally came to the Canton of Graubünden in 1819 .

Today's parish church Nossadunna (Mary's birth) was built in 1702 with contributions from Mr. von Rhäzüns, the German Emperor Leopold I. The mineral spring has been used commercially since 1850 and gave the Rhäzünser mineral water its name.

coat of arms

Blazon : Split of red and blue, two silver (white) bars in blue

Adoption of the coat of arms of the Barons of Rhäzüns .

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2014 2016
Residents 508 495 774 958 1018 1201 1220 1300 1344 1371 1463

languages

Originally the residents spoke a Romansh dialect. Although this was a Central Grisons dialect, Surselvic was traditionally used as the written language in all communities in the Imboden district . In this capacity they were similar to the communities of Bergün and Filisur , where dialects of the Central Graubünden were or are also in use, but Upper Engadin was in use as the written language (there, historically, mainly for religious reasons).

Despite the constant growth of German, Romansh remained the majority language until 1970. But the proportion fell from 1880 96% over 1910 82% and 1941 76% to 1970 52% (or 466 people). In the 1970s the language changed to German, which is becoming more and more dominant. This is also confirmed by the following table (the values ​​for 1990 are not exact):

Languages ​​in Rhäzüns
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 486 50.73% approx. 615 approx. 60% 953 79.35%
Romansh 369 38.52% approx. 313 approx. 31% 121 10.07%
Italian 82 8.56% about 40 approx. 4% 40 3.33%
Other 21st 2.19% approx. 50 approx. 5% 87 7.24%
Residents 958 100% 1018 100% 1201 100%

Although 23.5% of the population still understand Romansh, German is the only official language today. The Italian speakers are not Italian allies, but immigrants from Italy.

Origin and nationality

Of the 1220 residents at the end of 2005, 1029 (= 84%) were Swiss citizens.

traffic

Rhäzüns is by a post bus line , the bus Chur and a station of the railway line Landquart-Thusis the Rhaetian Railway connections to public transport. A cable car leads over the Rhine to Feldis / Veulden .

economy

The place is best known for its Rhäzünser mineral water . The advertising slogan “Rhäzünser isch gsünser” could be read for years in TV advertising and on the trucks of the mineral water company.

Attractions

  • Sogn Gieri church (St. Georg): mentioned as early as 960; Romanesque church with Gothic choir; complete painting from the 14th century a. a. by the Waltensburg master .
  • Former parish church and today's cemetery church Sogn Paul
  • Parish Church of Nossadunna (Birth of the Virgin): built in 1697, baroque.
  • Rhäzüns Castle : in the Middle Ages ancestral seat of the powerful barons of Rhäzüns . Rhäzüns Castle is owned by Ems-Chemie and serves Christoph Blocher as a second home. As an alternative to today's private use, there were also ideas to make the facility accessible to the public.

  • Rhäzüns with lock

  • Village entrance

  • Church of Nossadunna (Nativity of Mary)

  • Mineral spring

  • RhB train station

  • Rhäzüns parish hall

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Lia Rumantscha (Ed.): Romansh - Facts & Figures. 2nd, revised and updated edition. Chur 2004, ISBN 3-03900-034-9 . P. 31.
  3. ↑ Catholic Church Parish Church of St. Mary's Birth
  4. ^ Armon Fontana: The churches in Rhäzüns. Nossadunna - Sogn Paul - Sogn Gieri. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 755, Series 76). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004, ISBN 978-3-85782-755-6 .
  5. ^ Rhiiblatt, August 20, 2002: Rhäzüns Castle remains closed.