Rossa GR

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Rossa
Coat of arms of Rossa
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Moesa
BFS no. : 3808i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6548
Coordinates : 729 974  /  137 357 coordinates: 46 ° 22 '30 "  N , 9 ° 7' 41"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-four  /  one hundred thirty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-seven
Height : 1089  m above sea level M.
Height range : 983-3060 m above sea level M.
Area : 58.89  km²
Residents: 148 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.rossa.ch
Rossa GR

Rossa GR

Location of the municipality
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Rossa is a municipality in the Moesa region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

The municipality includes Rossa , as well as the previously independent municipalities Augio and Santa Domenica since 1982 . Further down in the valley is the Valbella and Scandalasc district , which also belong to Rossa. Rossa is the farthest village in the Calanca valley and the last post bus stop.

coat of arms

Blazon : A silver (white) slanting bar in red, covered with a green branch .

The coat of arms of the linden branch refers to the liberty linden tree in Rossa, the only linden tree in the Calanca valley.

The coats of arms of the former municipalities of Augio and Sta. With the merger with the municipality of Rossa, Domenica no longer have legal force, but their colors can be found in the retained Rossa coat of arms.

Augio's coat of arms showed: In red, a green branch of lily in stalks with silver (white) flowers. The branch of lily is the attribute of the two patrons of the parish church of Augio: St. Joseph and St. Anthony of Padua .

The coat of arms of Sta. Domenica showed: The bust of Saint Domenica in green with a golden yellow nimbus and black religious robe. The coat of arms contains a reference to the name of the place and the patronage of the parish church.

geography

The village lies at an altitude of 1089 m above sea level. M. in the upper Calancatal, on both banks of the Calancasca and 30 km north of the Bellinzona railway station of the SBB . From Rossa a mule track leads over the Pass di Giümela ( 2117  m above sea level ) to Fontana in Val Pontirone . Neighboring communities are Mesocco , Soazza and Calanca as well as Biasca and Serravalle in the canton of Ticino.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1673. Ecclesiastically it belonged to Santa Maria in the outer Calanca valley until around the time of the Reformation ; from then on until shortly after 1673 it formed a parish with Santa Domenica. At that time it became its own parish. Politically, Rossa belonged to the Marche Cooperative of the Calancatales until 1866, which was dissolved.

population

Population development
year 1683 1773 1850 1900 1950 1980 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Residents 450 331 186 181 117 51 132 108 114 120 125 139 147 148 152

Attractions

  • Catholic Parish Church of Saint Bernardo
  • Catholic parish church of Santa Domenica and ossuary in the district of Santa Domenica GR
  • Catholic parish church of SS. Giuseppe e Antonio di Padova in the Augio district
  • Spadini house no.95
  • Schalenstein (sign stone) on the border with the communities Rossa GR and Hinterrhein (2000 m above sea level) called Sass de la Scritüra

tourism

There are many hiking trails, some of them steep, in pristine nature. In about three hours you can reach the Buffalora hut on Sentiero Alpino Calanca , which is looked after in summer ; The Alp de Ganan is also strange.

  • Rossa

  • Rossa in the Calanca valley

  • The Alp de Cascinarsa above Rossa

  • Hotel La Cascata in Augio with waterfall

  • Scandalasc

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Charles Kessler (born January 11, 1911 in Rossa, † April 10, 1998 in Itingen), ice hockey player
  • Herbert Kessler (born December 28, 1912 in Rossa; † June 16, 1966 in Davos), ice hockey player
  • Bettina Gruber (born January 31, 1985), cross-country skier, Swiss champion

literature

Web links

Commons : Rossa GR  - 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. ↑ Cesare Santi: Rossa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 5th January 2012 .
  3. ↑ St. Bernardo Catholic Parish Church
  4. ^ Parish church of Santa Domenica and ossuary
  5. ^ Catholic parish church of SS. Giuseppe e Antonio di Padova
  6. ^ A b Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the  Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 521.
  7. ^ Franco Binda 2013, p. 125.
  8. ↑ Alp de Ganan on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node