S-chanf

S-chanf

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Maloja
BFS no. :	3788i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	7525
Coordinates :	794 804 / 165462 coordinates: 46 ° 36 '43 " N , 9 ° 58' 55" O ; CH1903: 794,804 / 16546246,612 9,982 1660
Height :	1660 m above sea level M.
Height range :	1556–3227 m above sea level M.
Area :	138.03 km²
Residents:	690 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	5 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.s-chanf.ch
S-chanf
Location of the municipality
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Historic aerial photo by Walter Mittelholzer from 1925

S-chanf ( [ʃtɕaɱf] ^?^/^I , German and until 1943 officially Scanfs ) is a municipality in the Maloja region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . The community is located at an altitude of around 1660 meters on the upper reaches of the Inn in the Upper Engadin in the La Plaiv landscape . Fractions are next to the main village Chapella , Susauna and Cinuos-chel .

coat of arms

Blazon : five golden (yellow) ears of barley in blue .

Adoption of the seal image of the community.

population

Population development
year	1781	1806	1850	1900	1950	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	423	450	439	402	460	620	651	712	748	715	694

languages

The inhabitants mainly speak Puter (an idiom of Rhaeto-Romanic) and German ( Bündner dialect ). In addition, there are Italian and Portuguese , languages in S-chanf of resident immigrants.

Until the middle of the 19th century, all residents spoke Romansh. With the advent of tourism, a minority switched to German. However, the language relations between 1880 and 1941 remained fairly stable. In 1880 86% and in 1900 82% stated Romansh as their mother tongue, in 1941 it was 81%. This value then fell to 65% by 1970, rose sharply again in the following decade - and has been falling ever since. After all, 68% of the population were still able to communicate in Romansh, which is still the only official language.

The following table shows the development over the past decades:

languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	74	16.02%	129	25.60%	231	37.26%
Romansh	344	74.46%	336	66.67%	321	51.77%
Italian	26th	5.63%	27	5.36%	35	5.65%
total	462	100%	504	100%	620	100%

Religions and denominations

The population adopted the reformed faith in 1570.

Origin and nationality

Of the 651 residents at the end of 2005, 559 (= 86%) were Swiss citizens.

Transport and tourism

S-chanf seen from the bypass road

S-chanf seen from the mountain slopes above Zuoz , with the Rhaetian Railway train

The Engadin line Pontresina-Scuol of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) runs via S-chanf . A bus line operated by the EngadinBus bus company in St. Moritz serves as a fine distributor.

The goal of the Engadin Ski Marathon is at S-chanf (in the military area northeast of the village) .

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building .
St. Ulrich and Nikolaus church and hospice
Duplex
House Maschal
Semi-detached house with sgraffito decorations
Residential building
Cinuos-chel / Brail station

Personalities

Romedi Arquint (* 1943), reformed pastor and politician
Otto Barblan (1860–1943), composer, organist and music teacher
Anton Christoffel , painter and graphic artist
Petrus Domenicus Rosius à Porta (1734–1806), reformed pastor in S-chanf 1765–1771 and church historian
Corsin Simeon (* 1986), snowboarder

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 .
S-chanf settlement inventory , monument preservation Graubünden (editor) 1998 / unchanged second edition 2007.
Constant Wieser: S-chanf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .

Web links

Commons : S-chanf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

S-chanf on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of S-chanf
S-chanf on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
↑ Constant Wieser: S-chanf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .
^ Church of St. Ulrich and Nikolaus with a former hospice
↑ duplex
↑ Maschal house
↑ Semi-detached house with sgraffito decorations
↑ House
↑ Cinuos-chel / Brail station

[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] Constant Wieser: S-chanf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .

[3] Church of St. Ulrich and Nikolaus with a former hospice

[4] uplex

[5] Maschal house

[6] Semi-detached house with sgraffito decorations

[7] House

[8] Cinuos-chel / Brail station