Schamserberg
The Schamserberg ( Rätorom . Muntogna da Schons ) is located on the south-eastern flank of Piz Beverin on the western slope of the Schams in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .
On the Schamserberg, at an altitude of 1,100 to 1,200 m, the Casti fraction of the municipality of Casti-Wergenstein and the Donater fractions of Pazen and Farden are located, while the villages of Lohn , Mathon and Wergenstein are at around 1,500 m above sea level .
The original language of the inhabitants is Sutselvisch , a Graubünden Romance dialect. Today the German language is also the official language.
history
Until the late Middle Ages, a community of free farmers lived in the Schamserberg, the so-called "Free on the Schamserberg"; some privileged people lived in the valley floor. Churches in Mathon and Lohn are described for the first time in 831, and in 1204 the homines liberos de Saxammo are mentioned. In the peace treaty of 1428 between Chiavenna and the Schams valley community, the Ammann appears to the community on Schamserberg with his own seal.
Due to the lower jurisdiction, the “free people on the Schamserberg” were able to determine the use of forest, pasture and Alps themselves; The meeting place was Mathon. The high level of jurisdiction lay with the owners of the count's power in shame.
After the shame feud in 1451/1452 and the ransom of the valley from the sovereign in 1458, the "free people on the Schamserberg" became part of the Schams judicial community.
tourism
The small churches on the slopes of the Schamserberg are worth seeing. In the churches of Casti and Clugin there are pictures of the Waltensburg master .
In summer the Schamserberg is ideal as a hiking area, in winter there are a variety of toboggan runs with around 12 kilometers of groomed trails.
literature
- Benedict Mani: Heimatbuch Schams. Cultural Association Val Schons, 1958.
Web links
- Jürg Simonett: Schamserberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 38 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 25" E ; CH1903: 751,956 / one hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred seventy-one