Schanfigg

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View from Praden up the valley towards Pagig - St. Peter . Far right in the back Sapün and Strelapass

The Schanfigg ([ ʃanˈfɪk ], Walser German Tschelfigg or Schelfigg, Rhaeto-Romanic Scanvetg ) is an elongated valley in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . It begins in the east of the capital Chur at Maladers on the north and at Passugg on the south and rises steadily to the Welschtobel and the holiday resort of Arosa , where it widens into a basin. The Schanfigg is traversed by the Plessur , which flows into the Rhine near Chur .

On the right side of the valley in Schanfigg are the villages of Maladers , Calfreisen , Castiel , Lüen , Pagig , St. Peter , Molinis , Peist , Langwies and the Sunnenrüti . Arosa, Litzirüti , Tschiertschen and Praden are to the left of the Plessur .

Surname

The origin of the name Schanfigg is unclear. First mentions can be found in documents from 765 and 841, where Scanavico is mentioned. The name belongs, like the place names S-chanf (Engadin) and Schaan (Liechtenstein), to a probably Raetian , but in its meaning opaque tribe * skanava-; the ending goes back to a suffix -īccu .

geography

Geographically, the term Schanfigg originally only referred to the area between Chur-Sassal and the Peister Frauentobel. The creation of the Schanfigg district in 1851 meant that the Langwies area and the Arosa Valley were also subsumed under the name.

Transport and infrastructure

The Langwieser Viaduct , landmark of the Schanfigg valley

In terms of transport, the valley is opened up by the extremely winding, but now well-developed Schanfiggerstrasse . In winter from Langwies there may also be a chain obligation on a daily basis (vehicles with all-wheel drive excluded). The Rhaetian Railway with its Chur-Arosa line has special station buildings that attracted a lot of attention when the railway was opened. The route, which was also served by the Arosa Express for ten years , is equipped with panorama cars. The post bus only runs to Peist .

Architecturally, the Langwieser Viaduct and the Gründjitobel Viaduct near Langwies stand out, and recently the car bridge over the Castielertobel as well . Since the beginning of 2005 , the construction of the St. Luzibrücke , a high bridge from the Araschgerrank (on the Chur - Lenzerheide route at the junction to Tschiertschen ), which was approved by the Grisons Grand Council in the 1970s, has not yet been realized Direction Maladers. This bridge opens up the Schanfigg by bypassing the traffic-plagued city center of Chur around the Obertor.

A parliamentary advance in 2008 for the construction of an underground rail link from Schanfigg to Landwassertal is currently not considered a priority by the Graubünden government in view of the tight financial resources.

Political organization

From 1851 to 2016, Schanfigg largely belonged to the district of the same name , only the two villages on the south side of the valley, Tschiertschen and Praden , were part of the Churwalden district . Both districts belonged to the Plessur district . The Schanfigg has been part of the Plessur region since 2016 .

Population and language

Calfreisen , view from Tschiertschen-Praden

Ethnically , the Schanfiggers are originally mostly Rhaeto-Romans , who most likely spoke Surmiran . Many Romanesque field names , especially from Peist out of the valley, still bear witness to this today. At the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century, German-speaking Walsers began to settle on the one hand from Davos and on the other from Prättigau the inner Schanfigg in Arosa and Langwies - including the side valleys Sapün and Fondei as well as Medergen and Praden . Around the middle of the 15th century, the city of Chur also definitely switched to Swiss German. The old Rhaeto-Romanic language in Schanfigg was increasingly pushed back from two sides. Langwies, in particular, with its “outpost” Praden, which was well advanced, proved to be a crystallization core and radiation center for the spread of the (Walser) German language in Schanfigg.

The Germanization from Langwies took place gradually. A similar development could also be observed in neighboring Prättigau , starting there from Klosters and St. Antönien . As early as 1500 German was spoken everywhere in Schanfigg, except in Lüen, Castiel and Calfreisen. These three communities were still bilingual around 1570, and it was not until 1650 that Romansh had disappeared everywhere in the valley. The gradual progression of the language change resulted in clearly different local dialects. Linguistically, the Rhaeto-Romanic substrate is recognizable to this day by the diphthonging of the Old High German high tongue vowels / iː /, / yː / and / uː /, which is typical for the Walser dialect of the Ausserschanfigg : This is what it is called in the traditional dialect of St. Peter and Castiel Eisch [eɪʃ] and Mous [moʊs], not Ysch [iːʃ] and Muus [muːs] as usual in Walser German or Ys [iːs] and Muus [muːs] as in the Chur dialect. The same diphthongization also knows the Romansh of the Unterhalbstein from Filisur to Obervaz .

The official language is German everywhere today. The everyday Walser German is increasingly being replaced by a variant of the Graubünden German of the Chur Rhine Valley. In what was originally the smallest community in the valley, Arosa, which experienced rapid population growth from 1890, an average Graubünden German has been spoken for generations. In addition to general immigration, the construction of second homes has also made numerous foreigners stay for several weeks or months a year in recent decades. Here, the line between locals and guests is blurred - not least in terms of language. In the commuter town of Maladers spoken mostly the dialect of the nearby city of Chur, which has long Chur German .

religion

Historical painting in Malader's Reformed Church

The majority of the population has belonged to the Evangelical Reformed Church of Graubünden without interruption since the Reformation . Evangelical parishes exist in St. Peter (pastoral community with Molinis and Peist and since 2008 with Castiel and Lüen ), in Langwies (including Litzirüti ), in Arosa and in Tschiertschen (with Praden and the non-Schanfigger village of Passugg - Araschgen merged in the Steinbach parish , which has maintained a pastoral community with Maladers since 2008 ).

There are Roman Catholic churches in Arosa and Maladers.

media

The most widely read publication organ in the valley is the only local newspaper , the Aroser Zeitung and Schanfigger Zeitung , which appear under both names and are identical in content .

tourism

The Schanfigger Heimatmuseum in Arosa

In the past, tourism was primarily focused on Arosa. In recent years, however, through cooperation with Arosa Tourism and through the Schanfigger Höhenweg, the other communities have also expanded their offerings, especially Litzirüti and Langwies. The middle part of the valley, St. Peter with the Hochwang and Tschiertschen ski area, continued to develop to a much lesser extent .

The tourist organization Schanfigg Tourismus consists of the villages Tschiertschen, Praden, St. Peter / Pagig, Castiel, Molinis and Peist. Since 2011, the entire valley has been operating cooperatively under the Arosa Schanfigg brand.

A circular hiking route, the Schanfigger Höhenweg, runs over a length of around 70 kilometers on both sides of the valley . The history and the touristic development of the valley is illustrated in the Schanfigger Heimatmuseum in Arosa.

Community merger Schanfigg

From 2010 onwards, the Schanfigg valley communities - without Maladers, who is interested in closer cooperation with Chur - deal with the possibility of a future-oriented community merger. The aim of the project, which was supported by the canton of Graubünden and heavily funded, was to create a large political community from Calfreisen to Arosa, whereby Tschiertschen-Praden withdrew from the process in 2011 due to a lack of adequate transport links to the right side of the valley. The project was based on the conviction of the initiators and the canton of taking into account the political, tourist and economic framework conditions that have changed in the past decades and of having more political weight and better tax and financial opportunities in a larger association in the future.

Calfreisen has been part of the municipality of Arosa since the beginning of 2013

On June 17, 2012, the municipalities in question clearly approved the project with an almost two-thirds strong majority. The new large municipality of Arosa has an area of ​​15,473 hectares. This makes it the third largest in terms of area and, with currently 3,364 inhabitants, the seventh largest in terms of population (as of 2013).

On July 23, 2012, the then 69-year-old Zurich lawyer Peter Heinrich, who came from Calfreisen, and two other complainants filed a supervisory complaint, demanding that all affected communities vote on the new community constitution. The Graubünden government did not respond to the complaint and approved the merger agreement.

On October 2, 2012, the constituent community assembly took place in Arosa, at which over 300 voters - with two opposing votes - approved the draft constitution for the new community. The new constitution provides for five board members, a parliament with 14 members, municipal voting and election rights for foreign citizens and a tax rate of 90%. The formation of parliamentary groups was dispensed with. On November 4, 2012, the constitution, tax and election laws were passed with over 70% approval. On November 25, 2012, the elections for the five-person municipal board, the 14-person municipal council (parliament) and the other authorities took place. The merger formally took effect on January 1, 2013.

On November 28, 2013, the administrative court in Graubünden rejected the constitutional and voting rights complaints raised against the decision of the government council in a decision of September 3, 2013. The complainants Peter Heinrich and Peter Wolff referred this judgment to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in matters of public law. On March 12, 2015, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the merger proceedings in question had not violated international, constitutional or statutory law and dismissed the appeal in the final instance.

Sporting events

The Swiss Irontrail , which was held for the first time in July 2012 , has led from Urdenfürggli - Hörnlihütte via Carmenna - Weisshorn to Arosa and from there via the Schanfigger Höhenweg to Medergen - Sapün - Strelapass to Davos .

Sledge

In Peist in the Kavi joinery (owner Kavithas Jeyabalan) the Schanfigger sledge is built, which is in the tradition of the Arosa sledge , which was built in Arosa until around 1995.

gallery

literature

  • Susanne Birrer: Arosa – Schanfigg region. Terra Grischuna holiday and leisure book, Chur 1988, ISBN 3-7298-1046-4 .
  • Dr. C. Fischer: Land and people in the Schanfigg valley. Manatschal Ebner & Cie., Chur 1905.
  • Hans Danuser, Ruedi Homberger: Arosa and the Schanfigg. Self-published by Danuser / Homberger, Arosa 1988, pp. 143 ff., 178 ff.
  • Hans Danuser / Walser Association Graubünden (ed.): Old ways in Schanfigg. Publishing house Walser Association Graubünden, Splügen 1997.
  • Ueli Haldimann , Tibert Keller, Georg Jäger : Experience the Chur-Arosa Railway - a stroll through the Schanfigg. AS Verlag & Buchkonzept AG, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-906055-25-1 , pp. 9–50.
  • Heinrich Kessler: On the dialect of Schanfigg. With special consideration of their diphthonignations. Diss. University of Zurich. In: Contributions to the history of German language and literature 55 (1931), pp. 81–206. Also as a special print by Karras, Kröber & Nietschmann, Halle (Saale) 1931.
  • Peter Masüger: From Old Rhaeto-Romanic to «Tschalfiggerisch». In: Terra Grischuna 48/1, 1990, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Christian Patt: Schanfigger words. A supplement to the Davos dictionary. Publishing Walser Association, Graubünden , Chur 1986th
  • E. Rud: The Schanfigg. Buchdruckerei AG Arosa, Arosa undated (around 1920).
  • Schanfigg-Arosa region. , in: Terra Grischuna , 59th year, issue 1, Terra Grischuna Verlag, Chur 2000, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Schanfigg-Arosa In: Terra Grischuna 48/1, 1990, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Schanfigg and Arosa. In: Terra Grischuna 70/1, 2011, ISSN  1011-5196 .
  • Schanfigg Maiensässinventar Construction methods and settlement forms in Heubergen, pre-winters, Maiensässen and home areas of the communities of Maladers, Calfreisen, Castiel, Lüen, Pagig, St. Peter, Molinis and Peist. Association for Bündner Kulturforschung , Chur 1999.
  • Jürg Simonett: Schanfigg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Association for Walserism (ed.): The Walser. A workbook for schools. 3rd edition, Verlag Wir Walser, Brig 1998.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duden. The Pronunciation Dictionary , p. 702.
  2. ^ Rhaetian name book . Volume 2: Etymologies. Ed. And ed. by Andrea Schorta. Francke, Bern 1964 (Romanica Helvetica 63), p. 833.
  3. ↑ Ueli Haldimann, Tibert Keller, Georg Jäger: Experience Chur-Arosa-Bahn - foray through the Schanfigg. AS Verlag & Buchkonzept AG, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-906055-25-1 , p. 10.
  4. ↑ Jenny commissioned to work out a suitability and feasibility study for a Schanfigg - Davos rail tunnel from October 21, 2008.
  5. ↑ a b Heinrich Kessler: On the dialect of Schanfigg. With special consideration of their diphthonignations. Diss. University of Zurich. Karras, Kröber & Nietschmann, Halle (Saale) 1931.
  6. ↑ Ueli Haldimann, Tibert Keller, Georg Jäger: Experience Chur-Arosa-Bahn - Foray through the Schanfigg , AS Verlag & Buchkonzept AG, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-906055-25-1 , p. 14.
  7. ↑ Short film "Geissenpeter & Bergheuet" with various dialect patterns from the Schanfigg .
  8. ↑ Talfusion Schanfigg anders , accessed on July 31, 2012.
  9. ↑ Southeastern Switzerland of August 24, 2012.
  10. ↑ Die Südostschweiz, October 4, 2012, pp. 1 and 3.
  11. ↑ Report of the voting results of November 4, 2012
  12. ↑ Aroser Zeitung of November 30, 2012.
  13. ↑ Administrative court rejects complaints against the Arosa merger. In: Südostschweiz.ch. November 28, 2013, accessed December 1, 2013 .
  14. ^ Die Südostschweiz, November 28, 2013, p. 9.
  15. ^ Opponents of the merger around Arosa hope for the federal court. In: Südostschweiz.ch. January 14, 2014, accessed January 17, 2014 .
  16. ↑ Die Südostschweiz of January 17, 2014, p. 8.
  17. ↑ Aroser Zeitung of April 24, 2015, p. 5.
  18. ↑ Federal Supreme Court supports the case of Arosa Administrative Court. In: Südostschweiz.ch. April 23, 2015, accessed April 7, 2020 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '58.1 "  N , 9 ° 39' 2.7"  E ; CH1903:  768,749  /  189,230