Schmitten GR

GR is the abbreviation for the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Schmitten .

Schmitten
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Albula
BFS no. :	3514
Postal code :	7493
Coordinates :	770 829  /  173096 coordinates: 46 ° 41 '14 "  N , 9 ° 40' 19"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred seventy thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine  /  173096
Height :	1301  m above sea level M.
Height range :	980–2807 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.35  km²
Residents:	234 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.schmitten-gr.ch
Schmitten
Location of the municipality

Schmitten ( Romansh Ferrera ) is a municipality in the Albula region , in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The community of Schmitten is traditionally German-speaking.

coat of arms

Blazon : in blue golden scepter , crossed with golden crook.

Attributes of St. Lucius in the colors of the Ten Courts League as a reference to the old Lucius Church.

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1954

Schmitten is a street village on the right side of the Albula Valley on the cantonal road between Lenzerheide and Davos .

population

Population development

year	1623	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	170	205	249	329	208	252	243	266	256	249	253	245

languages

In the 14th and 15th centuries the place was settled by Walser from Davos . Despite the Romansh neighboring communities, the proportion of Romansh was always well below 10%. The table below shows the development over the last few decades:

Languages ​​in Schmitten

languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	195	93.75%	243	96.43%	229	94.24%
Romansh	11	5.29%	3	1.19%	3	1.23%
Italian	2	0.96%	0	0.00%	2	0.82%
Residents	208	100%	252	100%	243	100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 266 residents at the end of 2005, 247 (= 92.86%) were Swiss citizens.

traffic

In 1870–1873 the Landwasserstrasse was built along the Landwasser River. The road leads from Brienz via Alvaneu and Schmitten, along steep slopes and through larch forests , which alternate with deeply cut valleys ( called gorges here ), to Wiesen and ends in Davos.

Attractions

Schmitten Church

See also : List of cultural assets in Schmitten GR

The baroque church of All Saints with its splendid furnishings and the Romanesque chapel of St. Lucius with late Gothic frescoes are enthroned above the village .

From this church hill one has a memorable view over the Albula valley . From the rectory, built in 1707, follow the Way of the Cross from 1761, whose Passion Pictures have been completely renovated since 1985, up to the cemetery, which surrounds the parish church of All Saints and the Chapel of St. Lucius.

There are old ore mines near Schmitten .

Fusion of the community

As part of the municipal mergers in Graubünden , efforts were made to merge all the municipalities in the Albula Valley into a single municipality of Albula. On March 23, 2013, however, a majority of the population of Schmitten rejected this in a fundamental decision. It is now being discussed whether Schmitten should merge with the Davos community and form the seventh parliamentary community there. The former municipality of Wiesen , east of Schmitten, took this route in 2009 .

Association of Friends of Schmitten (VFvS)

The Friends of Schmitten Association has published an elaborate village chronicle every year since 1966. In addition to the annual reports of the community and the village associations, the chronicle also deals with topics that are important for a small alpine village. The editors and editors are the members of the association's board.

literature

• Jürg Simonett: Schmitten (GR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .
• Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton Graubünden II. The valleys of Herrschaft, Prättigau, Davos, Schanfigg, Churwalden, Albula valley (= art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 9). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1937. DNB 811066703 .

Web links

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

• Website of the community of Schmitten

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. ^ Baroque Church of All Saints .
3. ^ Chapel of St. Lucius
4. ↑ Church hill