Serneus

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Graubünden (GR)

Region :

Prättigau / Davos

Political community :

Klosters-Serneus

Postal code :

7249 Serneus

Coordinates :

782 891 / 196 005 coordinates: 46 ° 53 '24 " N , 9 ° 50' 20" O ; CH1903: seven hundred eighty-two thousand eight hundred ninety-one / 196 005

Height :

995 m above sea level M.

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Serneus [ sɛrˈnøɪ̯s ] is a village in the rear Prättigau in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Until 1851 it formed with the Mezzaselva and the area up the valley to Gulfia, the outermost community of the half high court Klosters- Innerschnitz; since 1872 the village has been a fraction of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus . The parish remained independent until 1975.

history

The settlement is first mentioned in 1475 as Serneyss ; the origin of the name is uncertain, a connection to the popular name Sarunetes , documented in Roman sources, is being considered . In 1617 the use of the sulfur springs for drinking and bathing cures is reported. However, spa tourism soon came to a standstill - similar to Jenaz in the Mittelprättigau. The hotel in Bad Serneus has been in use again since 1978 .

In 1741 a large part of the village was destroyed by fire. During the reconstruction, the houses were not completely rebuilt in the wood-dominated Walser house style for safety reasons , but with a high proportion of stone.

Attractions

The reformed village church is a listed building .
Sunnibergbrücke, 1998, architect: Christian Menn

traffic

The Casannapass, reserved for non-motorized traffic , leads from Serneus to Langwies im Schanfigg .

Bad Serneus
Primary school building
Village entrance
Gmür House

literature

Jakob Vetsch : The house of God in Serneus. A commemorative publication. Klosters 1979, Schiers 2004.

Web links

Florian Hitz: Serneus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Andres Kristol, Klosters-Serneus GR (Prättigau / Davos) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 484 ſq.
↑ Bündner Jahrbuch 2019, 15-20.
↑ Sunnibergbrücke at www.graubuendenkultur.ch .

[ks-1] Andres Kristol, Klosters-Serneus GR (Prättigau / Davos) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss municipality names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 484 ſq.

[2] Bündner Jahrbuch 2019, 15-20.

[3] Sunnibergbrücke at www.graubuendenkultur.ch .