Soglio GR

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Soglio
Coat of arms of Soglio
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Maloja
Political community : Bregagliai2
Postal code : 7610
Coordinates : 761 721  /  134 464 coordinates: 46 ° 20 '31 "  N , 9 ° 32' 22"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred twenty-one  /  134464
Height : 1090  m above sea level M.
Area : 67.57  km²
Residents: 167 (December 31, 2008)
Population density : 2 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.comunedibregaglia.ch
Soglio GR

Soglio GR

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Soglio GR (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2010

Soglio (Rhaeto-Romanic Suogl ? / I , in the local dialect Soi ) is a place belonging to the political municipality of Bregaglia in the former district of Bregaglia , in what was then the district of Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Audio file / audio sample

coat of arms

Description: In gold on a red shield base with two silver stakes, an upright black, red-armored ibex . The stakes come from the coat of arms of the Salis family , which was of great importance in the history of the place, while the ibex refers to the membership of the house of worship.

geography

The village is at an altitude of 1090 m above sea level. M. on a terrace to the right above the Maira and on the south slope of Piz dal Märc (2947 m above sea level), 17.5 kilometers northeast of Chiavenna . Soglio consists of three parts: the main part with the village on the right slope of the Val Bregaglia, the upper part of Val Maroz with Val Cam , the uninhabited, small Val da la Duana and the Madris on the north side of the Alps.

Orography

The main part of the place and the Val da la Duana belong orographically to the Val Bregaglia, while the Madris, traversed by the Madrid Rhine and larger than the other areas of the place combined, belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Rhine and thus to the north side of the Alps.

As a special feature, a large part of the water of the Madrid Rhine flows via a gravity pipeline into the Lago di Lei reservoir, which is located on Italian territory, and only then flows back into the Avers Rhine , i.e. Switzerland, as part of electricity production .

history

The village is first mentioned in 1186 under the then name de Solio . Soglio is mentioned as early as 1219 in the peace between Chur and Como , as it was burned in the previous feud. The village has an extremely rich municipal archive, the history of the village is often reflected in that of the valley and the Unter-Porta court. In Soglio bowl stones and a stone slab grave as well as two Etruscan bronze vessels were found near Spino. Soglio is the home of the von Salis noble family from Graubünden , who have influenced the region for centuries.

In 2015 Soglio was voted the “most beautiful village in Switzerland”.

Community merger

Until 2009 the place was an independent political municipality. On January 1, 2010, the municipalities of Bergell ( Bondo , Castasegna , Soglio, Stampa and Vicosoprano ) merged to form the new municipality of Bregaglia .

population

Population development
year 1850 1900 1950 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008
Residents 388 349 287 220 216 172 181 167

languages

A Lombard dialect is spoken in Soglio . The official or school language is Italian. A minority of the population speaks German. The following table shows the development over the past decades:

Languages ​​in Soglio GR
languages 1980 census 1990 census 2000 census
number proportion of number proportion of number proportion of
German 19th 8.64% 33 15.28% 30th 17.44%
Italian 188 85.45% 177 81.94% 138 80.23%
Residents 220 100% 216 100% 172 100%

Soglio only has about 200 inhabitants, but it counts almost 20,000 overnight stays per year.

Religions and denominations

In 1552 the residents converted to Protestant teaching.

Origin and nationality

Of the 181 inhabitants counted at the end of 2005, 162 (= 89%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

  • The reformed village church is a listed building.
  • Casa Gubert
  • Casa di Mezzo
  • Casa Battista or Hotel Palazzo Salis
  • Casa Antonio
  • Casa alta
  • Stallazzo
  • Meier studio and house, 2003, architect: Armando Ruinelli
  • Shell stone previously in the Bosch Bügna district, today in the garden of Casa Grigias ( Chur )

Personalities

  • Noble family Salis
    • Dietegen Salis (Soglio) (* 1473 in Soglio (today the municipality of Bregaglia), † March 12, 1531 in Morbegno ), captain, commander of the Bündner, knight
    • Bartholomäus von Salis (* 1501 in Soglio, † 1570 in Albosaggia ), archpriest in Sondrio , canon and bishop in Chur
    • Johann Baptista Salis (Soglio) (born November 20, 1521 in Soglio, † November 13, 1597 ibid), governor of the Valtellina , knight of the golden spur
    • Rudolf von Salis (Soglio) (* 1529 in Soglio, † March 31, 1600 in Basel ), captain, regiment owner, colonel of the artillery, baron
    • Dietegen Salis (Soglio) (* 1526 in Soglio, † 1590 in Sondrio), colonel, governor in Prättigau , Podestà in Tirano major general
    • Battista Salis (Soglio) (* 1570 in Soglio; † September 28 / October 1638 ibid), captain of the Unterporta in Bergell , federal colonel, knight of San Marco
    • Hercules Salis (Soglio) (born September 16, 1650 in Soglio, † August 9, 1727 in Chur), Podestà in Morbegno, Podestà des Bergells, councilor in Chur
    • Anton von Salis (Soglio) (born September 10, 1702 in Soglio, † August 22, 1765 in Chur), Podestà des Bergells , Chur councilor and city judge, Graubünden politician, colonel
    • Battista von Salis (Soglio) (born September 16, 1737 in Soglio, † April 10, 1819 in Bondo ), Podestà in Morbegno, governor of the Bergell-Unterporta court
    • Anton von Salis (Soglio) (born October 2, 1760 in Soglio, † September 13, 1831 in Innsbruck ), Podestà des Bergells, commissari in Chiavenna , Imperial and Royal Chamberlain
    • Ulysses Anton von Salis-Soglio (1792–1848), Austrian officer
    • Carlo Salis (born February 8, 1948 in Bondo (town Soglio GR)), sculptor, draftsman, painter
  • Petrus Domenicus Rosius à Porta (1734–1806), reformed pastor in Soglio 1781–1791 and church historian
  • Elvezia Michel (born August 17, 1887 in Lisieux ; † June 14, 1963 in Soglio), painter, graphic artist, weaver
  • Giovanni Segantini painted part of his large triptych Becoming - Being - Passing here , consisting of the parts Life , Nature and Death . Life originated near Soglio from 1896 to 1899.
  • Rainer Maria Rilke lived temporarily in Soglio between 1919 and 1921 in search of a Swiss residence.
  • Armando Ruinelli (* 1954 ) architect

gallery

  • Palazzo Salis

  • Palazzo Salis back

  • Fountain

  • Steeple

literature

  • Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
  • Adolf Collenberg: Soglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
  • Pio Corradi, Dieter Bachmann, Urs Frey: The people of Soglio. , Offizin Verlag, 2004 ISBN 3-907496-34-5 .
  • Lorenz Joos: Soglio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 6, Sisikon - Steg. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 393 ( digitized version ).
  • Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 536-538.
  • Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton Graubünden, Volume V. The valleys on the Vorderrhein, Part II. The valley communities of Schams, Rheinwald, Avers, Münstertal, Bergell. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 14). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1943, ISBN 978-3-906131-20-7 .
  • Renato Stampa: Storia della Bregaglia. Tipografia Menghini, Poschiavo (1991).

Web links

Commons : Soglio, Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andrea Schorta: Rätisches Namenbuch , Vol. 2, Bern, 1964, p. 846
  2. ^ Adolf Collenberg: Soglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2nd December 2016 .
  3. ^ Reformed village church
  4. ↑ Casa Gubert
  5. ↑ Casa di Mezzo
  6. ↑ Casa Battista or Hotel Palazzo Salis
  7. ↑ Casa Battista or Hotel Palazzo Salis at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  8. ↑ Vincenzo Todisco: L'Albergo Palazzo Salis di Soglio. on e-periodica.ch/digbib/
  9. ↑ Casa Antonio
  10. ↑ Casa alta
  11. ↑ Stallazzo
  12. ↑ Meier's studio and house
  13. ^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 25.
  14. ^ Peter Conradin von Planta: Salis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2012 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  15. ^ Silvio Färber: Dietegen Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 11, 2012 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Pierre Surchat: Bartholomäus von Salis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 6, 2012 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  17. ^ Silvio Färber: Johann Baptista Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2011 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  18. ^ Silvio Färber: Rudolf von Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2011 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  19. ^ Silvio Färber: Dietegen Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 12, 2011 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  20. ^ Silvio Färber: Battista Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2011 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  21. ^ Silvio Färber: Hercules Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 12, 2011 , accessed April 6, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Jürg Simonett: Anton von Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 6, 2012 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Jürg Simonett: Battista von Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 6, 2012 , accessed February 25, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Jürg Simonett: Anton von Salis (Soglio). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 6, 2012 , accessed April 5, 2020 .
  25. ^ Carlo Salis. In: Sikart , accessed January 5, 2016.
  26. ↑ Elvezia Michel. In: Sikart , accessed January 21, 2016.