Sur GR

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

Sur

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Albula
Political community :	Sursesi2
Postal code :	7456
former BFS no. :	3540
Coordinates :	768 131 / 154647 coordinates: 46 ° 31 '19 " N , 9 ° 37' 48" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-one / 15464746.522 9.63 1530
Height :	1530 m above sea level M.
Area :	23.22 km²
Residents:	68 (December 31, 2014)
Population density :	3 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.surses.ch
Sur, in the background the Lai da Marmorera
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Until December 31, 2015, Sur ( Romansh Sour ) was a political municipality in the Surses district (Oberhalbstein) in the Albula district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . On January 1, 2016, Sur merged with the municipalities of Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom-Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin and Tinizong-Rona to form the new municipality of Surses .

Upper part of the village

Sur with parish church of St. Catherine

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by silver (white) with a black tin tower on a green three-mountain, and by black with a silver wavy band

The Spliatsch tower on the middle of the three hills of Sur stands above (sur) the Juliet's wavy line.

geography

Sur is on the Julier Pass road. The lower part of the village of Furnatsch is directly on the road, the main part of the former community about 50 meters above. The 2000 m high Alp Flix also belongs to Sur . The highest point is the 3,397 m high Piz Calderas .

population

Population development
year	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2014
Residents	163	178	227	112	87	93	84	68

languages

The vast majority of the population still speaks the Rhaeto-Romanic Surmeir . In 1880 this was 99.3%, in 1941 97.4% of the population. Thereafter, the proportion of Romansh fell gradually to 75.86% by 1990. Since then, the language situation has stabilized. The following table shows the development over the past decades:

Languages in Sur GR
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	5	4.46%	12	13.79%	20th	21.51%
Romansh	94	83.93%	66	75.86%	70	75.27%
Italian	4th	3.57%	5	5.75%	3	3.23%
Residents	112	100%	87	100%	93	100%

The only official language is Romansh, which is understood by 84.9% of the population.

Origin and nationality

Of the 84 residents at the end of 2005, 75 (= 89.29%) were Swiss citizens.

local community

The pastor shares the pastor with Mulegns , and since 1994 also the postal delivery organization. The former parish ran the primary school together with Mulegns and Marmorera from 1975 to 2006 ; for the secondary school, the pupils have had to go to Savognin since 1963 . Primary school students have been taught in Bivio since 2006 . The former community is very old; two thirds of the residents are over 60 years old.

In March 2006, the voters decided at a community meeting as the first community in Oberhalbstein to teach the new written language Rumantsch Grischun at the school. So far, the Surmeir, which is common throughout the Surmeir, has been taught. On March 10, 2006, the majority of the residents of Sur and other communities in the valley rejected a merger of all communities in Oberhalbstein.

Attractions

The Spliatsch tower built in the 13th century by the lords of Marmels .
The Alp Flix at 2000 meters above sea level .

literature

Erwin Poeschel : The art monuments of the canton of Graubünden III. The valley communities Räzünser Boden, Domleschg, Heinzenberg, Oberhalbstein, Upper and Lower Engadine. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 11). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1940. DNB 760079625 .
Gion Peder Thöni: Sur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

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

Sur GR on the ETHorama platform
Official website of the municipality of Sur