Tamins

Tamins

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	canton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region :	In the ground
BFS no. :	3733i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	7015
Coordinates :	750 013 / 188419 coordinates: 46 ° 49 '48 " N , 9 ° 24' 18" O ; CH1903: 750 013 / 18841946.83 9,405 662
Height :	662 m above sea level M.
Height range :	567–3243 m above sea level M.
Area :	40.74 km²
Residents:	1217 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.tamins.ch
Tamins
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Tamins ( Rhaeto-Romanic Tumein ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Imboden region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . It is located around 10 km west of Chur .

geography

Aerial photo (1947)

Under the castle rock of the district Reichenau , the united front and rear Rhine to the Rhine . To the west of the Reichenau-Tamins train station in the Ems municipality, the Rhaetian Railway separates from Chur: One line runs via Thusis into the Engadine , the other via Disentis to Andermatt . After crossing the Vorderrhein, this line lies up to the level of the Wackenau ruins in the Tamins area.

The municipality extends beyond the Kunkelspass to the north into the Tamina valley . Above this area and the Grossalp there, the municipal area extends into the high mountains with the Ringelspitz as the highest point at over 3200 meters. The SAC Ringelspitzhütte completes the alpine character.

Tamins Church

The community with the neighboring communities and the Ringelspitz on the left as the highest point.

coat of arms

Blazon : In green, a six-pointed golden (yellow) star

A community seal from 1799 already showed the star. Later coats of arms also showed the star in the blue field above the green three-mountain .

history

During the excavation of a building site southeast of the church hill, settlement remains were found, which most likely go back to the Neolithic . According to the Graubünden Archaeological Service, such a settlement is among the oldest sites in the canton.

population

Population development
year	1850	1888	1900	1930	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	770	585	863	618	781	946	1112	1167	1163	1184	1222	1226	1201

languages

The language change in Tamins from the Romansh language to German took place very early on. When exactly is unknown. But there was always a small minority of Romansh speakers. You speak a Central Grisons dialect, but traditionally use Surselv as a written language.

The following table shows the development over the last few decades:

Languages in Tamins GR
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	795	84.04%	962	86.51%	1032	88.43%
Romansh	67	7.08%	62	5.58%	41	3.51%
Italian	59	6.24%	42	3.78%	33	2.83%
Residents	946	100%	1112	100%	1167	100%

Origin and nationality

Of the 1163 residents at the end of 2005, 88% were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

Tamins Reformed Church
Emserbrücke, iron road bridge over the Rhine near Reichenau
Hinterrheinbrücke Reichenau of the Rhaetian Railway
Bass castle and garden
Watermill
Asphalt processing plant Catram, 2002, architect: Kurt Lazzarini
Road bridge over the Lavoitobel

Personalities

Jakob Ragaz (1846–1922), architect
Leonhard Ragaz (1868–1945), reformed theologian
Georg Thürer (1908–2000), literary scholar and historian
Hans Jürg Domenig (* 1964), entrepreneur

literature

Jürg Rageth, Linus Bühler: Tamins. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .

Tamins Reformed Church
village street
Tamins Rhine Bridge on Hauptstrasse 19 by Christian Menn
Schlosshotel Adler, in the background the top of the Tamins church tower and the Kunkelspass
Rhine confluence