Tumegl / Tomils

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Graubünden (GR)

Region :

Viamala

Circle :

Domleschg - Until December 31, 2017

Political community :

Domleschg

Postal code :

7418

former BFS no. :

3642

Coordinates :

752.4 thousand / 179 583 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '0 " N , 9 ° 26' 0" O ; CH1903: seven hundred fifty-two thousand four hundred / one hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred eighty-three

Height :

801 m above sea level M.

Area :

3.20 km²

Residents:

365 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

114 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.domleschg.ch

Tumegl / Tomils, at the top left Ortenstein Castle

map

Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1947

Tumegl / Tomils (Rhaeto-Romanic Tumegl , German and until 1943 officially Tomils ) is a village in the political municipality of Domleschg in the district of Domleschg in the Viamala region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Description: A golden crown in blue over a seven-pointed golden (yellow) star . The parish seal from the 19th century shows a coronation of Mary . For the coat of arms, the seal image was reduced to the symbols star and crown.

geography

The former municipality lies on the western slope of the Stätzerhorn chain in Domleschg . It reached from the Hinterrhein up to 1200 m and included the village Tumegl / Tomils (801 m), Ortenstein Castle (754 m), the hamlet of Rofna (901 m), Mulegns (682 m) and Mos (1014 m). Of the entire former municipal area of 321 hectares, 179 hectares were forested and 16 hectares were unproductive. At least 109 hectares could be used for agriculture. The remaining 17 hectares were settlement areas.

history

On January 1st, 2009 Tumegl / Tomils merged with Feldis / Veulden , Scheid and Trans to form the municipality of Tomils . As a result of the merger of Tomils, Almens , Paspels , Pratval and Rodels , Tumegl / Tomils has belonged to the new municipality of Domleschg since January 1, 2015 and is therefore a fraction of Domleschg.

population

Population development
year	1803	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2007	2008
Residents	202	226	233	266	217	260	321	355	365	376

languages

Originally, the residents of the community spoke Sutselvisch , a Graubünden Romance dialect. In 1880 87% and in 1910 73% said Romansh was their main language. The decline of the original language has continued to this day. In 1941, 59% were still speaking Romansh. After that, the community gradually turned to German. German speakers have been in the majority since 1970 and Romansh is losing ground on a large scale. The following table shows the development since 1980:

Languages in Tumegl / Tomils
languages	1980 census		1990 census		2000 census
languages	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
German	169	77.88%	228	87.69%	293	91.28%
Romansh	35	16.13%	17th	6.54%	13	4.05%
Residents	217	100%	260	100%	321	100%

Catholic Church: wall painting by Hans Ardüser ; 1597

Origin and nationality

Of the 355 residents at the end of 2005, 337 (= 95%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

The Ortenstein Castle is located below the village . It is privately owned and cannot be viewed.
The largest coherent wall painting by Hans Ardüser can be found in the Catholic Church .
Above the village there were ruins of an early medieval church building Sogn Murezi .

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 .
The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich, 2003. ISBN 3-7253-0741-5
The Domleschg- La Tumgleastga. Chur, 2005. ISBN 3-905342-26-X
Mathias Kundert: The language change in Domleschg and on Heinzenberg (19th / 20th century). Commission publisher Desertina, Chur 2007, ISBN 978-3-85637-340-5 .
Jürg Simonett: Tumegl / Tomils. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Tumegl / Tomils - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality of Domleschg

Individual evidence

^ Catholic parish church of the Coronation of Mary

[1] Catholic parish church of the Coronation of Mary