Untervaz
Untervaz | |
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State : | Switzerland |
Canton : | Graubünden (GR) |
Region : | Landquart |
BFS no. : | 3946 |
Postal code : | 7204 Untervaz 7201 Untervaz train station |
Coordinates : | 759 639 / 199 511 |
Height : | 564 m above sea level M. |
Height range : | 520–2804 m above sea level M. |
Area : | 27.72 km² |
Residents: | 2521 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 91 inhabitants per km² |
Website: | www.untervaz.ch |
Untervaz |
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Location of the municipality | |
Untervaz ( Rhaeto-Romanic ) is a municipality in the Landquart region of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .
geography
Untervaz lies at the exit of the ravine Valcosenz 8 km north of Chur on the left side of the Rhine at the foot of the Calanda . The municipality stretches from the Rhine to the ridge of the mountain range, where the Haldensteiner Calanda ( 2806 m ) marks the highest point. In addition to the actual village, the community includes a number of Maiensässen on the Calandahang.
In 1997, 40.0% of the community area was used for agriculture, mostly as pasture land. The forest took up 46.9%, the settlements 4.8%. 8.2% were considered unproductive.
Neighboring communities are Landquart , Zizers , Trimmis , Haldenstein and Pfäfers in the canton of St. Gallen .
coat of arms
Blazon : In silver an upright black ibex, tongued with red and adorned, holding black Laurentius rust
Rust, the attribute of the patron saint of the Church, St. Laurentius, was added to the ibex as the coat of arms of the Church of God .
history
Uaze is mentioned in a document in 768. To the west of the village, in Cosenztobel, lies the ruins of Rappenstein Castle from the 13th century. In the late Middle Ages, the village belonged to the episcopal rule of Alt-Aspermont , and since 1519 to the High Court of Four Villages of the Church of God. By 1572 the Untervazer had replaced all feudal rights by paying money. In 1577 they also acquired Neuburg, 2 km southeast of the village on a rock head above the Rhine . In 1611 the Protestant pastor and dean Georg Saluz introduced the Reformation . In 1612 there was religious unrest, and in 1622 the village was partially re-Catholicized. In 1646, a joint church supply was set up with the Reformed Igis , and it was not until 1710 that the Reformed could build their own church, the Reformed Church of Untervaz . Since 1699 the majority of the Catholic population was cared for by Capuchins.
population
Population development | ||||||
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year | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
population | 1097 | 940 | 1205 | 2093 | 2262 | 2378 |
economy
In the second half of the 20th century, the place changed from a small farming village to a community with industry, trade and commerce. 77 people were employed in agriculture and forestry, 280 in the commercial sector and 222 in the service sector (as of 2000–01). The largest industrial company is the cement plant belonging to the Holcim Group. There is a base for the Swiss Air Rescue Service in Untervaz .
traffic
The community is connected to the public transport network with the Chur city bus line 3 and the Untervaz-Trimmis station of the Rhaetian Railway (located across the Rhine on Trimmiser Boden) .
Attractions
- The Catholic parish church and the reformed church are under monument protection .
- Neuburg castle ruins
literature
- Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VII: The City of Chur and the Circle of Five Villages. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 20). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1948, DNB 760079668 .
- Uwe Winkler: Untervaz settlement inventory. Text, photos, plans Heike Buchmann, Burgenverein Untervaz (editor), 2003.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Untervaz
- Adolf Collenberg: Untervaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Untervaz Castle Association: Texts and documents on the history of the village
Individual evidence
- ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Valèr: The evangelical clergy at the Martinskirche in Chur from the beginning of the Reformation to the present , Manatschal & Ebner, Chur 1919. P. 68–76: Dean Georg Saluz and the Reformation in Untervaz 1611
- ^ Adolf Collenberg: Untervaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Neuburg castle ruins at www.graubuendenkultur.ch .