Val Milà
The Val Milà is a valley in the Swiss canton of Graubünden north of Rueras .
geography
The valley runs in a north-south direction and connects the Etzlital in the canton of Uri , which branches off from the Maderanertal, with the Tujetsch . The approximately three and a half kilometers long valley ends at 2,484 m above sea level. M. high pass Mittelplatten, to which several rock steps lead up in the upper part. The Val Milà is surrounded by the Chrüzlistock ( 2709 m above sea level ) and the Caschlè in the east ( 2546 m above sea level ) as well as the Piz Nair ( 3058 m above sea level ) and the Culmatsch ( 2896 m above sea level). ). As a typical trough valley , the slopes of Val Milà are steep.
Of the shaping glaciers on the Piz Nair and Culmatsch, which were still marked on old maps, only a few small firn fields remain today.
In the upper part of the valley there are several small mountain lakes, such as the Lai dalla Stria ( 2474 m above sea level ) and the Lais Selvadis to the north of it. The Aua da Milà stream rises from the Lais Selvadis and is also fed by the firn fields. Only at the exit of the valley has the stream dug a slightly deeper bed. It flows into the young Vorderrhein below Rueras .
The size of Alp Milà was given in 1929 as 280 hectares.
History and Development
In 1749, an avalanche from Val Milà destroyed large parts of the village of Rueras. It was one of the worst natural disasters in Tujetsch: Depending on the source, 64 or 70 people are said to have died. An avalanche in 1817 also claimed human lives - there is talk of twelve dead and several missing, or 28 dead. Another avalanche in 1922 only caused property damage thanks to the protective wall that had been erected in the meantime.
A hiking trail leads from Rueras through the valley and the pass to the Etzlihütte . The path through Val Milà and over Mittelplatten was always a variant of the pilgrim and mule track over the Chrüzli Pass ( 2347 m above sea level ) in the northeast. Since the closure of the hiking trail through the Val Strem in the east, which has been affected by a rock fall, the trail in the Val Milà has been used more often. The Way of St. James over the Chrützli Pass was relocated and now leads through the Val Milà and over the Mittelplatten.
On the eastern side of the valley which runs Lukmanier line , a 380 kV three-phase - high-voltage line .
Minerals
The valley is known for its rich mineral deposits. Milarite is named after the Val Milà , a rarely occurring mineral from the mineral class of " silicates and germanates ". Milarite was not discovered for the first time in Val Milà, but in the 1870s in the Val Giuv valley to the west . The local emitter Giachen Fidel Cavegn (1811–1872) wanted to keep the competition away by giving the wrong location.
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 362, keyword Milar (Val) ( scan of the lexicon page ).
- ^ A b c Walter Leemann: On the landscape of Tujetsch (nature, economy, settlement) . Dissertation. Aschmann & Scheller, Zurich 1929 ( reprint [PDF; accessed on August 6, 2019]).
- ↑ Tarcisi Hendry: Il vischinadi da Rueras. In: Historia Tujetsch. Retrieved August 6, 2019 (Romansh).
- ↑ Disgraziai dallas duas lavinas da 1749 e 1817. (PDF) In: Historia Tujetsch. Retrieved August 6, 2019 (Romansh).
- ↑ Dismantling of the path markings on the Chrützlipass. In: Jakobsweg Graubünden. July 23, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Jakobsweg Graubünden. In: Switzerland Tourism. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
- ↑ A. Perner: Occurrence of minerals and raw materials in the Tavetsch (GR). In: mineralien-ch.ch. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Milarit. (PDF) In: Forum Cultural Tujetsch. Museum La Truaisch, p. 8 , accessed on August 3, 2019 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 37.5 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 9" E ; CH1903: 699 219 / 172212