Valendas

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Valendas
Valendas coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Surselva
Political community : Safientali2
Postal code : 7122
former BFS no. : 3586
Coordinates : 740 588  /  183519 coordinates: 46 ° 47 '17 "  N , 9 ° 16' 48"  O ; CH1903:  740 588  /  183519
Height : 810  m above sea level M.
Area : 22.79  km²
Residents: 288 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 13 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.valendas.ch
Valendas, looking west

Valendas, looking west
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Valendas (in the local dialect Walser Falädòòs [falædɔːs] ; in the Romansh neighborhood Valendau [ˌvaləndaʊ̯] ? / I ) was, until 31 December 2012, a municipality in the former county Ilanz , district Surselva in the Swiss canton of Grisons . Valendas is considered a place of national importance. Audio file / audio sample

On January 1, 2013, she merged with the parishes of Versam , Safien and Tenna to form the new parish Safiental and moved to the district of Safien .

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue an upright golden (yellow) lion, accompanied by three golden balls (2: 1)

The coat of arms is a combination of the coat of arms of the Lords of Valendas (three black spheres in silver (white)) with the coat of arms of Mont auf Löwenberg , who are related by marriage to them , which also determined the colors of the former municipal coat of arms .

geography

The place is located on a terrace above the right side of the Vorderrhein Gorge ( Ruinaulta ) on the northern slope of Piz Riein at an altitude of 810 m. In addition to the village, the hamlets of Brün, Carrera, Dutjen (consisting of Ober- and Unterdutjen) and Turisch as well as individual farms belong to the former municipality. The lowest point of the former municipal area is at an altitude of 635 meters, the highest point is the Tällistock (2604 m) .

Of the entire former municipal area of ​​almost 23 km², 1110 hectares are forested and 635 hectares of mountains. Only 98 of the 493 hectares of arable land are alpine meadows. The remainder of the former municipal area of ​​41 ha is settlement area.

history

In the will of Bishop Tello from 765 the place is mentioned for the first time under the name Valendano . In the 12th century, a noble family of Valendas appeared who served various barons. The Counts of Werdenberg later took over their property. The residents bought their tithe free in 1526 and acquired Valendas Castle in 1529 , which then fell apart. During the time of the Helvetic Republic , the place belonged to the district of Glenner in the canton of Rhaetia .

The - probably pre-German - place name Valendas cannot be interpreted with certainty.

population

Population development
year 1803 1850 1900 1950 2000 2004 2012
Residents 463 555 499 441 294 306 288

Originally the population consisted of Graubünden novels. The hamlets, on the other hand, were populated by Walsers . Centuries ago they settled in the village, so that today the entire former community is German-speaking. Of the 306 residents at the end of 2004, 295 were Swiss nationals. The former congregation is a traditionally Reformed denomination .

traffic

The former municipality is connected to the public transport network by the Ilanz - Versam postbus line . It also shares the Valendas-Sagogn stop of the Rhaetian Railway with Sagogn . To the west of the stop, the Rhine bridge Valendas-Sagogn connects the two villages of Valendas and Sagogn.

Film set

In 2015, Valendas was used as the location for the Swiss feature film Gotthard , which was first shown in December 2016. The historic town center replaced the actual location of Göschenen . For the filming, all references to the present were removed from the townscape, house facades were trimmed to old and the canton road was given a gravel surface.

Attractions

The association "Valendas Impuls" was founded in 2004. He organizes various events such as the Valendas Music Days and is committed to sustainable village development and maintenance of the village image.

  • Valendas Castle ruins
  • The reformed village church is a listed building .
  • The Jooshaus , a farmhouse with an attached stable and a brick residential tower, had been uninhabited for 50 years and was donated to the “Valendas Impuls” association in 2010 by a donation from the community of heirs. The oldest parts go back to the 14th century.
  • The core of the Engihuus above the fountain dates back to 1517. In 2013/14 the house was redesigned by Gion A. Caminada as an “Gasthaus am Brunnen” and opened on June 28, 2014.
  • The Lower Marchion House was built on previous buildings in several phases before 1681.
  • The wooden fountain of Valendas is one of the largest in Europe; the original was from 1760. In 2011 the fountain with its 4.8 x 12 meter basin was replaced for the last time after 30 years. The fountain has been a cantonal monument since 1981.
  • Next to the Türalihus is the Rothuus, which was built in 1782 over two previous buildings.
  • The Türalihus ("turret house") stood empty for several decades and threatened to collapse. The first step was to restore the facade and roof. The installation of two holiday apartments is planned.
  • Extension of the mountain school building, 2001, architect: Curdin Michael
  • Alix viewing platform with a view of the Ruinaulta

  • Valendas-Sagogn station in the Ruinaulta

  • Fraissen part of the village

  • Wooden fountain, the Grauhuus on the left, the Engihuus on the right

  • Lower Marchion House

  • Valendas Carrera

  • Front yard (Dutjen)

  • The hamlet of Brün

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Panorama picture, beginning at the village church on the left over the Ruinaulta with a view into the Gruob to the fertile terrace on the right

literature

  • Martin Bundi: Valendas - on the development of a landscape from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. In: Bündner monthly newspaper 2/2017.
  • Donat Caduff: Appearance in Valendas. Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur 2005, ISBN 3-905342-32-4 .
  • Paul Joos (photographs), Christoph Schwyzer (texts): Valendas. The world in the village. Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85791-646-5 .
  • Ludmilla Seifert: Valendas (architectural tours in Graubünden). Edited by Bündner Heimatschutz and the Valendas Impulas Foundation. Chur 2015, ISBN 978-3-85637-473-0 .
  • The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
  • Jürg Simonett: Valendas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2014 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Places worth protecting of national importance on admin.ch
  2. ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 910.
  3. ↑ Valendas: Small village very big in the film Article on srf.ch from July 10, 2015
  4. ↑ Gasthaus am Brunnen on graubuenden.ch
  5. ^ Extension of the Bergschulhaus, 2001 on graubuendenkultur.ch
  6. ↑ Alix viewing platform at flims.com