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Piz Fess
Piz Fess is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, situated between the Val Lumnezia and Safiental Safiental () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Surselva Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and Tenna, Switzerland, Tenna merged on 1 Jan ... in the canton of Graubünden. Piz Fess is the culminating point of the Signina range ( Romansh: ''Cadeina dil Signina''). The mountain has two summits, a gentle summit named the ''Guter Fess'' ("Good Fess"; 2,874 m) and a not so gentle one named ''Böser Fess'' ("Angry Fess"; 2,880 m). In 1894 the pinnacle was still described as unclimbable, but the next summer Karl Viescher from Basel and the local guides Wieland Wieland and J. Christoffel reached the sharp summit. References External links Piz Fess on Hikr Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of the Alps Lepontine Alps Two-thousanders of Switzerland I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laax
Laax (; , ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Surselva Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. History Laax is first undoubtedly mentioned 1290–98 as ''Lags''. Laax is first mentioned indirectly in 765 AD when Bishop Tello of Chur granted his share of Flemme (Flims) to the Disentis Monastery, noting Laax in his will. The village appears in a 1290 register of the Cathedral of Chur and was officially independent by 1525 with its own parish church. In 1428, the :de:Freie von Laax bought their freedom from Count[ Rudolf VII of Werdenberg-Sargans, gaining unique autonomy, freedom, and privileges such as market rights and tolls. In 1677, Udalrich de Mont, Bishop of Chur, consecrated the new church in Laax to the patrons Saint Gallus and Saint Otmar. Laax joined the Ilanz district in 1851 after the dissolution of the Laax-Seewis court, and tourism began developing in 1962 with the opening of the Crap Sogn Gion. Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swisstopo
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland's national mapping agency. The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the instituteswisstopo.admin.ch since 1997. Maps The main class of products produced by Swisstopo are topographical maps on seven different Scale (map), scales. Swiss maps have been praised for their accuracy and quality. Regular maps * 1:25.000. This is the most detailed map, useful for many purposes. Those are popular with tourists, especially for famous areas like Zermatt and St. Moritz. These maps cost CHF 13.50 each (2004). 208 maps on this scale are published at regular intervals. The first map published on this scale was ''1125 Chasseral'', in 1952. The last map published on this scale was ''1292 Maggia'', in 1972. Since 1956, composites have been published, starting with ''2501 St. Gallen''. They have the same information, but consist of several parts of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheinwaldhorn
The Rheinwaldhorn () is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level. It lies on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino, in the Adula massif, part of the St. Gotthard massif of the Adula Alps in southern Switzerland. The mountain is known by different names, in German as ''Rheinwaldhorn'' or ''Adulahorn'', in Italian as ''l'Adula'' or ''Piz Valrhein'',Bergseen der italienischen Schweiz laghettialpini.ch. Retrieved on 2010-02-09 in Romansh as ''Piz Valragn''. The group of the snowy peaks lying between the two principal branches of the Rhine were known in the Middle Ages by the names ''Mons Aquila'' or ''Mons Avium''. From the Romansh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepontine Alps
The Lepontine Alps (, , ) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Canton of Uri, Uri and Graubünden) and Italy (Piedmont and Lombardy). The Simplon Tunnel, Simplon rail tunnel (from Brig, Switzerland, Brig to Domodossola), the Gotthard Base Tunnel, Gotthard rail (from Erstfeld to Bodio) and Gotthard Road Tunnel, Gotthard road tunnels (from Andermatt to Airolo) and the San Bernardino (road tunnel), San Bernardino road tunnel are important transport arteries. The eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splügen Pass, is named the Adula Alps, while the western part is historically referred to as the Ticino Alps. Etymology The designation ''Lepontine Alps'', derived from the Latin name of the Valle Leventina, has long been somewhat vaguely applied to the Alpine ranges that enclose it, before being used for the whole range. Geography Following the line marking the division of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are inselberg, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. mountain formation, Mountains are formed through tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosystems of mountains: different elevations hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Lumnezia
Lumnezia is a valley region and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss of canton of Graubünden. The former municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 It covers the Val Lumnezia (), a high alpine valley. Its upper regions are among the most remote areas in the |
Safiental
Safiental () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Surselva Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and Tenna, Switzerland, Tenna merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Safiental.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Valendas is first mentioned in 765 as ''in Valendano''. Versam is first mentioned in 1050 as ''a valle Versamia''. Safien is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Stosavia''. Tenna is first mentioned in 1398 as ''Thena''. Form ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romansh Language
Romansh ( ; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch) is a Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance and/or Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national Languages of Switzerland, language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with Swiss Standard German, German, Swiss French, French, and Swiss Italian, Italian. It also has Official language, official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin language, Ladin and Friulian language, Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the Vulgar Latin, spoken Latin language of the Roman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland. The table only includes those summits that have a topographic prominence of at least above other points, and ranks them by height and prominence. Therefore it only includes mountains that might generally be regarded as 'independent' and covers most of the country, even lower areas. For a fuller list of mountains, including subsidiary points, see List of mountains of Switzerland above 3000 m and List of mountains of Switzerland above 3600 m. For a list of just the most isolated mountains, see List of most isolated mountains of Switzerland. Along with the lakes, mountains constitute a major natural feature of Switzerland with most of the cantons having summits exceeding and three of them having summits exceeding . The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau which also includes a large number of hills. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
