'' Chur (locally) or ; ; ; ; ; ; or ; , and . is the capital and largest

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of the

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canton of the

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and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the

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turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland. The official language of Chur is German,In this context ‘German’ is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. A person is allowed to communicate with the authorities using any kind of German, in written or oral form. However the authorities always use

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(the Swiss variety of

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) in documents and any written form. In spoken interaction ''Hochdeutsch'' (Swiss Standard German or what the particular speaker considers as High German) or any other dialectal variant can be used. but the main spoken language is the local variant of Alemannic, known as Grisonian German. Romansh and

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are significantly spoken in the city as a result of the trilingual identity of the canton. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Maladers merged into Chur and on 1 January 2021 Haldenstein also merged. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden merged into Chur.

History

Archaeological evidence of settlement at the site, in the

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, goes back as far as the

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(3900–3500 BC), making Chur one of the oldest settlements in Switzerland. Remains and objects from the

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and

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s have also been found in the eastern sector of the centre of the current city. These include Bronze-Age

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and Laugen-Melaun settlements from 1300 to 800 BC and Iron-Age settlements from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC. The Roman Empire conquered the area that then came to be known as the Roman province of

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in 15 BC. Under emperor

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(late 3rd century AD), the existing settlement of ''

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Raetorum'' (later Chur) was made the capital of the newly established province of Raetia prima. In the 4th century Chur became the seat of the first Christian bishopric north of the Alps. Despite a legend assigning its foundation to an alleged British king, St. Lucius, the first known bishop is one in AD 451. The bishop soon acquired great temporal powers, especially after 831 when his dominions were made dependent on the

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alone. After the invasion of the

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it may have been renamed ''Theodoricopolis''; in the 6th century it was conquered by the

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. The city suffered several invasions, by the

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in 925–926, when the cathedral was destroyed, and by the

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s (940 and 954),Stadtbrände
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but afterwards it flourished thanks to its location where the roads from several major Alpine transit routes come together and continue down the Rhine. The routes had already been used under the Romans but acquired greater importance under the

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dynasty of the

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. Emperor Otto I granted the town the right to collect tolls in 952 and appointed his vassal Hartpert as bishop of Chur in 958, giving the bishopric further privileges. In 1170 the bishop became a prince-bishop and kept total control over the road between Chur and Chiavenna. In the 13th century the town had some 1,300 inhabitants and was surrounded by a line of walls. In the 14th century at least six fires damaged or destroyed the monasteries of and and and twice destroyed much of the town. The Gotteshausbund (League of the House of God) was formed in 1367 in Chur to resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg. Chur was the chief town of the League and one of the places the League's assemblies met regularly. A

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(mayor) of Chur is first mentioned in 1413. The bishop's residence was attacked by the inhabitants in 1418 and 1422, when a series of concessions were wrung out of him. On 27 April 1464 most of the town was destroyed in a fire, which only the bishop's estates and St. Luzi monastery survived. With the bishop's power waning as he came increasingly under the influence of the nearby

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, the citizens sent a delegation to Emperor Frederick III. The Emperor reconfirmed the historic rights of Chur and also granted them extensive new rights which freed the city from the bishop's power. In 1465 the citizens wrote a constitution that granted all governmental power to Chur's guilds. All government positions were restricted to guild members, allowing the guilds to regulate all aspects of life in Chur. Since guild membership had become the only route to political power, local patricians and nobles quickly became guild members, often joining the

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s guild. The Chur-led League of the House of God allied with the Grey League and the

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in 1471 to form the

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. In 1489 Chur obtained the right to have a tribunal of its own but never had the title of Free Imperial City. In 1497–98, concerned about Habsburg expansion and with the Bishop of Chur quarrelling with Austria, the Three Leagues formed an alliance with the Swiss Confederation. In 1499 the

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broke out between the Three Leagues and Austria and quickly expanded to include the Confederation. During the war troops from Chur fought under the Bishop's

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Heinrich Ammann in the Lower

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, in Prättigau and near Balzers. Troops from Chur also took part in the 1512 invasion of the

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and the Second Musso War in 1530–31. In 1523 was appointed

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of St Martin's Church and began preaching the new faith of the Protestant

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. It spread rapidly and by 1525 the bishop had fled the city and Protestant services were taking place in the churches of St Martin and St Regula. The of 1524 and 1526 allowed each resident of the Three Leagues to choose their religion and sharply reduced the political and secular power of the Bishop of Chur and all monasteries in League territory. By 1527 all of Chur except the bishop's estates had adopted the Reformation. On 23 January 1529 Abbot was publicly beheaded. Bishop , a friend of

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, tried, but without success, to suppress Protestantism. He died, probably poisoned, on 5 May 1565. During the 16th century the German language started to prevail over Romansh. In 1479 about 300 houses and stalls burned in another fire. Nearly a century later, on 23 July 1574, a fire destroyed 174 houses and 114 stalls, or about half the city. Two years later, on 21 October 1576, another 53 houses were burned. Two years after the 1576 fire, the perpetrator, Hauptmann Stör, was executed. After the

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the Three Leagues became the

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in 1803. The guild constitution of the city of Chur lasted until 1839 and in 1874 the '' Burgergemeinde'' was replaced by an ''Einwohnergemeinde''. When Graubünden became a canton in 1803, Chur was chosen as its capital. Chur's is in the centre of town, and in the middle of the cemetery is a 13-tonne (13,000 kg) stone

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that dwarfs the nearby gravestones. The huge

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ic block of

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was erected in 1938 and for decades was largely ignored by passers-by until in 2023 a

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arose after a Swiss

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discovered that it was originally built as

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for the

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regime.

Geography and climate

Topography

Chur has an area (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . About 17.6% is used for agricultural purposes and 52.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 3.9% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85–2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Regional portraits
accessed 27 October 2016. Chur is situated at a height of

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, on the right bank of the torrent Plessur just as it issues from the valley Schanfigg and about a mile above its junction with the Rhine, almost entirely surrounded by the

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, overshadowed by the (northeast) and Pizokel (southwest), hills that guard the entrance to the deep-cut valley Schanfigg. The altitude in the city area varies from

to above sea level and the Churer Hausberg (accessible from the

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) is

. The water of Chur's spring is exported and sold as Passugger mineral water.

Climate

Chur has an

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in spite of its inland position. Summers are warm and sometimes hot, normally averaging around during the day, whilst winter means are around freezing, with daytime temperatures being about . Between 1981 and 2010 Chur had an average of 104.6 days of rain per year and on average received of

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. The wettest month was August, with an average of of precipitation over an average of 11.2 days. The driest month of the year was February with an average of of precipitation over 6.6 days., the weather station elevation is

Politics

Coat of arms

Blazon: ''Argent, a city gate gules with three merlons, within which a capricorn rampant sable, langued and viriled of the second.''

Administrative divisions

Government

The City Council (''Stadtrat'') constitutes the

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government of the City of Chur and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of only three councilors (), each presiding over a department. In the mandate period 2021–2024 (''Legislatur'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident'' . Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Municipal Council (parliament) are carried by the City Council. The regular election of the City Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Chur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The current mandate period is from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2024. The delegates are elected by means of a system of

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. The mayor is elected as such by public election by means of a system of

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, while the heads of the other departments are assigned by the collegiate. , Chur's City Council is made up of one representative of the FDP ( FDP.The Liberals, who is also the mayor), one of the SP (

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), and one new member of The Centre (former CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD), giving the right parties a new majority of two out of three seats. The last regular election was held on 27 September 2020.

Parliament

The Municipal Council (''Gemeinderat'') holds

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. It is made up of only 21 members, with elections held every four years. The Municipal Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of Proporz. The sessions of the Municipal Council are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the Municipal Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Chur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Municipal Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the . The last regular election of the Municipal Council was held on 27 September 2020 for the mandate period () from January 2021 to December 2024. Currently the Municipal Council consist of 6 (-, no change) members of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), 4 (-) Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), 4 (+1) The Liberals (FDP/PLR), 3 (+1) The Centre (former CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD), 3 (+2) Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL), 2 (-) ''Freie Liste & Grüne'' (Free List & Greens), while the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) lost all their 3 seats due to Dissolution and merged with former CVP.

Elections

National Council

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SVP/UDC with 26.43% of the vote followed almost equally by the SP/PS (25.96%), then the CVP/PDC (13.74%), the FDP/PLR (12.06%), the BDP/PBD (11.97), and the GLP/PVL (9.71). In the federal election, a total of 11,102 votes were cast, and the

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was 45.4%.

International relations

Chur is twinned with: *

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, Germany * Cabourg, France *

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, Austria *

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, Luxembourg *

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, Italy

Demographics

Population

Chur has a population (as of ) of . In 2008 17.8% of the population were foreign nationals and by 2014 that number was 19.2%. Over the last 4 years (2010–2014) the population has changed at a rate of 2.34%. The

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in the municipality in 2014 was 9.2 and the

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was 10.0 per thousand residents. Most of the population () speak German (81.0%), with Italian being second most common (6.4%) and Romansh being third (5.3%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 27-Oct-2009. the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.Graubunden in Numbers
accessed 21 September 2009. The age distribution in Chur is; 3,087 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old. 1,602 or 4.9% are 10 to 14 and 2,194 teenagers or 6.7% are 15 to 19. Of the adult population, 4,770 people or 14.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 5,517 or 16.7% are 30 to 39, 4,616 or 14.0% are 40 to 49 and 4,254 or 12.9% are 50 to 59. 3,090 people or 9.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 2,314 or 7.0% are 70 to 79, there are 1,307 or 4.0% who are 80 to 89, 233 or 0.7% who are 90 to 99 and 5 who are 100 or more.Graubunden Population Statistics
accessed 21 September 2009. In 2015 there were 15,557 single residents, 13,722 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 1,948 widows and widowers, 3,423 divorced residents and 2 people who did not answer the question. In 2014 there were 16,970 private households in Chur with an average household size of 2.00 persons. Of the 3,792 inhabited buildings in the municipality in 2000, about 37.8% were single-family homes and 39.7% were multiple-family buildings. About 20.5% of the buildings dated from before 1919 and 8.8% were built between 1991 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Thema 09 – Bau- und Wohnungswesen
accessed 5 May 2016. In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 7.71. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.6%.

Historic population

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Religion

From the , 14,713 or 44.6% are

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

, while 12,199 or 37.0% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. Of the rest of the population, there are 15 individuals (or about 0.05% of the population) who belong to the

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is an Old Catholic denomination in Switzerland. This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht. History In 1871 the Zürich Catholic community planned to build a church to commemorate the 1270s ...

, there are 589 individuals (or about 1.79% of the population) who belong to the

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

, and there are 532 individuals (or about 1.61% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 13 individuals (or about 0.04% of the population) who are

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

, and 917 (or about 2.78% of the population) who are

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

. There are 424 individuals (or about 1.29% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 1,998 (or about 6.06% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

, and 1,589 individuals (or about 4.82% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Chur about 70.3% of the population (between age 25 and 64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). The town is home to the Cantonal School of Graubünden.

Economy

, there were a total of 32,448 people employed in the municipality. Of these, 108 people worked in 26 businesses in the primary economic sector. A majority (68.5%) of the primary sector employees worked in very small businesses (less than ten employees). The remainder worked in 2 small businesses with a total of 34 employees. The secondary sector employed 3,645 workers in 345 separate businesses. A minority (21.2%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses. There were 75 small businesses with a total of 1,731 employees and 12 mid sized businesses with a total of 1,141 employees. Finally, the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

provided 28,695 jobs in 3,375 businesses. In 2014 a total of 16,854 employees worked in 3,306 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 65 mid-sized businesses with 9,093 employees and 4 large businesses which employed 2,748 people (for an average size of 687). In 2014 a total of 7.7% of the population received social assistance. In 2015 local hotels had a total of 152,629 overnight stays, of which 47.8% were international visitors. There were two cinemas in the municipality in 2015, with a total of 4 screens and 736 seats.

Crime

In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the

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(running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Chur was 68.6 per thousand residents, only slightly higher than the national average of 64.6 per thousand. During the same period the rate of drug crimes was 15.7 per thousand residents, which is about one and a half times the national rate. The rate of violations of immigration, visa and work-permit laws was 2.4 per thousand residents, or about half the national rate.

Transportation

Chur is by rail from

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

and is the meeting-point of the routes from Italy over many alpine passes ( Lukmanier Pass, Splugen Pass, and San Bernardino Pass), as well as from the

( Albula Pass, Julier Pass), so that it is the centre of an active trade (particularly in wine from the Valtelline), though it also has a few local factories. The city's main railway station is where the

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ...

system link with that of the

Rhaetian Railway The Rhaetian Railway (; ; ), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB operates all the railway lines of the Cantons of Switzerland, ...

(RhB). While the SBB lines serve most of Switzerland, most of Graubünden's internal rail traffic is served by RhB lines. One of the RhB lines (to Arosa) uses on-street running through streets in the centre of Chur and Sand in order to reach Chur Altstadt railway station. Other stations are Chur West, Chur Wiesental, and . There is also a postbus station situated above the railway station. Chur is linked by a motorway—the A13.

Culture and tourism

Main sights

Chur is home to many buildings or other sites that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. There are two archeological sites in Chur, the old city, which is a

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

city, and , a prehistoric settlement and

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

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. There are four archives or libraries; the bishop's palace (library and archive), the Cantonal Library, the Cantonal Archive of Graubünden and the city archive of Chur. There are also four museums on the list; the '' Bündner Kunstmuseum'' (Art Museum), (Natural History Museum), the ''Dommuseum'' and the in the Haus Buol. Three churches are included in the list; The

cathedral A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually s ...

of the Assumption, the and the . There are 15 other buildings that are also heritage sites; these include the ''Alte Kaserne'' at Zeughaus 3 (the Old Armory), the Confederation Paper Mill, the , the new , headquarters of the Rhätische Bahn and several old patrician houses. With the 2021 merger of Haldenstein into Chur, the ''Ruins of Haldenstein fortress'' and '' Haldenstein Castle'' became part of Chur.

Gallery

File:Chur-Poststrasse.jpg, Poststrasse, Old Town File:Kunstmuseum Chur.jpg, Bündner Kunstmuseum (Grisonian Art Museum) File:Chur-St. Martin.jpg, Church of St. Martin File:Chur Kantonsgericht.jpg, Kantonsgerichtsgebäude (home of cantonal court) File:Chur, St. Maria Himmelfahrt, Vorderseite.jpg, St. Maria Himmelfahrt (cathedral of the Assumption) File:Chur in Graubünden (Zwitserland) 41.jpg, Street in Altstadt The first church on the cathedral site was built in the first half of the 5th century. The Romanesque

crypt A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) ''wikt:crypta#Latin, crypta'' "Burial vault (tomb), vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, Sarcophagus, sarcophagi, or Relic, religiou ...

was probably built under Bishop Tello (758–773). It contains remarkable paintings by

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and Hans Holbein. The current building was built between 1154 and 1270. In 1272 it was dedicated to Saint Mary of the Assumption. The round arch window along the center axis is the largest medieval window in Graubünden. The late- Gothic high altar was completed in 1492 by . The Church of St. Luzi was probably built in the 8th century, though the first record of it appears in 821 when the relics of St. Luzius were removed from the church. It may have been the site of a

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid c ...

scribes' school during the early Middle Ages. In 1149 it became the church of the

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Chur ...

monastery. The town is home to the Giger Bar designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, the Old Town, the art gallery, and the natural history museum.

Sport

Chur is a hockeytown and its team, EHC Chur, currently plays in the

Swiss League The Swiss League, also known as the Sky Swiss League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League (ice hockey), National League. The winners of the league each ...

, the second tier of the Swiss ice hockey league system. They play their home games in the 6,500-seat Hallenstadion. The American football team Calanda Broncos (formally the Landquart Broncos) moved to Chur in 2009, playing their home games at Ringstrasse Stadium. The Broncos currently play in the Nationalliga A and are the most successful Swiss American football team with the record for most Swiss Bowl wins (eight wins) as well as winning the EFAF Cup in 2010 and the Eurobowl in 2012. As of 2017 they finished first in the league, hosting Swiss Bowl XXXII in Ringstrasse Stadium where they defeated the 42–6 on 8 July. The local football team are FC Chur 97 who play in the sixth division of Swiss football. They play home games at Ringstrasse.

List of notable people

Early times

* George Blaurock ( – 1529), Grisonian Catholic pater and leading personality of the

Radical Reformation The Radical Reformation represented a response to perceived corruption both in the Catholic Church and in the expanding Magisterial Protestant movement led by Martin Luther and many others. Starting in Germany and Switzerland in the 16th cen ...

, one of the founders of Anabaptism * (1527–1577), German theologian and poet * Jörg Jenatsch (1596–1639), Grisonian politician during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

, assassinated in Chur. *

Soloman Sprecher von Bernegg Soloman Sprecher von Bernegg (14 December 1697 – 14 September 1758)Hans Jacob Leu, ''Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenößisches, Oder Schweitzerisches ..., Volume 5'', Hans Ulrich Denzler, 1751, p.357. was a Habsburg military commander in the ...

(1697–1758), Habsburg field marshal in the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prus ...

18th century

* Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis (1709–1794), a Fellow of the Royal Society and sometime British Resident in the Grisons. * Jeremiah Theus (1716–1746), Swiss-American painter, primarily of portraits. *

Angelica Kauffman Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss people, Swiss Neoclassicism, Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered prima ...

, RA (1741–1801), Austrian Neoclassical painter, successful career in London and Rome. * Richard La Nicca (1794–1883 in Chur), a Swiss engineer, planned and implemented the

Jura water correction The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Murten connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal, the latter connec ...

project in the Swiss Jura

19th century

* Alexander Moritzi (1806–1850), a Swiss naturalist and early proponent of evolution * Gottfried Ludwig Theobald (1810–1869 in Chur), a German-Swiss geologist and cartographer, taught in Chur 1854–1869. * (1815–1879), born and died in Chur, lawyer and politician *

Philip Schaff Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893) was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian, who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States. Life and career Schaff was ...

(1819–1893), Protestant theologian and church historian, lived and taught in the United States * Johann Coaz (1822–1918), a forester, topographer and mountaineer from Graubünden * Simeon Bavier (1825–1896), a politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council 1878–1883 * Eduard Killias (1829–1891), a Swiss physician, naturalist and balneologist * Carl Hilty (1833–1909), a philosopher, writer and worked as a lawyer in Chur for 20 years * Adolfo Kind (1848–1907), a chemical engineer and one of the fathers of skiing in Italy * Clara Ragaz (1874–1957), feminist,

pacifist Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaigner Émile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress in Glasgow in 1901. A related term is ''a ...

and supporter of the

temperance movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting Temperance (virtue), temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and ...

* Jakob Buchli (1876–1945), engineer in the field of locomotive design * Alfred Heuß (1877–1934), German musicologist * Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884–1980), a phytosociologist and botanist * Rosa Gutknecht (1885–1959), a German-born Swiss theologian and cleric, in 1918 she was one of the first two women to graduate in theology and be ordained as pastors *

Harry Clarke Henry Patrick Clarke (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau ...

(1889–1931 in Chur), an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator * Kurt Huber (1893–1943), a university professor and resistance fighter with the anti-Nazi group

White Rose The White Rose (, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Munich ...

* Maurice Conradi (1896–1947 in Chur), a Russian

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officer who fought in World War I and the Civil War in Russia

20th century

* (1900–1982 in Chur), German journalist, founder and publisher of the ''Platow Brief'' * Heinrich Willi (1900–1971), pediatrician who co-discovered

Prader–Willi syndrome Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by a loss of function of specific genes on chromosome 15. In newborns, symptoms include hypotonia, weak muscles, poor feeding, and slow development. Beginning in childhood, those ...

* Andreas Walser (1908–1930), a Swiss painter in Paris * Gustav Guanella (1909–1982), a Swiss inventor, developed high-frequency electronics * Meinrad Schütter (1910–2006), a Swiss composer * Rudolf Olgiati (1910–1995), local architect, of the

New Objectivity The New Objectivity (in ) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against German Expressionism, expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle Mannheim, Kunsthalle' ...

movement * H. R. Giger (1940–2014), visual artist, painter and Oscar winner *

Peter Zumthor Peter Zumthor (; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm and not being a prolific architect, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Pri ...

(born 1943), an uncompromising and minimalist Swiss architect, works in Chur * Alex P. Schmid (born 1943), a Swiss-born Dutch scholar in terrorism studies and former Officer-in-Charge of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations *

Mario Illien Mario Illien (born 2 August 1949) is a Swiss engineer specialising in motorsport engine design and comes from Chur in the Graubünden, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Despite living in a country in which motor racing was banned in 1955 (when ...

(born 1946), engineer, specialising in motorsport engine design * Robert Indermaur (born 1947), a Swiss painter and sculptor * Rut Plouda (born 1948), a Swiss poet and novelist * Hans Danuser (born 1953), a Swiss artist and photographer * Corin Curschellas (born 1956), a Swiss singer-songwriter, vocalist, free improvisation, actress and voice actress * Valerio Olgiati (born 1958), renowned architect of Grisonian buildings * Raphael Zuber (born 1973), renowned architect * Adrian J. Meier (born 1976), politician of local council and explorer * Rebecca Indermaur (born ), a Swiss film and television actress. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

Sport

* Rico Bianchi (born 1930), a Swiss rower, competed in the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

and

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

* Yvonne Rüegg (born 1938), a Swiss former alpine skier, gold medallist in giant slalom at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

* Renato Tosio (born 1964), former ice hockey goaltender of EHC Chur * Mario Frick (born 1974), a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner retired professional footballer was the manager for FC Vaduz between 2018 and 2021; 664 team games and 125 for his national team * Giorgio Rocca (born 1975), an Italian former alpine skier * Thierry Paterlini (born 1975), a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman * Binia Feltscher (born 1978), Swiss curler, silver medallist at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

* Nino Schurter (born 1986), mountain biker and Olympic gold medallist, lives in Chur * Nino Niederreiter (born 1992), second highest NHL-drafted Swiss-born hockey player File:Georg Jenatsch.jpg, Georg Jenatsch, 1636 File:Angelika Kauffmann - Self Portrait - 1784.jpg, Angelika Kauffmann, self portrait, 1784 File:Schaff P.jpg,

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146II-744, Kurt Huber.jpg, Kurt Huber File:HR Giger 2012.jpg, H. R. Giger, 2012 File:AUT vs. LIE 2015-10-12 (194).jpg, Mario Frick, 2015 File:Nino Schurter at the Worlds 2011.jpg, Nino Schurter, 2011

Notes and references

Notes

References

Literature

* * A. Eichhorn, Episcopatus Curiensis (St Blasien, 1797) * W. von Juvalt, ''Forschungen fiber die Feudalzeit im Curischen Raetien'', two parts (Zürich, 1871) * C. Kind, ''Die Reformation in den Bistumern Chur und Como'' (Coire, 1858) * Conradin von Moor, Geschichte von Curraetien (2 vols., Coire, 1870–1874) * P. C. you Planta, ''Des alte Raetien'' (Berlin, 1872); Idem, Die Curraetischen Herrschaften in der Feudalzeit (Bern, 188i); Idem, ''Verfassungsgeschichte der Stadt Cur im Mittelalter'' (Coire, 1879); Idem, ''Geschichte von Graubünden'' (Bern, 1892). * *
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External links

City of Chur – official website

Chur tourism office

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