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Klosters
Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Klosters. Klosters itself consists of the two main parts Klosters Dorf ('Village') and Kloster Platz ('Place'), and the settlements Selfranga, Äuja, Monbiel. Together with neighbouring Serneus, the two villages form the former municipality of Klosters-Serneus. On 1 January 2016, the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus. The village's ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Klosters is north from Davos and part of its extended ski area. History Klosters is first mentioned in 1222 as ''ecclesiam sancti Iacobi''. In 1436 it was mentioned as ''zuo dem Closter''. Geography The Landquart River flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters and, along with various side streams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klosters Stützbach
Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Klosters. Klosters itself consists of the two main parts Klosters Dorf ('Village') and Kloster Platz ('Place'), and the settlements Selfranga, Äuja, Monbiel. Together with neighbouring Serneus, the two villages form the former municipality of Klosters-Serneus. On 1 January 2016, the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus. The village's ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Klosters is north from Davos and part of its extended ski area. History Klosters is first mentioned in 1222 as ''ecclesiam sancti Iacobi''. In 1436 it was mentioned as ''zuo dem Closter''. Geography The Landquart River flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters and, along with various side streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klosters, Switzerland
Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Klosters. Klosters itself consists of the two main parts Klosters Dorf ('Village') and Kloster Platz ('Place'), and the settlements Selfranga, Äuja, Monbiel. Together with neighbouring Serneus, the two villages form the former municipality of Klosters-Serneus. On 1 January 2016, the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus. The village's ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Klosters is north from Davos and part of its extended ski area. History Klosters is first mentioned in 1222 as ''ecclesiam sancti Iacobi''. In 1436 it was mentioned as ''zuo dem Closter''. Geography The Landquart River flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters and, along with various side streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klosters-Serneus
Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Klosters. Klosters itself consists of the two main parts Klosters Dorf ('Village') and Kloster Platz ('Place'), and the settlements Selfranga, Äuja, Monbiel. Together with neighbouring Serneus, the two villages form the former municipality of Klosters-Serneus. On 1 January 2016, the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into Klosters-Serneus. The village's ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Klosters is north from Davos and part of its extended ski area. History Klosters is first mentioned in 1222 as ''ecclesiam sancti Iacobi''. In 1436 it was mentioned as ''zuo dem Closter''. Geography The Landquart River flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters and, along with various side streams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saas Im Prättigau
Saas im Prättigau is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a former municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipality of Saas im Prättigau merged into the municipality of Klosters-Serneus. History Saas is first mentioned about 1290 as ''Säusch''. Geography Saas has an area, , of . Of this area, 44% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (27.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Küblis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district. It consists of the linear village of Saas on a terrace over the Prättigau valley, between Küblis and Klosters. Neighboring municipalities Coat of arms The town coat of arms is described as ''Or a Wild Man holding over his shoulder a Club Vert''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davos
, neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alps, Alpine resort town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur Range, Plessur and Albula Ranges. The municipality covers nearly the entire valley of the Landwasser, and the centre of population, economic activity, and administration is two adjacent villages: Davos Dorf () and Davos Platz (''Davos'' ''Place''), at above sea level. Gaining prominence in the 19th century as a mountain Luftkurort, health resort, Davos is perhaps best known today for hosting the World Economic Forum—often referred to simply as "Davos"—an annual meeting of global political and corporate leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landquart River
The Landquart is a river of Switzerland in the canton of Grisons and a right tributary of the Alpine Rhine. It is formed by the confluence of the two mountain streams, ''Vereinabach'' and '' Verstanclabach'', both originating from glaciers in the Silvretta Alps. It flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters, the largest and uppermost village in the Prättigau valley. It empties into the Alpine Rhine in the town of Landquart. Length: , drainage basin: . See also * Landquart-Davos Platz railway * Sunniberg Bridge The Sunniberg Bridge is a curved multi-span extradosed road bridge with low outward-flaring pylons above the roadway edges, designed by the renowned Swiss engineer Christian Menn and completed 1998. It carries the Klosters bypass road 28 across ... External links Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Graubünden Klosters-Serneus Luzein Fideris Jenaz Schiers Grüsch Malans, Switzerland Landquart, Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jöriseen
The Jöriseen are a group of Alpine lakes located west of the Jörifless Pass and north of the Flüela Wisshorn, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The largest lake has an area of 0.095 km² and is located at 2,489 metres above sea level. They are located in the municipality of Klosters. See also *List of mountain lakes of Switzerland This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transiti ... External links References Lakes of Graubünden Lakes of Switzerland Klosters-Serneus {{Graubünden-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prättigau
The Prättigau, in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons), Switzerland, is the geographical region consisting of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in the town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters. Landquart is a village with a railway junction on the flat floor valley of the Alpine Rhine just north of Chur, the capital of the Grisons. The Prättigau is a tourist destination for winter and summer activities, including downhill and cross-country skiing, tobogganing and hiking. Traditionally, towns in the Prättigau were reliant on the lumber industry, although the income from tourism has largely replaced that. The historical American Van Leer family The Van Leer family, originally spelled Von Lohr, is an influential German-American family that emigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in the 17th century from the Electorate of Hesse near Isen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susch
Susch (formally Süs) is a village and former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez. published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27 April 2016 The connects Susch with . Demographics Susch had a population of 206 (as of 2014).See also |
Flüela Wisshorn
The Flüela Wisshorn is a 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 highe ... of the Silvretta Alps, overlooking the Flüela Pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Access roads The climbing route starts from the road which leads to the Fluela pass (2383 m). You can get there by following an attractive road from Davos in the north-west or from Susch in the east. The normal route to the summit You can start walking directly from the pass or from the parking at 2207 m above the sea level below the pass in the direction of Davos. This is a simple walk in the north-east direction towards the Winterlucke pass which is at 2787 m. From there the summit is clearly visible, just follow the rocky ridge. References External links Flüela Wisshorn on HikrFlüela Wisshornon Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavin
Lavin is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez. History Lavin is first mentioned in the 12th century as ''Lawinis''. Geography Lavin had an area, , of . Of this area, 19.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The former municipality is located in the Sur Tasna sub-district of the Inn district on the left bank of the Inn river. It is the capital of the sub-district. It consists of the linear village of Lavin. Demographics Lavin had a population (as of 2014) of 221. , 8.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.2%. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langwies
Langwies is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Langwies, Calfreisen, Castiel, Lüen, Molinis, Peist Peist is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Peist, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the mu ... and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 9 February 2013 History Langwies is first mentioned in 1384 as ''die lang Wise''.Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
