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Sufers
Sufers ( Romansh: ''Sur'') is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Sufers is first mentioned in 831 as ''Subere''. Geography Sufers has an area, , of . Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (61.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. accessed 16 February 2017 It is a '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufnersee
Sufnersee is a reservoir between Splügen and Sufers on the Hinterrhein river in the Grisons, Switzerland, surrounded by peaks of the Adula Alps. The Sufers dam was built in 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km². Swiss Committee on Dams, accessed 3 October 2023 Notes See also * *List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
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Splügen
Splügen (Romansh language, Romansh: ''Spleia'', Italian language, Italian: ''Spluga'') is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Switzerland, Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald, Switzerland, Rheinwald. In 1995, the Swiss Heritage Society bestowed the Wakker Prize to Splügen. History Splügen is first mentioned about 840 as ''cella in Speluca''. Geography Splügen has an area, , of . Of this area, 38.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (42.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Rheinwald sub-district, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andeer
Andeer () is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009, Clugin and Pignia merged into Andeer.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009 History Ancient Rome, Roman coins discovered near Andeer indicate that there was a Roman presence in the area during the time of the Roman province of Raetia (from 15 BC). The name of the settlement was presumably Lapidaria, and it would have already been an important stop on the road from Italy. Andeer is first mentioned in 1208 as ''Anders''. Around 1820, roads were built over the Splügen Pass and the San Bernardino ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viamala Region
Viamala Region is one of the eleven regions of the canton of Graubünden in 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 .... It has an area of and a population of (as of ). It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton. Mergers * On 1 January 2018, the former municipality of Mutten merged into the municipality of Thusis. * On 1 January 2019, the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged into the new municipality of Rheinwald. * On 1 January 2021, the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons. References {{coord, 46.66, N, 9.45, E, region:CH, display=title Regions of Graubünden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safien
Safien is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Surselva (district), Surselva in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. 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 Safien is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Stosavia''.Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madesimo
Madesimo (, called Isolato until 1983) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ..., located about north of Milan and about northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland. Madesimo borders the following municipalities: Campodolcino, Ferrera (Switzerland), Medels im Rheinwald (Switzerland), Mesocco (Switzerland), Piuro, Splügen, Switzerland, Splügen (Switzerland), Sufers (Switzerland). Madesimo is a popular place for winter sports and summer holidays, and offers a variety of slopes and hills for both skiing and snowboarding. It features over 30 slopes which range from beginners to expert level. Among the slopes present in Madesimo is the Canalone, an off-the-track slope consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casti-Wergenstein
Casti-Wergenstein or Casti-Vargistagn is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons. History Casti-Wergenstein was created in 1923 through the union of the formerly independent municipalities of Casti and Wergenstein. Casti is first mentioned in 1204 as ''ad Castellum''. Wergenstein is first mentioned in 1219 as ''Vergasteno''. Geography Casti-Wergenstein had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 50.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 9.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 40.2% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 0.3% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1984/85 amount. Of the agricultural land, is fields and grasslands and consists of alpine graz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrera
Ferrera is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2008 through the merger of Innerferrera and Ausserferrera. Geographically, it covers the entire Ferrera valley. Historical population The combined historical population of the two municipalities is given in the following table: : Population increase due to construction of the dam at Valle di Lei Languages Weather Innerferrera village in Ferrera has an average of 118.2 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwe .... The wettest month is August during which time Innerferrera receives an average of of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 12.2 days. The month wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinterrhein (river)
The Hinterrhein (; ; ; ; ; ), or Posterior Rhine, is the right of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the '' Vorderrhein''). It is located in the canton of Grisons (), Switzerland. One of its upper tributaries is , which is the outflow of Lago di Lei located in Lombardy, Italy. Although it is shorter in length, its volume is larger than that of the ''Vorderrhein'' at their confluence near Reichenau, after which the river is called the Alpine Rhine, which flows out into Lake Constance (). Course Flowing from the village Hinterrhein near the San Bernardino Pass through the Rheinwald valley, the river flows into a gorge called Rofla Gorge (). In this gorge, an equal-sized tributary, the Avers Rhine, adds waters from the deep Val Ferrera and the very remote alp of Avers and its side valley Valle di Lei, located on Italian territory. Below the Rofla Gorge, the valley widens into a section called Schams. The ''Hinterrhein'' then reaches Andee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
