The Chur Rhine Valley (german: Churer Rheintal, also commonly known as the ''Bündner Rheintal'') is that part of Nordbünden through which the

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flows from the confluence of

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and

Posterior Rhine The Hinterrhein (German; Italian: ''Reno Posteriore''; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Posteriur''; Sursilvan: ''Rein Posteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Posteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn posteriour''; en, Posterior Rhine) is one of the ...

near Reichenau to the cantonal border near

Maienfeld Maienfeld ( rm, Maiavilla) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story ''Heidi''. History ...

and

Fläsch Fläsch is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Fläsch is first mentioned in 831 as ''Villa Flasce''. Painter Anna Barbara Bansi was a native of the town.

. The plain of

Bonaduz Bonaduz ( rm, Panaduz) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Bonaduz is first mentioned in 960 as ''Beneduces''. Until 1854, the German-speaking hamlet of Sculms belonged to Bonaduz. Following a v ...

and

Rhäzüns Rhäzüns is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. History Rhäzüns is first mentioned about 840 as ''Raezunne''. It formed a single parish with Bonaduz until the Reformation. It was part of the Grey League from ...

also belongs to the Chur Rhine Valley and forms its southern end. The valley is part of the Alpine Rhine

natural landscape A natural landscape is the original landscape that exists before it is acted upon by human culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the kn ...

Geographical division

The Chur Rhine Valley is divided into three sub-regions: * the section from Reichenau to Chur, whose landscape is characterised by the tumas * the area of the Five Villages * the

Bündner Herrschaft The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include: *german: (Kanton) Graubünden ; * Romansh: ** rm, label= Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label= Puter, (Chantun) Grischun ** rm, label=Surmiran, (Cant ...

Climate

Climatically, the Chur Rhine Valley is one of the warmest and driest regions in the Canton of Grisons. It experiences

föhn A Foehn or Föhn (, , ), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the leeward, lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped m ...

winds on a large number of days during the year.

Language and population

Most of the population speak Bündner German (in Chur the variant of Chur German). In

and especially in

Domat/Ems Domat/Ems ( rm, Domat ; german: Ems) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Domat/Ems is first mentioned in 765 as ''colonia de Amede''. Ems is the German name for the municipality, Domat is the ...

they also speak Romansh. In recent years, the settlements of the Chur Rhine Valley have increasingly grown together into an urban region around the central town of Chur.

Media

Regional daily newspapers in the area are the ''Bündner Tagblatt'' and '' Südostschweiz''. In the Bündner Herrschaft, the local papers are the ''Prättigauer und Herrschäftler'' and in the southern part of the Bündner Rhine Valley, the ''Ruinaulta'' (called the ''Rhiiblatt'' until late 2013). The periodicals, ''Terra Grischuna'' and ''Rheinfluss'', deal with the Chur Rhine Valley in terms of cultural and natural history.

Panorama

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