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Ramosch Ramosch is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013

History

Ramosch

In 1956–58, on the hill ''Mottata'' (ca. north-east of Ramosch), a significant prehistoric site was discovered. The Mottata site contains three settlement horizons, two from the mid and early

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( Laugen-Melaun/Luco-Meluno culture) and one from the early

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(

Fritzens-Sanzeno The Fritzens-Sanzeno culture is an archaeological culture attested in the second Iron Age, from ca. 500 BC until the end of the first century BC, in the Alpine region of Trentino and South Tyrol; in the period of maximum expansion it also reached ...

culture).

Tschlin

While

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and

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

items have been found in Tschlin, the first mention of the village is in the 10th century. In the 10th century,

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Hildibald gave the chapterhouse in

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a gift of a farm house in Tschlin. In the

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Tschlin was under the authority of

Ramosch Ramosch is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.gothic style. In 1545 the

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reached the village and in 1574–82 the reformer and historian Ulrich Campell worked in Tschlin. In 1856 a fire destroyed much of the village, including the Church of St. John the Baptist. The church was not rebuilt, but the church tower is still visible in the village.

Geography

Valsot has an area of . Ramosch had an area, , of . Of this area, 32.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It is along the left bank of the

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...

river. It consists of the village of Ramosch and the village section of Vnà as well as the settlements of Raschvella and Seraplana. Until 1943 Ramosch was known as Remüs. Tschlin had an area, , of . Of this area, 28.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (35.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It consists of the village of Tschlin on a terrace above the left bank of the

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, the sections of Strada and Martina and the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

of San Niclà, Chaflur, Sclamischot and Vinadi. Until 1943 Tschlin was known as Schleins.

Demographics

Valsot has a combined population (as of ) of .

Historic population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1100 height:500 PlotArea = top:10 left:100 bottom:90 right:100 Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1300 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0 Colors= id:RA value:yellowgreen legend:Ramosch id:TS value:green legend:Tschlin PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:621 text:"621" color:RA bar:1860 from: 0 till:604 text:"604" color:RA bar:1870 from: 0 till:616 text:"616" color:RA bar:1880 from: 0 till:483 text:"483" color:RA bar:1890 from: 0 till:533 text:"533" color:RA bar:1900 from: 0 till:558 text:"558" color:RA bar:1910 from: 0 till:575 text:"575" color:RA bar:1920 from: 0 till:579 text:"579" color:RA bar:1930 from: 0 till:527 text:"527" color:RA bar:1940 from: 0 till:575 text:"575" color:RA bar:1950 from: 0 till:565 text:"565" color:RA bar:1960 from: 0 till:532 text:"532" color:RA bar:1970 from: 0 till:478 text:"478" color:RA bar:1980 from: 0 till:454 text:"454" color:RA bar:1990 from: 0 till:442 text:"442" color:RA bar:2000 from: 0 till:440 text:"440" color:RA bar:1850 from: 621 till:1192 text:"571" color:TS bar:1860 from: 604 till:1187 text:"583" color:TS bar:1870 from: 616 till:1191 text:"575" color:TS bar:1880 from: 483 till:1146 text:"663" color:TS bar:1890 from: 533 till:1160 text:"627" color:TS bar:1900 from: 558 till:1111 text:"553" color:TS bar:1910 from: 575 till:1171 text:"596" color:TS bar:1920 from: 579 till:1220 text:"641" color:TS bar:1930 from: 527 till:1175 text:"648" color:TS bar:1940 from: 575 till:1221 text:"646" color:TS bar:1950 from: 565 till:1155 text:"590" color:TS bar:1960 from: 532 till:1085 text:"553" color:TS bar:1970 from: 478 till:977 text:"499" color:TS bar:1980 from: 454 till:885 text:"431" color:TS bar:1990 from: 442 till:957 text:"515" color:TS bar:2000 from: 440 till:832 text:"392" color:TS

Languages

Most of the population in Ramosch () speaks Romansh (84.1%), with German being second most common (13.9%) and Dutch being third (1.1%).Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 12-Oct-2009

Ramosch

Tschlin

Most of the population of Tschlin () speaks Romansh (71.4%), with German being second most common (25.5%) and ''italian'' being third (1.0%).

Heritage sites of national significance

'' Tschanüff Castle'', the ''Mottata'' (a prehistoric settlement) and 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 St. Florinus in Ramosch and the ''Museum Stamparia da Strada'' in Tschlin are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 12-Oct-2009 File:Ramosch-Ruine.jpg, ''Castle Tschanüff'' File:Kirche Ramosch2.jpg, St. Florinus, looking down the

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File:Kirche Ramosch1.jpg, St. Florinus, looking toward the

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This seconda ...

File:Strada Museum Stamparia 1.JPG, Museum Stamparia Da Strada

References

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