Tomils is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Hinterrhein in the
Swiss
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canton of
Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of
Feldis/Veulden,
Scheid,
Trans
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and
Tumegl/Tomils
Tumegl/Tomils is a village in the municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Tomils in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Tumegl/Tomils merged ...
. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of
Almens
Almens (''Romansh language, Romansh: Almen'') is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinterrhein (district), Hinterrhein in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 201 ...
,
Paspels,
Pratval,
Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of
Domleschg.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
Demographics
Tomils had a population (as of 2013) of 717.
accessed 16 January 2015
Dreibündenstein
The ''Dreibündenstein'' ('',
Romanish: Term bel'') is a marker erected at the intersection of the
Three Leagues
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(
League of God's House, the
League of the Ten Jurisdictions
The League of the Ten Jurisdictions was the last of the Three Leagues founded during the Middle Ages in what is now Canton Graubünden of Switzerland. The League was created in the County of Toggenburg after the counts of Toggenburg died out ...
and the
Grey League) which would found the modern canton of
Graubünden. The stone is at an
elevation
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of above
sea level
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, on the border between the municipalities of
Domat/Ems
Domat/Ems ( ; ) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Imboden Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden.
History
Domat/Ems is first mentioned in 765 as ''colonia de Amede''. Ems is the Ger ...
,
Scheid village (now part of Tomils municipality), and
Malix.
The original stone dates from 1722, and today is in the Rätian Museum in
Chur
''
Chur (locally) or ; ; ; ; ; ; or ; , and . is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, town of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons and lies in the Alpine Rhine, Grisonian Rhine Valley, where ...
. In 1742, Nicolin Sererhard mentions three stones. The ''Sektion Rhätia'' (Rhätian Section) of the Swiss Alpine club built this stone marker in 1915. A
chairlift
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was added to mountain in 1970, improving access to the marker.
References
External links
Official website
Former municipalities of Graubünden
Populated places disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Switzerland
Domleschg
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