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Sufers
Sufers (Romansh language, Romansh: ''Sur'') is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufers
Sufers (Romansh language, Romansh: ''Sur'') is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Viamala Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufers Dorf
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 '' |
Sufnersee
Sufnersee is a reservoir between Splügen and Sufers on the Hinterrhein river in the Grisons, Switzerland. The dam Sufers was built 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km². See also *List of lakes of Switzerland *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 * Lakes of Graubünden Reservoirs in Switzerland RSufnersee Rheinwald Sufers {{graubünden-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splügen
Splügen ( Romansh: ''Spleia'', Italian: ''Spluga'') is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss 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, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of 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, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It consists of the village of Splügen and since 1 January 2006, Medels im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andeer
Andeer () is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the 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 coins discovered near Andeer indicate that there was a Roman presence in the area during the time of the Roman province of (from 15 BC). The name of the settlement was presumably Lapidaria, and it would have already been an important stop o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viamala Region
Viamala Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It had 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 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 municipal ..., 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 municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and 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 
Safien had an area, , of . Of this area, 45.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% i ...
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Madesimo
Madesimo (, called Isolato until 1983) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, 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), Sufers (Switzerland). Madesimo, one of the best towns in the Italian Alps, 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 considered to be one of the most challenging in the Alps. During the summer, there are many hike-able trails and paths that run up the mountains. It is here that the Tuscan poet Giosuè Carducci Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci ( ... [...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 grazi ... [...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 under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. .... 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinterrhein (river)
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 two initial tributaries of the Rhine (shorter in length but bigger by volume) rising in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Course Flowing from the village Hinterrhein near the San Bernardino Pass through the Rheinwald valley, the river flows into a gorge called Roflaschlucht. In this gorge an equally sized tributary, the Avers Rhine, adds waters from the deep Val Ferrera and the very remote alp Avers and its side valley Valle di Lei on Italian territory. After the Rofla Gorge, the valley widens into a section called Schams. The Hinterrhein then reaches Andeer, before passing through another gorge, Viamala just before Thusis. Now another tributary of slightly bigger volume reaches the Hinterrhein as the Landwasser, draining a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
