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Valsot is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
While
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 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 Inn, the sections of Strada and Martina and the hamlets of San Niclà, Chaflur, Sclamischot and Vinadi. Until 1943 Tschlin was known as Schleins.
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accessed 12-Oct-2009
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 nave
File:Kirche Ramosch1.jpg, St. Florinus, looking toward the sanctuary
File:Strada Museum Stamparia 1.JPG, Museum Stamparia Da Strada
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
of Graubünden in the extreme east of Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweizpublished 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 Bronze Age ( Laugen-Melaun/Luco-Meluno culture) and one from the early Iron Age ( Fritzens-Sanzeno culture).Tschlin
While Bronze
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and Iron Age items have been found in Tschlin, the first mention of the village is in the 10th Century. In the 10th Century, bishop Hildibald gave the chapterhouse in Chur a gift of a farm house in Tschlin. In the High Middle Ages Tschlin was under the authority of Ramosch. The village church of St. Blasius was built in 1515 in the gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style. In 1545 the Protestant Reformation 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 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 Inn, the sections of Strada and Martina and the hamlets 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: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 Officeaccessed 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
Tschanüff Castle is a ruined castle in the former municipality of Ramosch (now Valsot) of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
History
The Lords of Ramosch first appear in historical ...
'', the ''Mottata'' (a prehistoric settlement) and the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
of St. Florinus in Ramosch and the ''Museum Stamparia da Strada'' in Tschlin are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.21.11.2008 version, accessed 12-Oct-2009
References
{{Authority control Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden