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Silvaplana
Silvaplana (Romansh language, Romansh: ) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Maloja Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden and the name of a lake in the municipality. History The first sign of a settlement in the borders of the municipality are some Roman Empire, Roman-era broken pillars on the Julier Pass. The village church was first mentioned in 1356. A new, gothic architecture, late gothic church was built in 1491. In 1556 the village converted to the Protestant Reformation. Geography Silvaplana has an area, , of . Of this area, 19.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (64.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Silvaplana is located on Lake Silvaplana in the Engadin, Upper Engadine . Before 2017, it was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja, after 2017 it was part of the Maloja R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvaplana Fan-delta
Silvaplana ( Romansh: ) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the name of a lake in the municipality. History The first sign of a settlement in the borders of the municipality are some Roman-era broken pillars on the Julier Pass. The village church was first mentioned in 1356. A new, late gothic church was built in 1491. In 1556 the village converted to the Protestant Reformation. Geography Silvaplana has an area, , of . Of this area, 19.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (64.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Silvaplana is located on Lake Silvaplana in the Upper Engadine . Before 2017, it was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja, after 2017 it was part of the Maloja Region. Above the village at , the Julier Pass connects the Engadine valley to the rest of Graubünden and the Rhine watershed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Champfèr
Lake Silvaplana (; ) is a lake in the Upper- Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana. The lake is also connected to the nearby Lej da Champfèr. Together with its larger neighbour, Lake Sils, it is among the largest lakes of the Grisons. Lake Silvaplana is overlooked by several mountains over 3,000 metres, notably Piz Corvatsch, Piz Julier and Piz Surlej. The lake's drainage basin culminates at Piz Corvatsch (3,451 m) and comprises several glaciers, the largest being the Vadret dal Tremoggia. A campsite is located on the Northern end of the lake. The lake is also used heavily for sports, such as kitesurfing and windsurfing in the summertime. In the winter, once the lake freezes, it is used for cross country skiing, walking trails, and kitesurfing on snow, with the famous Engadin Skimarathon crossing the lake annually. The rare occasion of black ice also brings ice skaters to the lake. In ''Ecce Homo'', Friedrich Nietzsche reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Silvaplana
Lake Silvaplana (; ) is a lake in the Upper- Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana. The lake is also connected to the nearby Lej da Champfèr. Together with its larger neighbour, Lake Sils, it is among the largest lakes of the Grisons. Lake Silvaplana is overlooked by several mountains over 3,000 metres, notably Piz Corvatsch, Piz Julier and Piz Surlej. The lake's drainage basin culminates at Piz Corvatsch (3,451 m) and comprises several glaciers, the largest being the Vadret dal Tremoggia. A campsite is located on the Northern end of the lake. The lake is also used heavily for sports, such as kitesurfing and windsurfing in the summertime. In the winter, once the lake freezes, it is used for cross country skiing, walking trails, and kitesurfing on snow, with the famous Engadin Skimarathon crossing the lake annually. The rare occasion of black ice also brings ice skaters to the lake. In ''Ecce Homo'', Friedrich Nietzsche rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champfèr
Champfèr () is a village in the Upper Engadin valley of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The Western part of the village belongs to the municipality of Silvaplana and part of the village belongs to the municipality of St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss .... The two halves of the town are separated by the creek Ova da Suvretta. Lej da Champfèr, a basin of Lake Silvaplana, takes its name from the village. The village used to house a convent that has since been converted to the hotel Chesa Guardalej. The village is also home to the famous restaurant Joehri's Talvo run until March 2011 by chef Roland Joehri and his wife Brigitte. The Michelin Guide has awarded the restaurant, located in an old farmhouse, two stars. The etymology of Champfèr is unc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julier Pass
The Julier Pass ( Romansh: ''Pass dal Güglia'', German: ''Julierpass'', Italian ''Passo del Giulia'') (elev. 2284 m) is a mountain pass in the Albula Alps of Switzerland. It connects the Engadin valley with central Graubünden. At its summit, the pass crosses the drainage divide between the basins of the rivers Rhine and Danube. The Julier Pass lies between the towns of Bivio to the west and Silvaplana to the east. It is part of the Swiss N29 national road, but does not require a vignette (road tax sticker). The pass was heavily used in the Roman era and contains the most artifacts of Roman roads of any location in Graubünden. The modern road was built between 1820 and 1828. Between 1935 and 1940, the Julier Pass became the first Swiss alpine road paved with asphalt. The Julier Pass is the most important northern entrance to the Engadin valley and one of three such paved road passes, the others being the Albula Pass and the Flüela Pass. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivio
Bivio (, ) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 27 April 2016 History Bivio is first mentioned about 840 as ''de stabulo Bivio''. At one time it was known, in German, as ''Stallen'' and until 1895/1903 by its Italian name ''Stalla''.Geography Bivio had an area, , of . Of this area, 48.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.2% is fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sils Im Engadin/Segl
Sils im Engadin/Segl (; Romansh language, Romansh ), often also as ''Sils i.E./Segl'', is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and village in the Maloja Region, Upper Engadine in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons. It consists of two villages, Segl Maria (Romansh, ; ''Seglias'' is part of Segl Maria) and Segl Baselgia (German: ''Sils Baselgia''; ''Baselgia'' is Romansh for church); the Val Fex (German: ''Fextal''); and three ''Maiensäss''e (Alpine pastures traditionally used for spring grazing): Grevasalvas, Blaunca and Buaira, above ''Plaun da Lej'' on the left side of the valley. Name and coat of arms The municipality's official label uses both the German language, German and the Romansh language, Romansh versions of its name: ''Segl'' is the Romansh version while ''Sils im Engadin'' is the German. Engadin is Romansh for "Valley of the Inn ()", the river, which flows northeast from Maloja through Sils Baselgia and eventually into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine (;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ''Gidegna''. ; ; ) is a long high Alps, Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden in southeasternmost Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants. It follows the route of the Inn (river), Inn () from its headwaters at Maloja Pass in the southwest running roughly northeast until the Inn flows into Austria, little less than one hundred kilometers downstream. The En/Inn subsequently flows at Passau into the Danube, making it the only Swiss river to drain into the Black Sea. The Engadine is protected by high mountain ranges on all sides and is famous for its sunny climate, beautiful landscapes and outdoor activities. Name In English, the valley is known as either ''Engadin'' (, locally also ) or ''Engadine'' ( , ). The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bever, Switzerland
Bever ( Romansh: ; German and official until 1943 ''Bevers'') is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Bever is first mentioned in 1139 as ''ad Bevero''. Geography Bever has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 15.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 68.4% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits accessed 2 May 2016 Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district, after 2017 it was part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maloja Region
Maloja Region is one of the eleven Districts of Switzerland, administrative districts in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It has an area of and a population of (as of ). It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the Canton. accessed 16 February 2017 References {{coord, 46, 24, 9, N, 9, 41, 42, E, source:plwiki_region:CH, display=title Regions of Graubünden Engadin People from Maloja District, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samedan
Samedan (, locally ) is a town and municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Maloja Region in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Grisons. It is served by Samedan railway station on the Rhaetian Railway network and by the Samedan Airport. History Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Samaden''. In 1334 it was mentioned as ''Semeden'', in 1367 as ''Semaden'', in 1498 as ''Sumada'' and in 1527 as ''Sameden''. Samedan is the location of The Smallest Whiskey Bar on Earth, the establishment holding the Guinness World Records distinction of "Smallest Permanently Licensed Bar in the World." File:Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 J08 Samaden.JPG, Samedan c. 1870 with the Bernina hotel (opened in 1865), one of the oldest hotels in the Engadin. Etching by commons:Johann Heinrich Müller (1825-1894), Heinrich Müller File:Samedan circa 1870 B.jpg, A photograph of Samedan in the circa 1870s File:Samedan circa 1870.jpg, Another photographic view of Samedan i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
