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Prättigau Davos Region
The Prättigau is a geographical region in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It consists of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in the town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters. Landquart is a village with a railway junction on the flat floor valley of the Alpine Rhine just north of 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 ..., the capital of the Grisons. The Prättigau is a tourist destination for winter and summer activities, including downhill and cross-country skiing, tobogganing and hiking. Traditionally, towns in the Prättigau were reliant on the lumber industry, although the income from tourism has largely replaced tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grüsch
Grüsch is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Fanas and Valzeina were merged with Grüsch.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009 History Grüsch is first mentioned about 1340 as ''Grusch''. In 1375 it was mentioned as ''Crüsch''.Geography Grüsch has an area, , of . Of this area, 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of The Alps
The main valleys of the Alps, orographically by drainage basin. Rhine basin (North Sea) High Rhine *Aare (river), Aare **Limmat (river), Limmat ***Linth (river), Linth (Glarus) ****Lake Walen *****Seeztal ****Klöntal ****Sernftal **Reuss (river), Reuss ***Lake Lucerne ****Sarner Aa (river), Sarner Aa (Brünig Pass connects to the Aare basin) ****Muota (river), Muota ***Schächental, Klausen Pass connects to Glarus ***Urseren ***Susten Pass connects to the Gadmertal ***Furka Pass connects to the Goms (district), Goms **Saane/Sarine (river), Saane/Sarine ***Sense (river), Sense **Gürbetal **Lake Thun, Bernese Oberland ***Kander (Switzerland), Kander ****Simmental *****Diemtigental (Chirel, Fildrich (Narebach, Senggibach, Gurbsbach)) **** Suldtal **** Kiental **** Engstligental ****Kandertal ***, Habkern ***Brienzersee, Interlaken ****Lütschine (river), Lütschine *****Saxettal *****Schwarze Lütschine (river), Schwarze Lütschine, Lütschental, Grindelwald, Grosse Scheidegg con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Switzerland
The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked by its numerous List of lakes of Switzerland, lakes and List of prominent mountains of Switzerland, mountains. It is surrounded by five countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north. Switzerland has a maximum north–south length of and an east–west length of about . Switzerland is well known for the Swiss Alps, Alps in the south and south east. North of the Alps, the Swiss Plateau runs along the east–west axis of the country. Most of the population of Switzerland lives on the rolling hills and plains of the Swiss Plateau, plateau. The smaller Jura Mountains are located on the north west side of the plateau. Much of the northern border with Germany follows the Rhine, though the Rhine enters Switzerland near Schaffhausen. The eastern borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Leer (surname)
Van Leer is a surname of Dutch and German origin. It is a variant of the ancient surname ''Valär''. Notable people with this surname include: * Florence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet, women's rights advocate * Antoinette Van Leer Polk (1847–1919), American Southern belle and Baroness de Charette * Maryly Van Leer Peck (1930–2011), American academic and president of Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida * Carlos Clark Van Leer (1865–1953), military officer * Anthony Wayne Van Leer (1783–1864), iron works owner in Tennessee * Benjamin van Leer (born 1992), Dutch footballer * Bernardhus Van Leer (1687–1790), was one of the first doctors in New York * Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (1893–1956), president of Georgia Institute of Technology * Blake Wayne Van Leer (1926–1997), Captain and Commander in the U.S. Navy. * Bram van Leer (fl. 1970–2012), Dutch-American professor emeritus of aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan * Carlos C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland. The official language of Chur is German language, German,In this context ‘German’ is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. A person is allowed to communicate with the authorities using any kind of German, in written or oral form. However the authorities always use Swiss Standard German (the Swiss variety of Standard German) in documents and any written form. In spoken interaction ''Hochdeutsch'' (Swiss Standard German or what the particular speaker considers as High German) or any other dialectal variant can be used. but the main spoken language is the local variant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landquart, Graubünden
Landquart is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It was formed when the municipalities of Igis and Mastrils merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Landquart.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 The municipality "Landquart" draws its name from a locality in the former municipality of Igis. History Igis is first mentioned about 840 as ''Ovinae/Aviuns''. In 1149 it was mentioned as ''Auuine'', in 1225 as ''Huiuns'' and in 1253 as ''Yges''. Mastrils is first mentioned in 1318 as ''Ponstrils''. In 1345 it was mentioned as ''Bastrils''. Geogra ...
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Alpine Rhine
The Alpine Rhine Valley () is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the Alpine Rhine ( ), the part of the Rhine between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and Lake Constance. It covers three countries, with sections of the river demarcating the borders between Austria and Switzerland and between Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The full length of the Alpine Rhine is 93.5 km. From Reichenau, the Alpine Rhine flows east, passing Chur and turning north, before it turns north-east at Landquart, and then roughly north, east of Sargans. From here, the Alpine Rhine forms the border between the canton of St. Gallen of Switzerland on the left, west side, and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the east side. About further down, the Rhine then meets the Austrian federal state Vorarlberg and finally flows into Lake Constance, south of Lindau (Germany), which is no longer part of the Rhine Valley. The Swiss-Austrian border follows the historical be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grisons
The Grisons (; ) or Graubünden (),Names include: * ; *Romansh language, Romansh: ** ** ** ** ** **; * ; * ; * . See also list of European regions with alternative names#G, other names. more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton of Graubünden, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland, cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts, and its capital is Chur. The German language, German name of the canton, , translates as the "Grey Leagues", referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the Three Leagues. The other native names also refer to the Grey League: in Sutsilvan, in the other forms of Romansh language, Romansh, and in Italian language, Italian. is the Latin name for the area. The Alpine ibex is the canton's heraldic symbol. The largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland, it is also one of the three large southern Alps, Alpine cantons, along with Valais and Ticino. It is the most diverse canton in terms of natural and cultural ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landquart (river)
The Landquart is a river of Switzerland in the canton of Grisons and a right tributary of the Alpine Rhine, formed by the confluence of two mountain streams, ''Vereinabach'' and ''Verstancla Glacier, Verstanclabach'', that originate from glaciers in the Silvretta Alps. It flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters, the largest and uppermost village in the Prättigau valley, and empties into the Alpine Rhine near the town of Landquart, Graubünden, Landquart. It is long, with a drainage basin. See also * Landquart-Davos Platz railway * Sunniberg Bridge * List of rivers of Switzerland References External links Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Graubünden Klosters-Serneus Luzein Fideris Jenaz Schiers Grüsch Malans, Switzerland Landquart, Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valzeina
Valzeina is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau and a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the political district of Prättigau/Davos (district), Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2011 Fanas and Valzeina were merged with the municipality of Grüsch. History Valzeina is first mentioned in 1367 as ''Valtzennas''. Geography Valzeina has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Seewis sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district. It consists of scattered settlements in Vorder-Valzeina, Hinter-Valzeina and Sigg (on the right side of the valley). The municipalities of Grüsch and Valzeina are considering a merger on 1 January 2010 into a new municipality that will be known as Grüsch. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
