Tomils is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of Hinterrhein in the

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canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Feldis/Veulden, Scheid,

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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 The Three Leagues, sometimes referred to as Raetia, was the 1471 alliance between the League of God's House, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions, and the Grey League. Its members were all Swiss Associates, associates of the Old Swiss Confederacy, ...

( 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

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of above

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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 An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers. They are the primary on-hill tran ...

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 {{Graubünden-geo-stub