Lohn, Graubünden

Lohn GR

Wage (Romansh Lon ) is a municipality in the district of Shams in the back of the Rhine district in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located 13 km south of Thusis.

Coat of arms

The asterisk stands for the Marie patronage of the church in salary, the geschachte lower plate part refers to the administrator of the Episcopal County Shams: the barons of Vaz.

Geography

Wage is a scattered village on Schamserberg on a terrace on the eastern slopes of the Piz Bever and the highest village of Shams region. Of the total area of 814 ha community 461 ha is arable, the large part of it but only as a mountain pastures. More 284 ha are covered by forests and woodland, 57 ha are unproductive area (mostly mountains) and 12 ha settlement area.

Population

Languages

Original language of the inhabitants is Sutselvisch, a Grison Romanesque dialect. Until 1980, the citizens voted almost exclusively Romance (1880 96 %, 1910 100 % 1941 90 % and 1980, 100%). Since then, German spread through immigration and language changes more and more. A slight majority of the inhabitants still speak Romansh, which is bureaucratic language along with German.

Origin and nationality

End of 2005, of the 50 residents 49 Swiss nationals.

Policy

The council consists of five members.

Economy

The population traditionally lives of meadow cultivation and animal husbandry.

Traffic

Wage is off the main roads, but with the post bus line Zillis- wage GR- Wergenstein connection to the public transport network. The nearest motorway junction is Zillis on the A13.

History

The community is certainly inhabited since the 9th century. At the time a church was mentioned at the whim in a Carolingian Empire land register. Already in 1204 there was a community altfreier farmers with private lower court. Various gentlemen practiced in the Middle Ages from its sovereignty. 1458 bought the community free from the former liege lord, the Bishop of Chur. Middle of the 16th century, joined the church of the Reformation.

Attractions

Worth seeing is the Reformed church. A curiosity are the two towers, which suggests two different eras. One of the first tower was probably built in the 12th century, a late Romanesque building with a semicircular apse, largely affiliated to the original building, only towards the year 1500, with the construction of the Campanile was not even intended. During research 1953/54, fragments of paintings came in the way of Waltensburger master to light that were probably painted over at a later time from inattention and are no longer visible today.

The adjacent Pfrundhaus from the mid-16th century until 1948 housed the village school and is used for a renovation today as a community center. It is a unique for the Shams construction, reminiscent of a traditional house.

Since 2005, the Lohner forest, the cultural project of the do Resun sound forest.