Seewis im Prättigau

Buchen im Prättigau

Buchen im Prättigau (Romansh Sievgia? / I ) is a municipality in the district Prättigau- Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and at the same time the chief town of the district Buchen.

• 6.1 schools
• 6.2 Attractions

Coat of arms

Blazon: In Gold (Yellow) a rooted green fir

Simplification of the historical seal of the Court of Buchen - Valzeina that has been used since the 17th century, by eliminating the existing there Einbergs.

Geography

The congregation at the input of the Prättigau consists of the three fractions Buchen village, Schmitten and Pardisla. The main settlement Buchen village is located at about 950 m on a terrace on the southern slopes of the 2376m high Vilans. Schmitten whose development has grown together with that of the neighboring village Grüsch, located at about 620 m at the Taschinasbach, which flows near Pardisla (600 m) in the country Quart. Balance is located on the road between Pardisla and Buchen village (680 m), the smallest of Seewis settlements.

In the west the Prättigau is separated by the Chlus from the Rhine Valley. There lies the 573 m above sea level. M. deepest part of the territory. The eastern boundary of the municipality is formed largely through the gorge of Taschinasbaches, which rises on the southern slope of the Schesaplana ( 2964 m above sea level. M., highest point of the municipality ), a mountain of Rätikon chain. Located just west of the 2859 m high Schesaplana is Panüelerkopf. The southern slope of Vilans is characterized by a Heuwiesenzone with numerous mountain pastures. The local fields of daffodils are protected. Due to its sheltered position has Buchen village on a very mild climate. The numerous sources have a great importance for the water supply to the surrounding communities.

The area of ​​the municipality is 4964 hectares, of which 1686 ha of woods and bushes covered, while 101 ha are overbuilt. The agricultural area is 2050 ha, which is three- quarters from Alpine meadows. The remaining area of 1127 ha is unproductive rock and scree field.

Neighboring municipalities are Maienfeld the northwest, Jenin in the West Malan, Grüsch in the east and Schiers in the Northeast. In the north Buchen limited to about 12 km in length to Austria, namely the municipalities Brand, Nenzing and Vandans in the province of Vorarlberg.

History

Coins from the 1st and 3rd centuries are indicative of a temporary settlement by the Romans. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1224 under the name de Sevve. In the municipality of Buchen once stood two castles that fell into disrepair in the 15th and 16th century ruins. The cave castle Fracstein stood in the Chlus at the entrance of the Prättigau that emerged from a church castle castle Solavers was located near the border with Grüsch.

The castles and the Seewis fractions were in the Middle Ages and in early modern times to the territory of the respective masters of the Prättigau. By 1300, these were the Knights of Aspermont; this was followed by the 1344 Toggenburg. The legacy of Frederick VII, the last Count of Toggenburg, came in 1436 to the governors of mud, which were then replaced in 1496 by the Habsburgs.

The court Schiers - Buchen occurred in 1436 in which tens court covenant. The Reformation was introduced in 1587. 1621 left the Austrian sovereign occupying the Prättigau military to enforce recatholicisation of the valley. On April 24, 1622 held the head of the Capuchin mission in Prättigau, Father Fidelis of Sigmaringen, in Buchen a controversial sermon. In the course of Prättigauer uprising, which began on the same day, the missionary with the Austrian soldiers accompanying him was driven out of the church and killed trying to escape.

The Habsburgs gave 1649 its rule over Buchen on; the sovereign rights were transferred to the court community. Economically and socially dominated the family of Salis - Buchen. 1679, the Court Schiers - Buchen was divided. When the French conquered Switzerland in March 1798, Buchen came to Canton Raetia of the Helvetic Republic joined it a year. With the Act of Mediation of Napoléon Bonaparte Buchen became a part of the canton of Graubünden in 1803. 1851, the present district Buchen was formed. 1863 a fire destroyed the village, which was built afterwards in the checkerboard pattern again.

In 1858 the road from Buchen was opened down to Pardisla. There was in 1889 a station on the railway land quart Davos Platz, which the community received connection to the railway network. With the expansion of roads, the importance of agriculture declined, however, experienced an upsurge of tourism. In the valley floor a commercial and industrial area was created.

Population

December 31, 2006 1406 people lived in Buchen. At the 2000 census, 72.3 % were reformed, 14 % Roman Catholic, 6% Muslim. 93 % described German as their main language, 2% Albanian and Serbo-Croatian 1%; The proportion of foreigners was 10%.

Buchen was the last Prättigauer community, which passed from the Romanesque to the German language of the 16th century. The Romanesque village name is Sievgia.

The original Walser German local dialect is, among other things, geographical proximity to the Graubünden 's Rhine Valley, as well as the industry in Vorderprättigau and the Grisons, has been partially replaced by a mixture of different Prättigauer and Grisons Rheintaler dialects. Today can be found in the village and the hamlets outside spokesman for the typical Seewis dialect, however, keep in Talfraktionen for several years Bünderrheintaler dialects feeder.

Economy

The economic life in Buchen is characterized primarily by tourism. Opened in 1865, Kurhaus is now a rehabilitation center for heart and circulatory diseases. In addition, there are eight hotels. Buchen is not known as a winter sports resort, but due to the favorable climate rather as a health resort. In agriculture, cattle breeding and dairy farming prevail. In addition to the railway station in the valley floor commercial and industrial enterprises have settled; the most important is the Georg Fischer AG, which manufactures plastic fittings.

Traffic

Buchen is accessible by car via the main road 28 from Landquart to Davos, the Buchen - Pardisla, Schmitten and Grüsch drives around on the south side of the valley since 1985. From Pardisla of a cul goes up to balance and Buchen village. The motorway connection Landquart along the A13 is approximately seven kilometers away.

The community is being developed by the station Buchen - Valzeina the Rhaetian Railway, which is square near fraction Pardisla on the railway land quart Davos. The holding here Regional trains usually Schiers Landquart and Chur until after Rhazuns. Two post car lines run from the station Grüsch about Schmitten and Buchen Buchen - Pardisla by village or by Valzeina.

On foot reaches and leaves you Buchen on the remote trail " Prättigauer Trail " which runs along the entire Rätikon chain.

Arts Culture

Train

The Seewis village school was first mentioned in 1673. Today, the village has two primary schools for the students of 1st to 6th grade. The school is located in Buchen village, the other in the fraction Pardisla. The junior high school and secondary school located in Oberstufenschulhaus of the Education Association of Municipalities Grüsch, Buchen, Fanas and Valzeina. The closest high schools are the Protestant middle school in Schiers, the district school in Chur and the Alpine Secondary School in Davos.

Attractions

• The landmark of Buchen village is the reformed church below the village. Already in 1300 there was a village church, which at that time was still a branch of the St. Mary's Church on Castle Solavers at this point. Your current look with a high spire, slender tower, vaulting in the choir and baroque stucco work in the nave the church received as part of the expansion and renovation in the 1754 bis 1759. The construction activities were largely bought by Johann Gaudenzdorfer of Salis - Buchen ( the grandfather of the same name poet ) financed; his coat of arms adorns the pulpit. The best known were pastor Nicolin Sererhard (1716-1754) and Jeremiah Lorza ( 1798-1800 ). Below the church is the Fidelisbrünneli; it is dedicated to the 1746 canonized Fidelis of Sigmaringen, who was slain in 1622 Buchen.
• Schmitten and Pardisla received in 1696 her own church. It stands on the hillside just above the old Schmittner row of houses. Its roof riders with dome contains two small bells.
• The Catholic Church in Pardisla was inaugurated in 1899. She was until after the Second World War, the only church of Catholics in Prättigau.
• In 1630 built ( and 1690 in high baroque forms extended) family castle of Salis - Buchen, which was destroyed by fire in 1863 village today the municipality is located, the building is also used as a schoolhouse. Previously, a monument was erected in 1902, which is reminiscent of the military events of 1622.
• On the Parstogliahügel is since 1962 a granite stone with metal relief, in honor of the poet Johann von Salis - Gaudenzdorfer Buchen.
• Substation of the Grisons power plants, Architect: Conradin Clavuot