Valchava

Valchava with late Gothic village church

Valchava (? [ ˌ valtɕavɐ ] / i; German and until 1943 officially Valcava ) was until December 31, 2008, a municipality in the district of Val Müstair in the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

January 1, 2009 Valchava merged with the other Swiss towns of the valley ( Fuldera, Lü Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Tschierv ) to the municipality of Val Müstair. The name Valchava means " Deep Valley ".

Geography

The former municipality is located on the right-hand side of the Val Müstair ( Munster ) 1.8 miles west of Santa Maria Val Müstair. It consists of the village, the hamlet Valpaschun (1771 m) and several villages. Both in the south and in the north reaches the municipal boundary to 2900 m. The highest point of the municipality is the Piz Terza ( 2907 m) in the far north.

Of the entire previous municipal area of ​​1671 ha 566 ha 313 ha are forested and mountains. The majority of arable land, namely 618 768 ha are cultivated as mountain pastures. The remaining 24 ha of the area is urbanized area.

Population

Languages

In the 19th century, although there was already a small German -speaking minority, but this shrank to 1970 more and more. 1880, 69 % 1910 72 % 1941 75% 1970 90 % even Romansh as their native language. The language of the majority is still Jawor, a dialect of Romansh Vallader. The development of recent decades shows the following table:

Religions and denominations

In the 1530s the residents changed after the Reformation to the Protestant faith.

Origin and nationality

From the end of 2005 200 inhabitants were 193 Swiss nationals.

Traffic

The community is connected through the postal bus Zernez - times to the public transport network.

History

First mention is the church in a land register of the monastery Müstair. This and the Abbey Marienberg then had possessions in Valchava. 1879, until then independent municipality was merged with Valpaschun Valchava.

Coat of arms

Description: Gold ( Yellow) a fallen blue rafters. The coat of arms symbolizes the community name in two ways: The rafter is once for the first letter of the municipality and also for the term " Val ".

Attractions

• Monumental is the Protestant church.
• In the Chasa Jaura is the Valley Museum of Munster.
• Melcher residence, built around 1800, late example of a mansion.
• Mid-September 2006 was inaugurated around Valchava of about 5 km long nature trail Senda Trafögl. This is divided into four areas of experience that are based on the four elements of water, air, earth and fire (see also: Four - element theory ). The trail begins on the north side of the valley and leads first to the west along the Rambach ( in this part, he deals with the element of water ), then rises up to 1552 meters at ( element of air ), and then drops Sot in height Rünca and the to cross valley road. He sits apart on the south side of the valley with the elements of earth and fire and rises to a maximum of 1648 meters. It is dominated by inter alia Wood carvings and metal sculptures. It ends approximately at the level of the old lime kiln on the outskirts of Valchava.
• South of the village is on the edge of the forest a several hundred year old lime kiln ( Chalchera in Romansh idiom Vallader ), who in 1943 was the last time used. It was renovated in 1982. The resulting lime served the production of mortar and plastering of walls.

Representation of the oven stratification. Filling material is calciumcarbonatreicher limestone.

Personalities

• Not Bott ( born May 14, 1927 in Valchava, † November 24, 1998 in Poschiavo ), wood sculptor. Art in architecture and space design.