Castiel, Switzerland

Castiel

Castiel ( [ kɐʃtiə̯l ]? / I ) until December 31, 2012, a municipality in the district Schanfigg, District Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities Calfreisen, Long Meadow, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter- Pagig to the municipality Arosa.

Coat of arms

Blazon: killing in gold standing of St. George with a silver aura, in blue armor, the green dragon.

The seal of the municipality coat of arms shows the simulated saint of Castieler church. Ten colors of the federal court.

Geography

Castiel is located six kilometers (direct distance ) east of Churchill on the northern side of the Schanfiggs. As a narrow strip, bounded on the west by the wild Castieler Tobel, the former municipality of the Plessur extends ( approximately 750 m) to the ridge of the Hochwangkette where near the Tüfelsch Chopf with 2455 meters the highest point is reached. Comprised of the two districts of upper and lower village village village is situated on a spur at the edge of the ravine Castieler.

From all over the former municipality of 541 acres 266 acres of woods and forests are covered. At least 233 hectares of agricultural land (mostly Alpine farms ). Another 32 acres are unproductive area (mostly mountains) and 10 acres of built-up area.

Castiel bordered on Calfreisen, Lüen, St. Peter- Pagig, Lenzerheide - Praden and Trimmis.

History

Although it was only in 1132 mentioned as Castellum, the place has been inhabited since around 1500 BC. The place name (Latin for castle ) refers to the fortifications of the hill Carschlingg at the present village church, where they found traces of settlements and objects from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman period and the early Middle Ages during the construction of the school building. Middle of the 12th century appears in documents also St. George's Church, after which the village was named St. Jörgen temporarily. In the Three Leagues Castiel was as a neighborhood of the Court Ausserschanfigg to ten court covenant. About 1530 the place of the Reformation joined; End of the 16th century it went from the Rhaeto over to the German language.

Population

From the end of 2004 123 inhabitants were 116 Swiss citizens.

Policy

The former mayor is Christian stalemate Stoffel (2010 ).

Economy

The rural character, the village has developed in recent decades to a commuter residential community. Locally, there were (as of 2000-01 ) in agriculture and forestry 25 employees in the industrial sector and the service sector 5 8

Traffic

Castiel is located on the main road from Chur to Arosa, the Schanfiggerstrasse, which overcomes the topographically difficult, rockfall risk game in Castieler Tobel since 2004 with a 300 m long bridge. The former church is (now Postbus Chur- Peist ) connected to the public transport network since May 15, 1940, a post bus connection. Since then, the far located below the village station Lüen - Castiel the railway Chur- Arosa Rhaetian Railway has only minor importance. After the church is named the trafficked by the Rhaetian Railway Castielertobel Viaduct.

Attractions

In panoramic position on the top of the mountain spur the Reformed Church, formerly St. George, a uniform late gothic building towers from the early 16th century. As the most important community center of the valley is considered the 1619 Built for the Podestà and Landammann Schmidt Podestatshaus (also called Tobel house ), which stands out with its white façade of the surrounding Walser wooden houses.