Fürstenau, Switzerland
Fuerstenau
Fuerstenau (Romansh Farschno ) is a municipality in the district Domleschg, District Hinterrhein the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipality has a city charter.
Geography
Fuerstenau consists of the historic town of Fuerstenau and the village Fürstenaubruck above the confluence of the Rhine and rear Albula. Fuerstenau is registered in the inventory of estimable townscapes the Switzerland of national importance.
History
Mairaus, the old name of Fuerstenau, is first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. The new name is for the first time in 1257 occupied by Fürstinowe. Prince here refers to the Bishop of Chur, in whose ownership was the Grange of Fuerstenau. The name was transferred later on built after the castle.
Attractions
Since the 19th century the castle town Fuerstenau is structurally remained almost unchanged and is therefore an ensemble is a sight. In addition, special mention are:
- Reformed village church
- Castle Stone Look or Upper Castle
- Bishop's Castle or Lower Castle
- Stoffelshaus
- Casa Aperta
Population
A first wave of emigration, there were 1850-1860. 's Population declined at that time within a decade to 19.74%. After that, the population grew continuously until the year 1888 when 316 residents were counted ( 1860-1888: 29.51 %). Two further waves of emigration 1888-1900 as well as 1910 and 1930 left the population to a historic low of between 200 people in 1930 to fall ( from 1888 to 1930: -36.71 %). Then there was a strong growth until 1950, followed by a final wave of emigration between 1950 and 1980. According to the historic low of 1980, the population grew rapidly.
This is due to the beautiful scenery combined with good transport links (rail, highway). The young people of the village stay and commute to leave instead Fuerstenau. At the same time attract many " sub- countries" to.
Languages
Originally, the residents spoke as their language Sutselvisch, a dialect of Romansh. But early on the residents went on the German language. While in 1880 20 % of the population Romanesque native language was - and this remained so until 1900 - the proportion fell to 14% in 1910 and 1941 to 11%. Since then he has continued to decline steadily. The community is almost entirely in German today. This is also the following table:
Origin and nationality
Of the 329 residents at the end of 2005 were 303 ( = 92.10 %), Swiss nationals.