Innerferrera

Innerferrera (Romansh Calantgil ) is a fraction of the community Ferrera GR in a circle Shams in the district of Rhein Behind the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2008 it was merged with the municipality to municipality Ausserferrera Ferrera.

Coat of arms

Description: Sable, a right diagonal Asked silver (white ) mountain man hammer ( pimples). The eminent in addition to and Innerferrera mining led to the election of the Bergmann hammer as crest motif for both communities in the colors of the church covenant.

Geography

The place is a scattered village at the confluence of the Rhine and Ferrera - Niemetbach in the only valley in the rear of the Ferreratal. Of the total urban area of almost 44 km ², 65% unproductive area (mostly mountains). After 10 km ² ( exactly 1,006 ha) can be used for agriculture, but these are almost entirely to Alpwirtschaftsgebiet. More 516 ha are covered by forests and woodland and the remaining 18 ha are settlement area.

Neighboring communities

The area of the former municipality Innerferrera bordered on Avers, Ausserferrera, Riom- Parsonz and Sufers.

Population

Languages

Originally, the inhabitants spoke Sutselvisch, a Grison Romanesque dialect. Even in 1880 gave all 52 people Romansh as their mother tongue. Until the First World War did not change the language situation (1910 96.15 % Romansh ). In the interwar period, the decline of the Roman followed. In 1941 were the Romansh with 46.3 % share in the minority. Until 1980 there was a shrinking minority Romansh. Today the village is almost monolingual German. The only authorities language is German, because only three of the 49 residents ( = 6.12% ) understood Romansh. The development of recent decades shows the following table:

Origin and nationality

From the end of 2005, 37 residents were 34 ( = 91.89 %), Swiss citizen.

Attractions

Monumental is the Protestant church.