Klosters

Klosters Dorf

Klosters ( until 1973 the official name of the monastery church; ? Been called in the local dialect bim Chlooschter, Romansh Claustra / i ) is a municipality in the district of the monastery, district Prättigau- Davos in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

In 2012, depth investigations converge to a merger project between Klosters, Kublis, Saas, St.Antönien and Luzein. The new church is to be called the monastery. The investigations have now been canceled.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In Gold standing Wilder Mann, blue flag in his right hand with a silver cross.

Since the 16th century used seal image of the Court monastery.

Geography

Klosters, the top Prättigauer municipality comprises the seven factions square, village, Selfranga, Aeuja, Monbiel, Serneus and Mezzaselva.

The vast territory coincides largely with the catchment area of ​​the upper country Quart, so that the community boundary runs over long distances on the watershed against the neighboring valleys Montafon, Lower Engadine, Landwassertal ( Davos ) and Schanfigg. Only at the Wolfgang Pass the Klosters spell already ends 2 km before the pass. A characteristic element of the landscape forms the broad valley, at the confluence of the country Quart, the opening out of the left support and the inflowing stream from right Schlappinbach. The approximately 10-km Schlappintal first runs in a westerly direction and turn half lengthwise south-southwest around. In the north it is bounded by the western foothills of the Silvretta, the ( 2,852 m) culminates in Rotbüelspitz forms with Schlappiner yoke and Rätikon, while the border with Austria. Next to the southeast, the boundary runs on the crest of Chessispitz ( 2833 m) and the Eastern and Western plate top ( 2883 m) to the Great Seehorn ( 3121 m ) and then across the Great Litzner ( 3109 m) to the Silvretta Horn ( 3244 m), the north eastern point of Klosters area.

The eastern frontier against the Engadine rises after crossing the Silvretta Pass to Verstanclahorn ( 3298 m, the highest point of the community ), touches Schwarzkopf ( Chapütschin, 3232 m), Piz Zadrell ( 3104 m), plate Horns ( 3220 m ) to reach the Flesspass, leads a pack road to Susch or Lavin. Within this boundary, the valley of the country Quart fan out into the source valleys Lake Valley, Verstancla, Vernela and Vereina. From Flesspass from the municipal boundary via Rosställispitz ( 2929 m), Flüela Wisshorn ( 3085 m) and Isentällispitz ( 2986 m ), where they, semicircular includes Jörital, the reaching far to the south arm of the Vereinatals, and then on the Pischahorn ( 2979 m) towards the Wolfgang Pass. West of Stützbachtals dominates the Casanna ( 2557 m ) with the advanced Gotschnagrat. Southeast of it ranges the narrow strip of territory of Obersäsställis up to Weissfluhjoch and almost to the Weissfluhgipfel ( 2843 m). The western boundary against the Mittelprättigau follows in parts ravines with mountain streams and falls otherwise not in the terrain on.

The center of the resort and winter sports ground form the coalesced by the construction of the 20th century districts Course ( 1206 m above sea level. M. ) and village ( 1124 m) in the area of ​​Talkonvergenz. To the south Selfranga adjoins immediately, while the hamlet Aeuja ( 1207 m) and Monbiel ( 1291 m) are two or three kilometers east of Klosters Platz. Below the monastery village of the valley narrows. Where it widens again, the country Quart located to the left of the village Serneus (990 m) and across the river the long-drawn scattered settlement Mezzaselva, which made up to 1872 separate municipality Serneus. In addition to the larger settlements to the community include a number of individual farms and mountain pastures. The place Schlappin ( 1658 m) at the bend of the valley of the same name was inhabited throughout the year until the 17th century.

Neighboring municipalities are Arosa, Conters in Prättigau, Davos, Lavin, Saas im Prättigau, Susch and gas churn and St. Gall church (both in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg).

History and townscape

Monastery takes its name from the 1222 first mentioned, the St. Jacob consecrated Premonstratensian Klosterli Walt, a subsidiary establishment of Churwalden. After the monastery was abolished in 1528 and destroyed parts of the building in 1621 Prättigauerkrieg by fire, but the Romanesque tower in 1921 renewed Reformed parish church is it only remained, which forms the center of Klosters Platz fraction. Diagonally opposite is the church of the Old Town Hall ( Jeuchenhaus ) of 1680, a beautiful wooden house in Prättigauer style with a brick base and emblazoned portal. In a re- furnished farmhouse of the 16th century, the small, local history mediating local museum is housed Nutli Hüschi

Economy

Tourism, mountain railways and ski resorts

Around the monastery there are numerous ski slopes and 40 km of groomed trails.

The Gotschnagrat ( 2285 m ) on which there is a restaurant and the one has a wide view of the Prättigau and the Silvretta group is accessible from Klosters Platz by funicular. The Gotschna is also the home mountain monastery. From the middle station Gotschnaboden (1780 m) leads down a 3.2 km long toboggan run down to Klosters. Another, especially for families popular destination is the area Madrisa, which is accessed through a renewed in autumn 2005 orbit with four cabins from Klosters Dorf. The hill station Saaseralp lies on the floor of the neighboring municipality of Saas.

Klosters offers summer hiking, climbing, glacier and mountain tours. The following SAC huts can be selected as bases: Fergenhütte, Seetalhütte, Silvrettahütte.

The traffic situation was dramatic for the monastery for many years, since the entire road from Landquart to Davos and Lower Engadine on the main road had to roll through the village in the middle. To remedy this, has already begun in the wake of the construction of Vereinatunnel with the construction of Klosters bypass: The Sunnibergbrücke, a road bridge over the valley of the country Quart below Klosters Dorf and directly subsequent Gotschnatunnel passing underneath the Gotschna in an arc and at the car loading Selfranga comes back to the surface. The buildings were opened on 9 December 2005 by Moritz Leuenberger and the British heir to the throne Prince Charles and relieved monastery largely from through traffic.

Rail traffic

Since 1889 the monastery is connected to the land quart Davos -Bahn, today Rhaetian Railway. The stations Klosters, Klosters (square) and Cavadürli (1352 m) since end point for many tourists, since 1904 also for winter sports. In the early years of the convent station was terminus. So witnessed him Hans Castorp in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain:

There were stays on poor new Train Station, head stations that left the train in the opposite direction, which seemed confusing, since one no longer knew how to drive, and the sky areas not remembered longer.

Since 1930, the monastery is through station; the route to Davos since then has performed through the 400 m long Klosters loop tunnel. The country Quart bridge ( Maillart bridge) of 1930 had in 1993, however, a new soft, as the preparations for the new Vereina line then ran on. Since the opening of the modern rail link to the Engadine monastery has a perfect rail connection in almost all directions. In Selfranga a car loading was born.

Local bus

Since 1 December 1985, the municipality has a local bus network with 5 local bus routes and the train replacement Klosters Saas- Kublis operated as line 6 The local bus Klosters is from Postautohalter Markus Vogt from Serneus. The central Transport Exchange is the stop at the station square.

Culture

For those interested in culture monastery has a wide range. These include the culture scales that Wärchstuba and the community library in the over 300 year old premises of the old town hall. The Kulturschuppen exists since 2002 in the old goods shed the RhB and is a meeting place for lovers of cinema, jazz, small theater, readings and lectures. These are from the Cultural Society Monastery ( kgk ) organized, which is also responsible for numerous other occasions, such as the popular Klosters summer concerts in the church of St. Jacob. The Wärchstuba monastery was founded in 1971 by creative mountain farmers as a winter course offerings and now offers over 100 courses annually of all kinds of cooking, crafts, personal development, sports, up to weekend and holiday courses.

About local history topics informs housed in an old traditional house local museum Nutli Hüschi.

Personalities

• John Hitz (1772-1838), Klosters Landammann, managers and tenants of the mine Silberberg in Davos. Has the zinc recovery in the U.S. introduced.
• Hans (John) Hitz ( 1797-1864 ), (son of John) mining engineer and Consul General of Switzerland in the United States from 1853 to 1864
• Johann Rudolf Brosi (1801-1877), Senate and federal judges
• Liliana Brosi ( born November 28, 1934 in Cantù ), painter, graphic artist, illustrator and gallery
• Beat Bolliger (1941-2008), top chef
• Josef Minsh (1941-2008), skier
• Heinz Brand ( born 1955 ), National Council from 2011
• Coni Allemann ( born 1963 ), musician, writer, comedian

Attractions

• Reformed Church Monastery
• Catholic Church of St. Joseph, 1964
• Rectory and parish hall, 2008
• Nutli Hüschi
• Hotel Chesa Grischuna