Küblis
Kublis
Kublis (Romansh Cuvlignas? / I ) is a municipality in the district Kublis in the district Prättigau- Davos in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Coat of arms
Blazon: In gold half black chamois, red edges.
Transfer from the family crest of the Sansch whose ancestral castle, the ruins of the castle today Kapfenstein, was located at Kublis. Simultaneously, the chamois is also a reference to the right to hunt, which was acquired among others in Prättigauer freedom struggle.
Geography
The municipality is located in central Prättigau near the Schanielabach in the country Quart. In addition to the village of Küblis in the valley includes the hamlets Pläviggin, Prada and Tälfsch.
The biggest part of its territory lies in the sector between land and Schanielabach Quart. The border runs to around 4 km in length along the stream, and then through the horn Tobel to Jägglisch Horn ( 2,290 m above sea level. M. ), an offshoot of the Madrisagruppe to lead up. On the ridge between Jägglisch Horn and Saas Calanda is the highest at 2371 m elevation in the municipality. South of the country Quart only part of a rising to around 1100 m slope section Kublis.
Of the total area of 813 ha community 358 ha is arable. However, This includes 208 ha mountain farms. An almost equally large area of 345 ha is covered by forest and woodland. The rest are 70 hectares of unproductive area (mostly mountains ) and 40 ha settlement area.
Kublis borders Conters im Prättigau, Luzein, Saas im Prättigau and St.Antönien.
History
The 1351 mentioned as Cüblins place belonged as part of the Court monastery in the Three Leagues to ten court covenant. Under the influence of the local monastery in the Walser community went in the 15th - 16th Century by the Romanche the German language over. The Romanesque village name is Cuvlignas.
Population
From the end of 2004 835 inhabitants were 715 ( = 85.63 %), Swiss citizen.
Policy
The mayor is Toeni Hartmann (2010 ).
Economy, transport and education
The central location and the relatively small community area meant that agriculture earlier than in the surrounding towns lost their dominant position and developed a variety of small -scale structure. 1922, the power plant Kublis (now Repower AG) put into operation the Grisons power plants.
From Kublis station on the line opened in 1889 Landquart- Klosters ( Rhaetian Railway ) run postal routes by St.Antönien, Conters and Fideris -Jenaz.
For 2016, the opening of the bypass Kublis is planned on the national road network, the main road 28.
The school is home to primary, junior and secondary school and a special education school for a larger catchment area.
Tourism
The tourism benefits from the proximity to the well-known centers of Klosters and Davos. In Kublis ending the second-longest 7.5 km of slopes of the ski resort Parsenn, a portion of the classic Parsenn having a good 2000 m height difference from Weissfluhgipfel to the valley. In summer and autumn hiking and mountain bike tours can be undertaken. Accommodation ranges from four hotels and a number of apartments available.
Attractions
- Built in the late 15th century Reformed Church Nikolai is a unitary construction of the late Gothic period with star vaults and tracery windows in the choir. The glass paintings of the twelve apostles created Augusto Giacometti in 1921.
- Küblis the Grisons power plants
- Above the village near the hamlet Tälfsch lie the ruins of the castle Kapfenstein