Lenzerheide

View of the snowy Lenzerheide

Lenzerheide / Lai ( German Lenzerheide, Romansh: Lai ) is a city in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland at about 1450 to 1600 m asl Politically, the village is a hamlet of the municipality Vaz / Obervaz. Despite the German name Lenzerheide is located in the Romansh language region. The leading from Chur to Tiefencastel section of the main road 3 is often referred to as " Lenzerheide " or " Lenzerheidepass ", the culmination between the neighboring places Valbella and Parpan is.

History

The village of Lenzerheide emerged only in the first half of the 20th century. In the 15th and 16th centuries ore was mined Parpan Rothorn. Until the late 19th century, the Lenzerheide was previously a spring pasture of Obervazer farmers. Who first lived all year in Lenzerheide, is hard to fathom. Maybe it was a Abdeckerfamilie unknown origin. As recently as the 1890s, operated a possible offshoot of this family name of Ziegler this business just east of present-day Heidsee. Already in 1879 the first inn at the place the inn post, later Hotel Danis, built in conjunction with a horse-post station. Some peasant families from the master fractions of Vaz / Obervaz decided to inhabit their mountain pastures all year round in the following decades. As actual " founder " of today's resort Lenzerheide apply Joachim Cantieni, the hotel's spa, which opened on June 24, 1882 Builder and Fidel Rischatsch - Bläsi, builder of hotels in Lenzerheide. In 1886, the first Catholic church was built. The spa was limited to the first summer. The winter operation, first in unheated rooms, began in the 1890s.

In the years 1911-1939 began with the extension of the above hotels and the construction of more hotels, residential and holiday homes, as well as 1936, the first " Funibahn " by Val Sporz to Tgantienti and further in 1942 the first ski lifts, the real upswing of the town as a tourist station with summer and winter operation. The Second World War brought a sensitive slump for the hotel and the town's development. From about 1950, the boom of the holiday home and second homes, which continues unabated to this day began.

Geography

For the fraction Lenzerheide include in addition to the village center Lai the following districts ( clockwise, starting in the east of the village center ): Crapera, Sundroina, Cresta Stgoira, Resgia, Cravadoiras, Penasch, Sporz Davains, Val Sporz, Tgantieni, Spoina, La Riva and Dieschen.

Economy

Main economic activities are winter and summer tourism, construction and agriculture. In summer the area for a family vacation and fun sports is preferred. Summer attractions are particularly Heid Lake (swimming, surfing, fishing) and specially marked mountain bike routes up to 2000 m altitude, golf (18 hole course ).

In 2007, the Lenzerheide already saw more than 1.1 million overnight stays in hotels and Parahotelerie.

Rothornbahn and Scalottas chairlift bring the holiday guests in the middle of the moving regions. The hike from Parpan Rothorn via Urdensee or Älplisee to Arosa ( about 6 hours) and from there to Davos " Central Grisons Panorama " is called. Which emerged from the merger of several mountain railways Lenzerheide mountain railways AG is now one of the largest mountain railway companies in central Grisons. The transport package includes thirteen different systems on both sides of the valley with a capacity of over 8000 people per hour for snowboarders and skiers. The ski area connection Arosa - Lenzerheide was initially rejected in June 2008. After fundamental revision of the project, the sovereign of the municipality Vaz / Obevaz but in November 2011 gave the green light. The opening of the compound was finally in mid-January 2014.

Approved by the FIS World Cup races in all alpine slopes allow disciplines of women and men. Therefore Lenzerheide is a popular venue for the World Cup finals (2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 ). The total length of slopes for all levels of around 158 km. There is also a large natural ice rink, a public indoor pool and over 30 km of cross country ski trails.

Attractions

• Numerous Roman Catholic religious buildings are heritage protected. An exposed location is particularly known as a wedding church Reformed Church.
• Also worth seeing is the Berghaus Crapera

Swiss Irontrail

The Lenzerheide is transit point of the mountain run Swiss Irontrail.