Lumbrein

Lumbrein ( [ lʊmbʁɛɪ̯n ]? / I ) until December 31, 2012, a municipality in the district of Val Lumnezia Surselva the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The village is located around 15 km from Ilanz. The hamlet on the south side of Glenner glad Surin and Silgin. On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities Cumbel, cutlasses, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella and Vrin the new community Lumnezia. More common surname in Lumbrein Capaul.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In green a silver (white ) shaft pile.

It represents the division of the former town by the river Glenner Represents the coat of arms was adopted by the Lords of Lumerins.

Language

Lumbrein is practically monolingual Romansh.

History

Respectively the name Lumbrein. Lamarine appears already in the year 830 in the imperial land register. The oldest settlement in the area of the village is around 1500 BC inhabited hilltop village Crestaulta the hamlet of Surin. On Glenner at Silgin the Alps fish Lumare operated since about 2008.

1961 south-west of Lumbrein in Sietschen a stele with human figures found. Because of comparable stelae from northern Italy it is dated to the Late Neolithic by Italian researchers.

Culture and sights

The Bronze Age settlement site Crestaulta
Parish Church of St. Martin
Chapel of St. Andrew
Residential tower Chisti
Connects the wooden bridge over the Glenner, the Lumbrein and Silgin

Gallery

The hamlet of Surin

Hill of Crestaulta

Casaulta from the 14th century

Residential tower Chisti

Surselva District Degen, Switzerland Vals, Switzerland

534949