Marmorera

Marmorera ( German / Italian, German and dated to 1902 officially Marmels, Romansh Murmarera ) is a municipality in the stone above (Romansh Surses; Surses circle ) in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

The cleaved coat of arms of the lords of Marmels is supplemented by the attribute of Saint Florinus as patron of the parish.

History

The historic Marmorera been inhabited since the Middle Ages. After 1838 Marmorera benefited by the expansion of the road over the Julier Pass by increasing postal traffic and the emergence of tourism. After the opening of the Gotthard and the Albula Railway stagecoach traffic collapsed and the community impoverished.

In contrast to a natural event, the event was a man-made disaster are difficult to process, from which the village community could hardly recover, but spare farms were offered for the farmers in the Thurgau far away and dissolved the community in great disagreement. If you look at the first house on the street in New Marmorera, finds the name of La Resistance, (resistance). A story from that time is that the swallows have listed a big hue and cry on the last day and since then as a result of a curse never a swallow had returned.

The Julier Pass road, which was previously run on the valley floor, was moved to the east side of the reservoir. A new Marmorera was built above the dam and the Julier pass, village life is little visible without charging and without school ( after 2006 ). 1956 new dam was first filled.

On 10 March 2006, the inhabitants of Marmorera and other towns of the valley Surmeir rejected a fusion of all municipalities of the Above stone.

The municipal area above the west end of the dam stands the ruined castle Marmels.

Attractions

Population

Languages

Most residents spoke before the Romansh Surmeirisch. Until the Second World War, the church was almost monolingual Romansh. This value decreased in 1970 to 78%. Since 1980, speaks a slight majority of the German population. Because of the small population, the ratios can, however, vary greatly.

Overall, dominated in 2000 only 53 % of the population Romansh, which is bureaucratic language along with German.

Origin and nationality

Of the 47 residents of the end of 2005 were 46 Swiss nationals.

Policy

The mayor is René Müller (2010 ).

School

The primary school operated the community since 1975 with Mulegns and Sur. Since 2006, pupils are taught in Bivio. Secondary school students need to Savognin since 1963.

Film

2007 mystery thriller Marmorera appeared Markus Fischer.