Samedan
Samedan
Samedan [ sɐme dən ː ]? / I / [ sameda ː n] or Samedan [ sɐmɑ ː də (n)] is a municipality in the district of the Upper Engadine, Maloja district of the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
- 2.1 languages
- 2.2 religions and denominations
- 2.3 Origin and Nationality
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Media
- 4.2 Hospital
- 4.3 airport
- 4.4 highlands basis of the REGA
- 4.5 Education
Geography
The Engadin ski and health resort is located on the Inn north of St. Moritz and is the west by the 3'246 m above sea level. M. Piz Ot surmounted. The town lies on the western edge of the plateau, in the confluent of the Inn and the coming of Pontresina Flaz.
In Samedan meet different rail and road transport routes together: from St. Moritz in the southwest, from Poschiavo via the Bernina Pass to the south and from the Lower Engadine in the Northeast.
Climate
The special location in a valley it can be very cold in clear weather in Samedan in winter. Temperatures below -20 degrees are almost commonplace, with extreme values of less than -37 degrees. This fact is always concluded by a temperature inversion. At 260 days of the year the temperature drops below 0 degrees. Even in July there are on average around five days of frost.
Population
Languages
The inhabitants of the congregation said originally turkey, a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect. But already in the 19th century penetrated the German. 1880 gave only 47 % Romansh as their native language. This value remained until the Second World War fairly stable (1910: 45%; 1941: 42%). In favor of the Germans, the proportion of Romansh dropped to 1970 to 31%. After a short rest, the former majority language loses steadily since 1980 to ground. But speaking in 2000 thanks to the influence of the school, is taught at the on Romanesque, 42% Romansh. Authorities languages are German and Romansh. The development of recent decades shows the following table:
Religions and denominations
In Samedan, the Reformation was introduced in 1551.
Origin and nationality
From the end of 2005 2854 residents were 2300 ( = 81 % ) Swiss nationals.
Policy
Coat of arms
Blazon: Sable, a golden (yellow ) river god with golden oars and water vessel.
Limited to the main subject seal image of the community.
Economy
As in the Upper Engadin tourism for the economy Samedan has an important meaning.
Samedan is the only place in the Upper Engadine via a transhipment center of the Rhaetian Railway. Around the station and in the industrial zone several companies have thus settled. The district capital has thus assumed a central role in the Upper Engadine and in economic terms.
Media
In Samedan Engadin domiciled are the post office, the Engadine weekly (until 2011 ) and radio Engadine.
Hospital
In Samedan, Upper Engadin Hospital, the largest employer in the region is located.
Airport
The Engadin Airport in the plane at the eastern edge is the highest airport for civil aviation in Europe.
High land base of the REGA
In the Engadine REGA since 1957 inserts since 1977 flies, with its own infrastructure in the Engadin Airport. Rega 9 is a highland base with a wide spectrum of operations, which is primarily about so-called primary missions, where emergency physician and nurse are flown for initial treatment at an accident site.
The Swiss German feature film heroine of the skies was made with the support of REGA among others in Samedan.
Education
Domiciled in Samedan is the Academia Engiadina with the Higher School of Tourism and the school.
Attractions
Protected Monument is the Reformed village church, also are worth seeing the Reformed Church Burial St. Peter and the Catholic parish church of the Sacred Heart. In the village center are used as a cultural center of the tower La Tuor from the 13th century and the Chesa Planta from the 16th century.
Other notable buildings:
- Academia Engiadina, 1997, architect: Lorenzo Giuliani, Christian Hönger
- Bath house, 2009 Architects: Quintus Miller, Paola Maranta
- Chesa Flurina
- Meeting house
- Crown
- Hotel Bernina
- Section house of RhB
Parish Church of the Sacred Heart
San Antonio, village church
La Tuor
Chesa Planta
Airport
Swiss Irontrail
Samedan is transit point of the mountain run Swiss Irontrail.
Personalities
- Johannes Badrutt (1819-1889), hotelier
- Oskar Bernhard (1861-1939), Helio therapist, doctor, patron
- Duri Camichel (* 1982 ), ice hockey player
- Camichel Werner (1944-2006), bobsledder
- Selina Chönz (1910-2000), author
- Patrick Fischer (born 1978 ), ice hockey player
- Aita Gasparin (* 1994), biathlete
- Elisa Gasparin (* 1991), biathlete
- Selina Gasparin (* 1984), biathlete
- Mark Hardy ( born 1959 ), ice hockey player
- Gerold Hilty (* 1927), a linguist and professor
- Jörg Jenatsch (1596-1639), priest and military leader
- Steivan Liun Könz (1940-1998), draftsman, etcher and Sgraffitokünstler
- Andrea Robbi (1864-1945), painter
- Ulrich Bruppbacher ( born April 25, 1954 in Samedan ), jewelry designer and sculptor