San Bernardino, Switzerland

View of the village on the Moësa. In light of the Piz Uccello.

San Bernardino is a city in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. He is on the top part of the Misox, belongs to the municipality Mesocco and has a tourist and agricultural. The location is just south of the San Bernardino Pass at an altitude of 1600 meters at the south portal of 1967 opened the San Bernardino tunnel, the motorway A13. In San Bernardino Italian is spoken. By San Bernardino flows the Moësa that originates at the San Bernardino Pass.

Development

In the Middle Ages the settlement Gualdo de Gareda was called. A possible explanation for the meaning of this name: Gualdo is the Lombard word for ' forest'; guareir says in Romansh ' recover ', so guareida: ' healed '. Gualdo de Gareda could therefore " forest of the healed " mean, what could make sense in relation to the source.

This name remained until the end of 1400, it was changed in honor of St. Bernardine of Siena, who for a while was staying in the area of ​​San Bernardino.

Beginning of the 1960s the Moësa was south of the village jammed to the reservoir Lago d' Isola. After the opening of the San Bernadino tunnel 1967, the previously secluded village flourished. It established a large construction activity, not always to the advantage of the Ortbildes.

Today, San Bernardino is primarily known as a ski resort; There are 40 km of ski slopes up to an altitude of 2600 meters. Cross-country skiers have 24 km trail (classic and skating ) are available. They are medium to light and guide you through the coniferous forest that surrounds the place. South of the village is the small bog lake Lago Dosso.

Attractions

  • The Chapel San Bernardino above the village was first mentioned in 1467. It was built well after the canonization Bernardino of Siena at the instigation of Count Heinrich von Sax Misox.
  • The Catholic Church of San Bernardino was built in 1867-1897 by G. Gloria from Milan and consecrated in 1897. It provides an imitation of the Church of San Carlo al Corso in Milan dar. Noteworthy is roofed with stone tiles dome roof.
  • The hospice

Mineral water source

The fact that the mineral water source San Bernardino was already known to the Romans, prove wooden troughs, which were found in 1860 during construction work at the source. 1717 the water by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer was investigated and subsequently approved as a remedy. 1829 a building was erected to protect the source; 1860 the building was expanded.

The mineral water San Bernardino is bicarbonate, sulphate, lime and contains magnesium. The temperature of the spring water is between 8.5 and 9 ° C. Today, the San Bernardino mineral water before bottling iron is removed. The water can be drunk directly from a tap in the building in which the source is taken.

Gallery

View from Piz Uccello about San Bernardino south Misox

Lago Dosso south of the village

Reservoir Lago d' Isola

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