Tschlin
Tschlin (? [ Tʃlin ] / i; German and until 1943 officially Schleins ) is a village in the Swiss Lower Engadine, and until the end of 2012 a municipality in the district of Ramosch, District Inn.
On 21 October 2011, the separated, which meets community meetings of Ramosch and Tschlin agreed to a merger agreement that was approved in April 2012 by the cantonal parliament. Since January 1, 2013 means the merged municipality Valsot.
- 6.1 Attractions
- 6.2 Culture
Name
The name of this village for the first time mentioned in 1351 originally means a building that is surrounded by a wall.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Argent ( white) is an upright black, red reinforced Capricorn, a black hackle (comb ) supporting
A municipal seal from 1591 shows the coat of arms of the house of God as Capricorn Federal. The hackle is the symbol of the martyrdom of St. Blaise, patron saint of the local church.
Geography
The village is located in the Lower Engadine Tschlin to 1533 m above sea level. M, just north of the Inn. To Tschlin municipality also includes the fraction Martina with the village Vinadi and the fraction Strada with the village and the hamlet Chaflur Sclamischot.
Belongs to this community the Val Sampuoir. It lies in the Engadine valley of Samnaun mountain slope.
Economy
The main industries are agriculture, the service sector, including the Customs and Border Patrol, as well as a brewery ( Biera Engiadinaisa ).
About 40 minutes drive from the village Tschlin, but also in the municipal area, the large, duty-free shopping center Acla da Fans in the duty-free area Sampuoir.
Many workers work at nearby Scuol.
Population
Languages
In Tschlin speaks the population Vallader, a Grison Romanesque dialect. From 1880 to 1980, the speech components remained almost unchanged (1880 87 %, 1910 81 % 1941 84 % 1970 83 % Romansh ), and understood in 2000 was still 85 % of residents Romanesque, the only authorities and remained school language until now is. The development of recent decades shows the following table:
In 2000, the two most common languages in Tschlin Romansh and German.
Origin and nationality
From the end of 2005 431 inhabitants were 411 Swiss nationals.
Culture and sights
Attractions
- The Reformed, late Gothic church of San Plasch was built in 1515 from the ship's walls of the former church. The wall paintings date from the early 16th century.
- The Duonna Lupa fountain was created in 1960.
- Multi-purpose hall by Andrea Deplazes and Valentin Bearth
Culture
In the tradition of the nickname of the Engadine villages of the sealed liner glad ils tschiainders to German: " Gypsies ". From Tschlin Folk music group Il Fränzlis da Tschlin comes.
Church tower of San Jon
Church of San Plasch
Tschlin
History
It has been inhabited since at least the 10th century. 1499 Tyrolean troops marched before after Tschlin, but could be moved from Duonna Lupa to retreat because they claimed that the Confederates marched on. During the Thirty Years' War, during the turmoil of the Grisons town took 1621/22 severely damaged by Austrian troops. 1854 Tschlin became an independent municipality. The village burned in 1856 from almost entirely.
Traffic
Tschlin is from the postal bus Strada - served Tschlin, a stitch line of the line Scuol - Martina ( - Landeck ( Austria ) ).