Urmein

Urmein

Urmein (Romansh Urmagn ) is a municipality in the district of Thusis in the district of Rhein Behind the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In red half golden (yellow ) lion with golden arrow on the right paw

Modification of the coat of arms of Dönz family who conducted the lion with an arrow in the blue box. The colors are based on the old coat of arms of the court Heinz mountain.

Geography

Urmein is a scattered village on Heinz Berg and is located west of Thusis. South of the village flows the Nolla through a deeply carved ravines and west of the ridge rises Glaser ( 2124 m). Beyond the Nollatobels the municipal area rises to near the Zwölfihorns ( 2281 m). To Urmein the holiday village Oberurmein part (1527-1609 m).

Of the total municipal area of ​​435 ha 172 ha is forest and 34 ha Mountains. The arable soil comprises 204 ha, of which only a small part will be managed as a mountain pastures. The remaining 25 ha settlement area.

Population

Languages

Originally the inhabitants spoke Sutselvisch, a Grison Romanesque dialect. But in the Middle Ages they changed under the influence of Walser Tschappina for Germans. Until 1970, there was due to immigration from the neighboring villages Romansh linguistic minority. Since then, the church is monolingual. This is also the following table:

Origin and nationality

From the end of 2005, 98 residents were 95 Swiss nationals.

Attractions

Monumental is the Protestant church.