Wiesen, Switzerland

View of the Jenisbergstrasse

Davos Wiesen (Romansh Tain? / I ) is a fraction municipality (public justified the district ) in the municipality of Davos in the district Prättigau- Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

• 3.1 Merger with Davos

Coat of arms

Description: Gold ( Yellow) two mutually turned blue wolf fishing. Was modeled on the coat of arms Beeli of Belfort, which is represented in the colors of the Ten Jurisdictions Federal.

Population

Languages

In Davos Wiesen one speaks in spite of the Roman neighborhood for centuries Walser German as the residents of Davos are immigrant Walser. The language situation in recent decades has shown the table below:

Origin and nationality

From the end of 2005 347 inhabitants were 276 ( = 79.54 %), Swiss nationals.

History

By 1300, settled in meadows Walser down on this only sporadically novels populated area. Today, founded by them Wiesner Alp is considered one of the most significant Alps in the canton. Gradually, a terrace village developed. Today there are 340 inhabitants and several residential projects, for example in the late Gothic Reformed Church (1430 m) with wall paintings in the nave and a well-preserved rococo organ from 1774, Oberdorf, the RhB railway station at 1200 m above sea level. M.

At an early age joined the Walser of the Reformation. So were tensions with the neighboring Catholic communities continue as Schmitten or Alvaneu a long time. 1851 commitment by joining the circle Berguen.

In 1909, the town with the railway line Davos- Filisur the Rhaetian Railway was opened, which necessitated the construction of Wiesen viaduct.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner lived temporarily in Davos and painted some designs the village of Wiesen, including his last great work, " Bridge at meadows " in 1926.

Merger with Davos

As of January 1, 2009 the municipality merged with the municipality of Davos meadows after the merger had been approved in both communities in a referendum. The merger was also the crossing into the circle Davos, which is congruent with the community of Davos.