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3 unusual facts about Arosa


Arosa

Erwin Schrödinger was vacationing in Arosa at Christmas 1926 when he made his breakthrough discovery of wave mechanics.

Edith Södergran

At the beginning of October 1911, roughly three years after the start of her illness, Edith and her mother travelled to Arosa in Switzerland but even there she did not get on especially well.

Teddy Stauffer

Annual trips to St. Moritz and Arosa, and also a guest appearance in London, were responsible for international fame of the Teddies band.


Alessandro Mendini

As architect, he designed several buildings; for example the Alessi residence in Omegna, Italy; the theater complex "Teatrino della Bicchieraia" in the Tuscan city of Arezzo; the Forum Museum of Omegna, a memorial tower in Hiroshima, Japan; the Groninger Museum in The Netherlands and the Arosa Casino in Switzerland.

Arosa Kulm

The SS Arosa Kulm was a passenger ship which was launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania in 1919 and ended as being sold for scrapping in 1959.

Gründjitobel Viaduct

The viaduct is located on the Rhaetian Railway's metre gauge line from Chur to the holiday and recreation resort of Arosa (the Chur-Arosa line), between Peist and Langwies, at a place known as Matten-Gründji.

Mobius Dick

Interweaving tales re-write the historical stories of Robert Schumann's stay in similar clinic in Endenich and Schrödinger's visit to the Alpine sanatorium of Arosa, both of which echo the situation in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.

Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12

They are used mainly on Rhaetian Railway routes with steep inclines: the Arosa line, the Bernina Railway, and the route from Landquart to Davos.

SEAT Arosa

Named after Villagarcía de Arosa, a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, Spain, it was only available as a three-door, four-seater hatchback.


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