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unusual facts about Schmitten, Graubünden


Schmitten

Schmitten, Graubünden, a municipality in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland


Act of Mediation

Two of the new cantons (St Gallen and Graubünden or Grisons) were formerly "associates", while the four others were made up of subject lands (i.e. controlled by other cantons) that had been conquered at different times — Aargau (1415), Thurgau (1460), Ticino (1440, 1500, 1512), and Vaud (1536).

Alexander Moritzi

Alexander Moritzi (1806-1850) was a Swiss naturalist born in Chur, Graubünden.

Angelica Kauffman

Kauffman was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, where her father was working for the local bishop but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria where her family originated.

Aspermont, Texas

:Neu-Aspermont Castle is a castle in the municipality of Jenins of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Augusto Giacometti

Augusto Giacometti (August 16, 1877 – June 9, 1947) was a Swiss painter from Stampa, Graubünden, cousin of Giovanni Giacometti who was the father of Alberto, Diego and Bruno Giacometti.

Battle of Grauholz

In 1797 Napoleon annexed the Valtellina on the border with Graubünden into the new Cisalpine Republic in northern Italy and invaded the southern remainder of the bishopric of Basel.

Birnbrot

They exist throughout Switzerland and popular variations include "Bündener Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Graubünden), "Glarner Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Glarus), "Toggenburger Birnbrot" (from Toggenburg (district) and "Luzerner Birnweggen" (from Luzern).

Bündner Oberländerschaf

The Bündner Oberländerschaf (also known as Grisons (French), Graubünden (German)) is a domesticated breed of sheep in Switzerland.

Capol

Capol is an old Swiss noble family from the canton of Grisons.

Casaccia

Casaccia, Graubünden, a village in the Val Bregaglia, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden

Chalice

For instance, the coat of arms of the municipality of Fanas in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, bears a gold chalice on a solid blue background.

Die Südostschweiz

Die Südostschweiz (literally "The Southeastern Switzerland") is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published by Südostschweiz Mediengruppe in Chur, Graubünden.

Domat

Domat/Ems, a municipality of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland

John Henni

John Henni was born in the village of Misanenga, municipality of Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, in Switzerland.

Josef Ochs

Josef Ochs (March 31, 1905 in Schmitten – November 12, 1987) was a German Police officer and SS-Obersturmführer.

Lumino

The border between Lumino and the Graubünden village of San Vittore was finalized, after centuries of dispute, in 1776.

Malans

Malans, Switzerland, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Graubünden

Maloja

Maloja Pass, an Alpine pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Maloja District, an administrative district in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Rheinwald

The river Hinterrhein flows through three valleys in Graubünden; the Rheinwald is the highest of the three.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur

These two missions, Rhætiæ and Mesauci, were made prefectures Apostolic under the care of Italian Capuchins and these prefects resided in the towns of Obervaz and Cama, both in the Canton of Graubünden.

RSI Rete Tre

It was launched at 00:03 on 1 January 1988 and is available via FM mainly in the Italian speaking cantons of Ticino and Graubünden.

Saint-Gotthard Massif

The Saint-Gotthard Massif (German: Gotthardmassiv) is a mountain range in the Alps in Switzerland, located at the border of four cantons: Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden.

Sberna

Galo dialect drift Italico (Lombard language), mixture of French, Italian and German or maybe the (Romansh) spoken in the Canton of Grisons (Graubünden (Switzerland), Lombardy (Italy) and Canton of Ticino (Switzerland), whose etymology seems to be very old and date back to the time of Gaul, which was inhabited by Celtic tribes, between present-Switzerland, part of Belgium, part of Austria and northern Italy.

Scheibenschlagen

Breil/Brigels (Graubünden): Oh tgei biala schibetta per la (Mädchenname)!

In Untervaz (Swiss canton Graubünden) the event is only meant for bachelors, young boys and the fathers of young boys; there the word Schybaschlaha is used, which is the common dialect word for Scheibenschlagen.

In Danis (Swiss canton Graubünden) the custom is called trer schibettas (Rhaeto-Romanic for Scheibenschlagen).

Schmitten

Schmitten, Fribourg, a municipality in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Schmitten, Germany, a climatic spa in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse, Germany

Schmitten, Graubünden

The Schmittentobel and Landwasser Viaducts of the Rhaetian Railway are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

Serfaus

The Romansh language, which is still spoken in some parts of the Swiss Canton Graubünden, has survived in many of the regional field names.

Swiss cuisine

Chur Meat Pie: A popular dish from Graubünden in south eastern Switzerland

Tello

His will is one of the earliest surviving records from Graubünden and is an important source for the history of Rhaetia in the eighth century.


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