 Malans with Vilan | ||
| Malans | ||
| Canton | Grisons | |
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| Residents | 2.378 (2018) | |
| height | 568 m, 807 m | |
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Malans is a place in the so-called Bündner Herrschaft in the Swiss canton Grisons.
background
The wine-growing village of Malans is located on a cone of rubble southeast of the Vilan at the gate to the Prättigau and on the historic transit routes that cross the Alps. Thanks to the gentle south-westerly slope and the protection from the cold east winds by the cliffs of Falknis, Glegghorn and Vilan and therefore somewhat exposed to the warm downward winds of the foehn, the climate in the place is extremely mild, so that wine has been grown here for centuries. The slightly elevated position gave protection from ruffles and floods by the Rhine.
The place on the Rhine long ago in Roman times on the transit routes over the Julier Pass to the south. The place was first mentioned in a document in 966 when Emperor Otto I was the bishop of Chur a winery in Mals. In the Middle Ages, the Lords of Wynegg, who on the 1 Wynegg Castle resided, the power on which 2 Klingenhorn Castle the Lords of Matsch, later ownership went to the County of Toggenburg.
The reigns were held at Brandis Castle in Maienfeld. Since the House of Brandis sided with the Austrians in the Swabian Wars, after the Austrian defeat there was severe destruction and arson in Maienfeld. When negotiations with Emperor Maximilian about the acquisition began in 1504, the inhabitants of the valley feared for their independence. In 1509 the three leagues (from which Graubünden arose) were able to acquire the rule of the Brandis family for 20,000 guilders. The Bündner Herrschaft as a subject country was allowed to appoint its bailiff itself every two years; the rule of Chur did not end until it joined the Confederation of the Canton of Graubünden in 1803.
At the traffic connection to Chur and ins Prättigau the only weekly market in the area of the ten-court association developed in Malans. Only with the construction of the bypass road after Chur 1859 on the SBB railway line St. Gallen - Chur the village was largely bypassed and lost in importance, in 1864 the market was held for the last time. The patrician houses indicate that not only important merchant families lived here, the Graubünden aristocratic families also earned money from mercenaries for centuries.
getting there
By plane
The closest airports are those of Zurich Kloten and Altenrhein.
By train
To the chagrin of the Malanser, the SBB line was changed in 1859 Chur laid along the Rhine and not through the village. For this reason one uses the [[1]] to Landquart and has to get on the red narrow-gauge trains of the Rhaetian Railway in the direction of Prättigau -Monastery - Davos change. After all, it is 1 Malans RhB station near the town center.
By bus
Malans is on the post bus line Landquart - Malans - Maienfeld - Baz Ragaz connected to the postbus network.
In the street
From the Rheintalautobahn 
coming here you take the exit 
Landquart and arrives on the expressway via the Landquart - Maienfeld - Malans to the feeder road. In the village, the streets are extremely narrow due to the vineyards enclosed by walls, so that crossing is often difficult. ==
mobility
You can get around the village on foot; if necessary, you can take the Postbus one stop from the train station to the center of the village.
Tourist Attractions
- 3 Evang.-ref. church
- 4 town hall
- 5 House of moss
- 6 Bothmar Castle
- Klingenhorn castle ruins
- Wynegg castle ruins, ancestral seat of the Knights of Winec
activities
Hiking, for example:
- On Malans' local mountain, the 7 Vilan: With the The Eggli cable car is the most convenient way to get to 2 Älpli, from there a blue and white marked mountain hiking trail leads to the Vilan. Caution, only for experienced mountain hikers!
- 3 Eggli cable car. Tel.: 41 (0)81 325 19 39. Advance notification / reservation by telephone is strongly recommended.Open: April - October 07: 30-11.45, 13: 00-18.15; Nov-March 08: 00-11: 45, 13: 00-17.15 h.Price: 16.00 Fr., return 21.00 Fr.
- on the route of the Prättigauer Höhenweg to the Schesaplanahütte, on to the Carschinahütte and up to St. Antönien.
shop
- 1 Volg consumption
kitchen
In Malans there are not only a few restaurants but in a village with several wine-growing businesses there are also several wine-growing rooms with the possibility of tasting, the so-called Torkels:
- 1 Boner wine, Heerengasse 7, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 322 19 54, Email: [email protected]. Biolog. Viticulture & Distillery.
- 2 Fromm winery, Oberdorfgasse 11, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 322 53 51, Email: [email protected].
- 3 Lauber wines, Gut Plandaditsch, Plandaditsch, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 322 14 65.
- 4 Malans wines Scadenagut, Scadenaweg 1, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 322 11 64, Email: [email protected].
- 5 Ribigut Malans, Rüfegasse 6, 7208 Malans. E-mail: [email protected].
- 1 Winzerstube zum Ochsen, Sternengasse 6, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 322 11 17, Email: [email protected]. Open: Wed - Sun
- 2 Restaurant & Hotel Weiss Kreuz, Dorfplatz 1, 7208 Malans. Tel.: 41 (0)81 735 25 00, Email: [email protected]. Open: Fri - Tue.
- 1 Mountain inn Sassauna, Berggasthaus Sassauna, 7215 Fanas. Tel.: 41 (0)78 411 96 65, Email: [email protected]. Mountain inn with sun terrace, overnight accommodation.Open: Wed-Sun 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
