Val Sumvitg is a side valley of the Vorderrhein Valley and therefore part of the Surselva in the canton Grisons.
Regions
The barely inhabited Val Sumvitg is part of the political community Sumvitg / Somvix, which arose from the place of the same name and numerous small hamlets and villages.
Places in the political community Sumvitg
- Sumvitg / Somvix: Main town with 1260 inhabitants
- 1 Tourist Information, 7175 Sumvitg, Via Quadras Su 10. Tel.: 41 (0)81 920 25 05, Email: [email protected].
.Open: Mon to Fri 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Tue, Thu from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Rabius: a little down the valley
- Cumpadials
- the real barely populated Val Sumvitg with the Teniger bath, a spa that is currently closed, and the small settlement Val.
Other goals
- numerous mountain peaks belong to the area of the political municipality, so the Tödi / Piz Russein (3,614 m above sea level)
- the small Lac da louse lies on the northern flank of the Vorderrhein Valley in the height
- in the south the community borders up to the Greina Plateau.
background
The political community is made up of numerous small villages around Sumvitg originated.
It is steeped in history 1 Teniger bath
in the Val Sumvitg: the one created around a gypsum source containing Epsom salts Spa was first mentioned around 1580, around 1670 the bathing room was expanded to a bathhouse and a little later the chapel Nossa Dunna della Neiv built. In 1881 the first three-story spa house and in 1892 a dépendance was built as inexpensive accommodation for less affluent guests. At the beginning of the 20th century the system was expanded to include the two "forest houses", electricity from a small power station was used for heating and lighting, and the beginning of the First World War put an end to the flourishing bathing tourism in the valley, which was still poorly developed in terms of traffic. After the pool had repeatedly struggled with poor occupancy and tight finances, a comprehensive modernization with a contemporary new building took place in 1971/74, when the spa guests were already absent after the first season the buildings of the bath, which have been protected from decay, are now vacant and unused. The avalanche safety in question in winter and poor access roads are likely to have played their part.
The spa is an example of early tourism in the canton of Graubünden, which began with spa and spa tourism. It was not until the post-war years that the first ski lifts were built in the Surselva and the farming villages began to transform into winter sports resorts.
language
Rumantsch Sursilvan is spoken in the region.
getting there
On the street on the main road 19Chur - Ilanz - Sumvitg - Disentis - Oberalp Pass, a narrow road leading over a longer section in a tunnel leads to the Tenigerbad and Val Sumvitg.
The station Sumvitg Cumpadials gets off the line Chur - Ilanz - Disentis operated by the Rhaetian Railway.
mobility
Locally, you have to get around in your private vehicle or on foot Val Sumvitg runs a bus line of the Alpin Greina bus from the station Sumvitg Cumpadials.
Tourist Attractions
Sumvitg / Somvix
- The village center, first mentioned in a document in 1175, is well worth seeing 1 Village. The church of S. Gion Battesta has a six-part chime. The Casa Maissen and Casa Schmidt are exceptional residential buildings in the center of the village.
- of the 1 of the family of the same name from Sumvitg is little more than a corner of the wall.
- the old Romanesque 2 Caplutta Sogn Benedetg, (Chapel of St. Benedict) from 1268 was largely destroyed by an avalanche in 1984; the architect was to replace it Peter Zumthor, who received the architecture prize "New Building in the Alps", created a modern wooden structure in the shape of a teardrop.
Rabius
- the village 2 Rabius, now part of the community Sumvitg is due to the Surselva through the main road 19
- a chapel, probably built at the end of the 16th century, was mentioned in 1643, as a replacement a new village church was built in 1677/9, after damage in the village fire of 1886, the church was largely rebuilt in 1928.
- after repeated damage caused by reefs, a new protective dam was built in 1994 Val Rabius built
- east of the train station Sumvitg Cumpadials in the direction Ilanz is the train station Rabius-Surrein the Rhaetian Railway.
Cumpadials
- the village 3 Cumpadials lies a little west of the village Sumvitg
- is worth seeing 3 Russein wooden bridge, which was struck over the Vorderrhein in 1857 and connects the upper and lower part of the Cadi; it was replaced by a modern concrete bridge in 1938 and placed under protection and renovated in 1981.
- nearby are the meager ruins of the 4 Hohenbalken Castle
- the idyllic one 5 There was louse
is located on the northern flank of the Vorderrhein Valley and is a popular hiking destination - at 4 Plaun Pletschen a children's playground and a new swimming pond were built in the west.
activities
- Hiking, mountain tours and mountain biking
- Visit of Greina - plateau resp. Hike over the Greina Pass
literature
- The Tenigerbad health resort in Somvixertal: On the history of spas, tourism and the hotel industry in the Bündner Oberland; Kuhn, K J
Web links
- http://www.sumvitg.ch/start/default.htm - Official website of Val Sumvitg rumantsch / German
- sumvitg-turissem.ch: Website of the tourist organization of Sumvitg / Somvix rumantsch / German (with interactive map of the country's topography)
