Chur ( German: Chur , romance. Cuira , Italian. Coira , French. Coire ) is a city in the German-speaking part of Switzerland , on the Plessur River in the Rhine Valley , the capital of the canton of Graubünden .
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| A country |  Switzerland | ||
| Canton (Switzerland) | Graubunden | ||
| County | Plessur (Borough) | ||
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| Square | 28.09 km² | ||
| Center height | 593 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 35 161 people ( 2006 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +41 81 | ||
| Postcode | 7000-7007 | ||
| Car code | GR | ||
| Official code | 3901 | ||
| chur.ch (German) | |||
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General data
It is part of the district of Plessour . The population is 35 161 people ( as of December 31, 2006 ), of which approximately equally Catholics and Protestants. The main revenue items are Valtelline wine trade and tourism. The official code is 3901 .
Historical background
In Kura, roads leading from Italy to various mountain passes converge. The ancient Romans founded the colony of Curia Raetorum here - the administrative center of the province of Reaction First. Historically, the city served as the center of a vast area, which included the fertile Valtellina Valley (within the borders of modern Italy).
Medieval Chur is a typical episcopal city of Swabia . The bishops of Kura , the first information about which appears in 452, were admitted to the number of imperial princes in 1170. They belonged to the largest landowners in southern Swabia (the east of modern Switzerland and Vorarlberg ).
To counter the strengthening of the bishops and the Habsburgs , the locals united in 1367 into the Union of God’s House ( Gotteshausbund ), which served as a counterweight to church authorities until 1799. In 1464, a fire broke out in the city. German-speaking builders restored it, because of which the population of the city gradually became from a German-speaking Romanian. After Napoleon's invasion , the episcopal lands were secularized , and Chur was admitted to the Swiss Confederation as the capital of the canton of Graubunden.
Attractions
The Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (XII-XIII centuries) and the palace of the bishop (the current Baroque appearance since 1737) remind of the reign of the bishops in Kura. Protestant Church of St. Martina, laid back in the VIII century, was rebuilt in the 2nd half of the 15th. The old mansions of the city patrician have been preserved. Tourists are also attracted to the Giger bar - a figment of the fantasy of the famous science fiction artist from Kura . There are museums in the canton and Recy.
Twin Cities
- Olat kansas Kansas USA - since 1974 [1]
See also
- Kursk Theological Institute
Notes
- ↑ Olathe History - 1970-1980 Archived on November 13, 2007. (English) on olatheks.org