Saint-Moritz

Saint-Moritz (in German Sankt-Moritz and in Romanche San Murezzan ) is a common Suisse of the canton of the Grisons located in the district of Majola (rm. Maloggia )

Saint-Moritz is a winter sports resort considered, one of oldest of the world since 1864.

Geography

Saint-Moritz is located in the Engadine, at the edge of the Inn. The commune also gathers the localities of Suvretta and Champfèr (of which a part is however on the commune of Silvaplana).

The station is divided into two parts: Saint-Moritz-Dorf (1822 meters of altitude), the village itself, gathered around a tilted tower (bell-tower of the Saint-Mauritius church) and Saint-Moritz-Bad (1774 meters of altitude), with the mouth of Inn in the lake, where the most recent hotels and the hydropathic establishments are.

By the position which it occupies, the station of Saint-Moritz is a crossroads of Swiss and international tourist routes. It is spread out in step above its lake.

The skiables fields of Piz Corvatsch (3303 m of altitude) and of Piz Nair (3057 m of altitude) overhang the station.

The communal territory culminates in Piz Güglia/Julier (3380 m of altitude).

History

The thermal springs were vraisemblalement known with the Bronze Age.

The church of Saint-Moritz is mentioned for the first time in an official document in 1139.

Saint-Moritz was the first commune of Switzerland to be lit with the electric light (1878). It was also the first to inaugurate a ski-lift (1935).

Economy

Air Engiadina, based on the aerodrome of Saint-Moritz-Samedan

Gastronomy

Restaurant " Jöhri' S Talvo" in Saint-Moritz/Champfèr

Transport

Railway line of the rhetic Railroads Coire - Saint-Moritz
Bernina Express train railway line of the rhetic Railroads Saint-Moritz Tirano
Railway line of the rhetic Railroads Saint-Moritz Scuol
Glacier Express train, circulating between Saint-Moritz and Zermatt
Aerodrome with Samedan

Demonstrations

Festival Snow and Symphony
Festival Art and Symphony
Festival of opera
Marathon of Engadine (ski touring)
Cartier Sports shirt World Cup
Biddings of jewelry organized by Sotheby' S and Christie' S

Personalities

Giovanni Segantini, painter
Peter Robert Berry, doctor and painter known for his paintings of the collars of Julier and Bernina

Regular hosts of the station

Herbert von Karajan, leader
Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, girl of Thomas Mann
Juan Carlos

Sports

Saint-Moritz is the cradle of the skeleton and the bobsleigh, in particular thanks to its track Cresta Run.

Curiosities

Museum of Engadine, gives an outline of traditional lifestyle of Engadine
Musée Segantini
Musée Berry located in the old Villa Arona

Olympic Games

External bonds

Champfèr in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
the Highone in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Official site

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