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38-461: Luzein is first mentioned in 1185 as Luzene . Luzein has an area, as of 2006, of 31.6 km (12.2 sq mi). Of this area, 41.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 46.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Luzein sub-district of

76-457: A darker color than the Rhine; the latter's lighter suspended load comes from higher up the mountains. It is expected that the continuous input of sediment into the lake will silt up the lake. This has already happened to the former Lake Tuggenersee . The cut-off Old Rhine at first formed a swamp landscape. Later an artificial ditch of about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) was dug. It was made navigable to

114-541: A distinctive turn to the north near Chur . At Landquart it turns north-east and then to the north around the Fläscherberg , east of Sargans . Near Sargans a natural dam, only a few metres high, prevents it from flowing further to the north-west into the open valley, called Seeztal , and then consequently through Lake Walen (and further to Lake Zurich into the river Aare ). Besides the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein ,

152-542: Is 126 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 77 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 40 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89 there are 8 people or 0.7% who are between 90 and 99. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (33.9%), the SP (16.7%) and

190-532: Is given in the following table: The Ruine Castels and the Sprecher-Haus Nr. 66 are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance . Pr%C3%A4ttigau The Prättigau is a geographical region in the cantons of Grisons , Switzerland . It consists of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in

228-858: The High Rhine ( Hochrhein ). Right tributaries of the Alpine Rhine are the Plessur in Chur, the Landquart in the town of the same name, the Ill and Frutz on the Upper Land of the Austrian plain near Feldkirch . Several rivers in Liechtenstein drain into a canal , which carries the water to the Alpine Rhine. The Alpine Rhine has no major left tributaries; creeks joining it from

266-466: The Hohenems . On 23 January 1719, after the lands had been purchased, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor , decreed that Vaduz and Schellenberg were united and elevated the newly formed territory to the dignity of Fürstentum ( principality ) with the name "Liechtenstein" in honour of "[his] true servant, Anton Florian of Liechtenstein ". It was on this date that Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of

304-756: The Holy Roman Empire . It is a testament to the pure political expediency of the purchases that the Princes of Liechtenstein did not set foot in their new principality for over 120 years. As a result of the Napoleonic Wars , by 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was under the control of French emperor Napoleon I . Napoleon dissolved the empire; this had broad consequences for Liechtenstein: imperial, legal and political mechanisms broke down. The state ceased to owe obligations to any feudal lord beyond its borders. In 1798,

342-568: The county of Tyrol in 1363, they gradually began to gain control of the Rhine Valley, gaining the whole valley through a combination of conquest and purchase by 1395. By 1424, the Rhine Valley was largely in the hands of the counts of Toggenburg . After their extinction, Appenzell reconquered the Rheintal with Rheineck in the Old Zürich War in 1445. In 1464, Appenzell protected the Rheintal from

380-540: The secondary sector and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 107 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 32 businesses in this sector. From the 2000 census, 91 or 8.2% are Roman Catholic , while 895 or 80.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there are less than 5 individuals who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 22 individuals (or about 1.98% of

418-708: The Alpine Rhine Valley. An example of cross-border cooperation in the Alpine Rhine Valley is the cultural axis of the cities Bregenz , St.Gallen , Vaduz and Chur : The Kunsthaus Bregenz , the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen , the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein and the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur have been cooperating since 2001. Visible signs of this cooperation of the four institutions from three countries are

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456-529: The Alpine Rhine forms the border between the canton of St. Gallen of Switzerland on the left, west side, and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the east side. About 28 kilometres (17 mi) further down, the Rhine then meets the Austrian federal state Vorarlberg and finally flows into Lake Constance , south of Lindau (Germany), which is no longer part of the Rhine Valley. The Swiss-Austrian border follows

494-639: The Alps and its mountain ranges (especially Alpstein , Plessuralpen, Rätikon Calanda , the Albula Alps and the Glarner Alps ), some higher than 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The highest mountain, Ringelspitz , commences next to Tamins . At 3,247 m (10,653 ft), it is the highest peak of the canton of St. Gallen, bordering the valley to its southeast. Geographical parts of the Alpine Rhine Valley are: Upper half: Lower half: The Alpine Rhine begins in

532-930: The Apline rhine has only a few other larger tributaries . Its main right tributaries are the Plessur (in Chur), the Landquart river in Landquart, the Liechtenstein inland canal in Liechtenstein (near the northern end of the country), and the Ill and Frutz in Austria ( Vorarlberg ). Main left tributaries, all located in Switzerland, are the Tamina (in Bad Ragaz ) and the Saar (in Trübbach ). The mouth of

570-553: The Confederacy, the 11 August 1712 Peace of Aarau ( German : Frieden von Aarau ) established confessional parity , allowing both faiths to coexist in legal equality—a concept relatively common to the Holy Roman Empire since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The Liechtenstein dynasty was able to arrange the purchase of the minuscule Herrschaft ("Lordship") of Schellenberg and county of Vaduz (in 1699 and 1712 respectively) from

608-468: The Prättigau were reliant on the lumber industry, although the income from tourism has largely replaced that. The historical American Van Leer family claims lineage from this area through Swiss archives. Alpine Rhine The Alpine Rhine Valley ( German : Alpenrheintal ) is a glacial alpine valley , formed by the Alpine Rhine ( German : Alpenrhein [ˈalpm̩ʁaɪn] ),

646-537: The Prättigau/Davos district (until 2000 part of the former Oberlandquart district). The current municipality was created in 1892 along the right side of the Prättigau valley. It consists of the village of Luzein which is made up of the sections of Buchen, Luzein, Pany and Putz. The coat of arms is described as Per bend sinister azure an Arrow in bend sinister Or and of the second a Wing sinister in bend sinister of

684-495: The Rhine was called for, with an upper canal near Diepoldsau and a lower canal at Fußach, in order to counteract the constant flooding and strong sedimentation in the western Rhine Delta. To build and maintain the levees , the International Rhine Regulation Railway was constructed. The Dornbirner Ach had to be diverted, too, and it now flows parallel to the canalized Rhine into the lake. Its water has

722-525: The Rhine into Lake Constance forms an inland delta . The delta is delimited in the west by the Old Rhine and in the east by a modern canalized section. Most of the delta is a nature reserve and bird sanctuary and has been designated as a Ramsar site since 1982. It includes the Austrian towns of Gaißau , Höchst and Fußach . The natural Rhine originally branched into at least two arms and formed small islands by precipitating sediments. A regulation of

760-585: The Swiss town of Rheineck . The Alpine Rhine Valley is characterised by a very active culture scene. The Bregenzer Festspiele as well as the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein have great significance and popularity beyond the region. From a regional perspective, there are many platforms, events and projects that enhance the cultural life of the inhabitants and the local actors. In Widnau , the only international artistic gymnastics tournament for male juniors and seniors in Switzerland takes place. It's named Rheintalcup after

798-684: The Vogtei Rheintal unilaterally declared its independence . In the aftermath of the collapse of the Old Swiss Confederation (resulting from it being completely overrun by the French Revolutionary Armies ), on 26 March 1798, a Landsgemeinde in Altstätten promulgated a constitution and elected both a magistrate ( German : Landammann ) and a council ( German : Landsrat ). Within weeks, however, this nascent independence

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836-598: The bailiwick into the ambit of the Old Swiss Confederation as a Gemeine Herrschaft ( condominium ). In 1528, the Protestant Reformation was accepted in the Vogtei Rheintal ; whilst Roman Catholic minorities remained, only Altstätten, Widnau , Kriessern and Rüthi had a Catholic majority. Through the defeat of the Catholic hegemony over Switzerland and the end of the lengthy religious disputes that had riven

874-619: The centre of the Swiss canton of Grisons ( Graubünden ), and later forms the border between Switzerland to the west and Liechtenstein to the east, and later between Switzerland and Austria . The river is formed near Tamins - Reichenau by the confluence of the rivers Anterior Rhine ( Vorderrhein ) and the Posterior Rhine ( Hinterrhein ). Its mouth is at the Upper Lake Constance . It descends from an elevation of 585 to 396 metres (1,919 to 1,299 ft). The river makes

912-585: The first . The coat of arms contains the wing of the Freiherr von Matsch and the arrow of the Sprecher family from Luzein. Luzein has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,596. As of 2008, 4.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.7%), with English being second most common ( 0.5%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.5%). As of 2000,

950-509: The gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Luzein is; 145 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 157 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 103 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 155 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 168 people or 15.1% are between 40 and 49, and 131 people or 11.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution

988-431: The historical bed of the Rhine, but today the river follows an artificial canal within Austria for the final 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), parallel to the also canalised Dornbirner Ach . The border also still follows the old river bed at Diepoldsau . The Rhine Valley's upper third has the character of an Alpine valley, enclosing a bottom plain of about 1 to 4 kilometres (0.6 to 2.5 mi) across. Downstream of Vaduz ,

1026-602: The joint presentations on the "ART BODENSEE" each year. The valley was part of the ancient Roman province of Raetia . The Alemannic people settled the lower Rhine Valley in the early Middle Ages . Under the Frankish Empire , the Rheintal between Montstein and Hirschensprung was given to the Rhinegraviate (the county of the Rheingau ), and its first recorded mention is in 891; the area between Lake Constance and Montstein

1064-569: The left are the Oldisbach at Chur, Cosenz at Untervaz , Säge at Tardisbrücke , Tamina at Bad Ragaz , Saar at Trübbach , Tobelbach at Buchs , Simml at Gams . Though all left tributaries in the St. Gall Rhine Valley are collected by the Rheintaler Binnenkanal , which flows into Lake of Constance by Alter Rhein , and never meets the Alpine Rhine anymore. The Alpine Rhine Valley is flanked by

1102-496: The local, small right-wing parties (4.5%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Luzein about 63.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Luzein has an unemployment rate of 1%. As of 2005, there were 156 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 73 businesses involved in this sector. 73 people are employed in

1140-621: The part of the Rhine between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and Lake Constance . It covers three countries, with sections of the river demarcating the borders between Austria and Switzerland and between Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The full length of the Alpine Rhine is 93.5 km. From Reichenau, the Alpine Rhine flows east, passing Chur and turning north, before it turns north-east at Landquart , and then roughly north, east of Sargans . From here,

1178-439: The population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 12 (or about 1.08% of the population) who are Islamic . There are 7 individuals (or about 0.63% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 53 (or about 4.77% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 30 individuals (or about 2.70% of the population) did not answer the question. The historical population

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1216-620: The river is followed (from south to north) by the Landquart–Thusis railway line (on the right bank side between Reichenau-Tamins and Landquart ) and the Chur–Rorschach railway line (between Chur and Maienfeld on the right bank side and between Bad Ragaz and St. Margrethen on the left bank side). Between St. Margrethen and Rheineck , the line follows the Old Rhine . The Vorarlberg Railway line runs in north-south direction through

1254-583: The territorial claims of the prince-abbot of St Gall , particularly in a series of battles at the time of the " Rorschacher Klosterbruch", the casus belli for the St Gallerkrieg between 28 July 1489 and the spring of 1490. Nevertheless, Appenzell was forced to cede the governing protectorship of the Valley to the warring powers—the Abbey and the four cantons of Glarus , Lucerne , Schwyz and Zürich —bringing

1292-451: The town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters . Landquart is a village with a railway junction on the flat floor valley of the Alpine Rhine just north of Chur , the capital of the Grisons. The Prättigau is a tourist destination for winter and summer activities, including downhill and cross-country skiing, tobogganing and hiking. Traditionally, towns in

1330-516: The valley widens considerably, developing into a broad plain, measuring some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) across at its lower end along the southeastern shores of Upper Lake Constance . The latter is separated from the Lower Lake Constance by a short stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (English: Lake Line ). From the point of the Rhine's emergence from Lower Lake Constance, it is known as

1368-712: Was a part of the Thurgau . Rule of the Rhine Valley was fragmented throughout the Middle Ages, with the Holy Roman Emperor , the Bishop of Constance , the Abbot of St Gall and the counts of Bregenz and Werdenberg all claiming various portions of the valley. It was not until 1348 that the Rheintal was united, under the county of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg . From when the Habsburgs acquired

1406-578: Was quashed with the inclusion of the Rheintal into the Helvetic canton of Säntis , with the exception of Rüthi and Lienz , assigned to Linth . With Napoleon's Act of Mediation on 19 February 1803, the Helvetic Republic and its cantonal boundaries were abolished, with the Rheintal reunited as a district of the canton of St. Gallen , stretching from Staad to Lienz and with its capital alternating monthly between Altstätten and Rheineck. The Bezirk

1444-431: Was split in twain in 1831, creating Oberrheintal , with its capital in Altstätten, and Unterrheintal , with its capital alternating between Rheineck and Berneck, St. Gallen . This division persisted until 2003, when a constitutional revision created the modern constituency ( Wahlkreis ), with the loss of Thal to the adjacent Wahlkreis of Rorschach . There is no shipping on the Alpine Rhine. Within Switzerland,

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