Rheinwald

The river Hinterrhein flows through three valleys in the Grisons, the Rheinwald, the Schams and the Domleschg.

The municipality of Val Curciusa belongs orographically to the Rheinwald, but administratively to the district of San Bernardino.

The Rheinwald valley, however, was sparsely inhabited until well into the High Middle Ages.

The 1286 Erblehensbrief ("Letter of enfeoffment") documents the legal relations between the settlers and their ruler.

In 1616, the umbrella contract with the Trivulzio was terminated, and after paying the last interest payment the inhabitants of the Rheinwald obtained full autonomy within the Grey League, to which they had belonged to since around 1400.

The Rheinwald looking north between Nufenen and Hinterrhein
Rheinwald near Splügen, around 1920
Aerial view (1954)
The stars represent the five villages Sufers, Splügen, Medels , Nufenen and Hinterrhein