Tujetsch

Tujetsch (Romansh pronunciation: [ˈtujətʃ] ⓘ; German: Tavetsch) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

Both Romansh and Walser communities lived exclusively in dispersed settlements well into the early modern period.

The Walser were mostly Romanized, but some Alemannic toponymy remains on the left bank of the Rhine.

The economic focus shifted from alpine agriculture to the production of soapstone stoves and pottery.

The development of the tourism industry in the first half of the 20th century resulted in moderate population growth, to 1,122 as of 1950.

[3] The local variety of the Romansh language is markedly different from standard Sursilvan and is sometimes listed as a separate dialect, Tuatschin.

[4] The Tavetsch breed of sheep closely resembled Neolithic era livestock.

1.4% is settled (buildings or roads) while the remainder (62%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[10] The historical population is given in the following table:[3] The climate borders between humid continental (Köppen Dfb) and oceanic or temperate highland (Köppen Cfb), with cool summers, slightly cold winters and year round precipitation.

Aerial view from 2000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)
Sedrun village, part of Tujetsch.
The localities of Camischolas (rear) and Zarcuns (front) in the municipality of Tujetsch
Bugnei rail bridge near Sedrun