Tomils

Tomils
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Tomils
Location of Tomils
Coordinates: 46°45′N 9°26′E / 46.750°N 9.433°ECoordinates: 46°45′N 9°26′E / 46.750°N 9.433°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Hinterrhein
Area
• Total	30.56 km^2 (11.80 sq mi)
Elevation	801 m (2,628 ft)
Population (Dec 2013)
• Total	717
• Density	23/km^2 (61/sq mi)
Postal code	7418
SFOS number	3671
Website	www.tomils.ch SFSO statistics

Tomils is a former municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It was formed on 1 January 2009 through the merger of Feldis/Veulden, Scheid, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Almens, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels and Tomils merged to form the new municipality of Domleschg.^[1]

Demographics

Tomils had a population (as of 2013) of 717.^[2]

Dreibündenstein

Dreibündenstein, 1915 erected stone to mark the border of the Three Leagues

The Dreibündenstein (|Romanish: Term bel) is a marker erected at the intersection of the Three Leagues (League of God's House, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the Grey League) which would found the modern canton of Graubünden. The stone is at an altitude of 2,160 m (7,090 ft) on the border between the municipalities of Domat/Ems, Scheid village (now part of Tomils municipality) and Malix. The original stone dates from 1722, and today is in the Rätian Museum in Chur. In 1742, Nicolin Sererhard mentions three stones. The Sektion Rhätia (Rhätian Section) of the Swiss Alpine club built this 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) tall stone marker in 1915. In 1970 a chair lift was added to mountain, making it easier to reach the marker.^[3]

References

1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 2 January 2013
2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 16 January 2015
3. Dreibündenstein in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

External links

• Official website (German)