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Chur – The Swiss Alpine Railway CitySet out from Chur to explore the mountain landscape of Graubünden and the UNESCO World Heritage stretches of the Rhaetian Railway, served by the Bernina and Glacier Express. Whether you are travelling to chic spa resorts such as Davos-Klosters and St. Moritz or to sport and leisure destinations such as Arosa and Lenzerheide, these neigh-bouring communities are all within easy reach of the Rhine city by train and postal bus. Chur is also the only city in Switzerland with its own winter and summer sports area on the local Brambrüesch Mountain, conveniently linked with the city by means of an aerial ca-bleway.

Worthy of a visit!

Don’t miss the cultural assets of this Alpine city! An important Episcopal seat, it was the centre of Rhaeto-Romanic Switzerland, and is considered the oldest city in the Confedera-tion. Of particular note are the Bishop’s Palace, the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assump-tion with its three naves, and the beautifully preserved buildings in the old town. A guided city tour – or an individual tour using an Audio Guide – provides the visitor with many inter-esting facts about the history and culture of this Alpine city. As the capital of Graubünden, three cantonal museums boast superb collec-tions from our Alpine culture.

Mediterranean flair

The car-free old town with its narrow streets invites visitors to enjoy a leisurely shopping stroll. Gourmets appreciate the many cosy cafés and more than 130 restaurants, which along with the mild climate lend the city a no-ticeably Mediterranean ambience.

Audio guide – your city tour to listen

to: www.churtourismus.ch

Hotels

A Hotel ABC B Hotel Alpenstadt (from summer 2019)C Hotel Chur D Hotel Drei Könige E Hotel FranziskanerF Ambiente Hotel FreieckG VIVA Hostel H Hotel Post I Romantik Hotel SternJ Zunfthaus zur Rebleuten

Sights

1 Old St. Nikolai Monastery2 Bärenloch (see over)3 Episcopal Castle and Courtyard4 Vazerol monument, Regierungsplatz5 Haus Zschaler6 Kirchgasse (see over)7 Malteserturm8 Oberer Spaniöl9 Obertor (see over)

10 Town Hall City of Chur (see over)11 Gate tower to the Episcopal Courtyard12 Unterer Spaniöl13 Haldenhüttli

Churches

14 Cathedral St Mary of the Assumption (see over)15 St. Luzi Church16 St. Martin Church (see over)17 St. Regula Church18 Excavations at the St. Stephan Church

Squares / Parks

19 Arcas (see over)20 Fontanapark (see over)21 Hegisplatz22 Kornplatz (see over)23 Pfisterplatz / Zunfthaus zur Rebleuten (see over)24 Postplatz (see over)25 Rosenhügel26 Sand outdoor swimming pool27 Stadtgarten (municipal park)28 Gigerplatz29 Quaderwiese/Quader ice rink

Administration

30 Altes Gebäu (cantonal court)31 Former state building32 Graubünden Cantonal Bank33 Cantonal library, cantonal archive34 Neues Gebäu (cantonal government)35 Former postal building / city library (see over)36 Rhätische Bahn Verwaltung (see over)37 Quader school building38 Stadthaus

Transport

39 SBB / RhB railway station (see over)40 Chur-Brambrüesch aerial cableway41 Bus station Chur Bus42 PostBus station (see over)

Culture & Leisure

43 Birth house of Angelika Kauffmann (see over)

44 Cinemas: Quader, Studio, Stadthof45 Marsöl46 Former postal carriage building47 Municipal gallery48 Stadthalle49 Chur Theater / Cantonal Parliament

(see over)50 Welschdörfli (see over)51 Loucy 52 Lia Rumantscha 53 AdventureRooms 54 GKB Auditorium

Museums *Museums are open from Tues – Sun 10 am – 5 pm

55 Museum of Fine Arts* (see over)56 Museum of Natural History* (see over)57 Rhaetian Museum* (see over)58 Roman Excavations, Welschdörfli (see over)

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K City West Hotel & Restaurant (bus no. 6)

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N Campsite Camp Au (bus no. 2)

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59 Forum Würth Chur (bus no. 1)

60 Titthof

61 Kulturhaus (bus no. 1)

62 Erlöser Church (bus Nr. 3)

63 Comander Church (bus no. 3/4)

64 Heiligkreuz Church (bus no. 3)

65 Obere Au sports and event facilities (bus no. 2)

66 Climbing Centre (bus no. 2)

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39 SBB/RhB railway station PostBus station

In 1858, the first train steamed into Chur. Or rather, to the outskirts of Chur, for in those days, the region be-tween the Old Town and the Rhine was largely undevel-oped. However, long before the railway era, Chur was a

key transport hub to the north of the passes over the Alps. The architecture of the glass roof, which has spanned the railway lines and PostAuto forecourt like an archway since 1994, bears witness to this significant role. The main buil-ding on the Bahnhofplatz dates from 1878 and adjoins a res-taurant, which was added in the early 20th century. Between 2001 and 2008 the station was extended and modernised, for which it won the Brunel Award in 2011.

36 Rhaetian Railway (RhB) Administration Building

Large and grey, yet friendly – that sums up the building constructed by St. Moritz ar-chitect Nicolaus Hartmann between 1907 und 1910. While its grey, starkly struc-tured façades give the building a majestic appear-

ance, thanks to its large forecourt it is not overpowering. The architecture is an expression of the so-called “Bünd-ner Heimatstil”, a movement that took up and developed the traditional style of building of the region. The prestig-ious yet agreeable administration building is regarded as one of the movement’s most significant works.

19 Arcas

Picturesque and medieval – that is how the Arcas looks today. Before 1971, how- ever, it was quite a differ-ent story, for until then warehouses obscured the square. Architect Theodor Hartmann had these de-molished and integrated an underground garage into his new design concept.

Nevertheless, the Arcas has still retained its medieval char-acter, for the row of houses extending towards the Plessur river are built onto the old city walls. And these – as can be seen at Arcas 25 – are thought to date from the 13th centu-ry. Nowadays, the medieval houses, with the modern open spaces in between, give the square a picturesque touch.

9 Obertor

The Obertor, together with the Malteserturm and the Sennhofturm, are the towers of the medieval fortifications that are still standing today. Thanks to its attractive ap-pearance, the Obertor soon advanced to become one of Chur’s landmarks. While the four-storey building, which narrows towards the top, fits

into the overall structure of the settlement, at the same time it stands apart from the other terraced buildings due to its light exterior. The paintings in the arch way, some of which are based on old views of the city, date from the 20th century.

6 Kirchgasse

In the shadow of the St. Martin Church is a row of houses of considerable his-torical significance. Situated on Martins platz itself, Haus Reydt, with its three-storey oriel, was built in 1574 in the late Gothic style. Ad-joining it is Haus Menhardt, erected the same year and in the same style. Next door

is the even older Antistitium, whose neighbouring building contains important paintings from 1580. These depict, in a comical reversal of reality, rabbits catching a hunter. The Zunfthaus der Schneider (guildhall of the tailors’ guild) was rebuilt following the city fire in 1464. Today it houses an armchair theatre.

2 Bärenloch

The Bärenloch, or “bear hole”, is one of the most enchanted places in the city of Chur – and at the same time one of the bestpreserved parts of the Old Town. The origin of this name, given to the two interi-or courtyards between Arcas Platz and Kirchgasse, is un-known – yet it is an appropri-ate description all the same.

However, in ancient documents the dark Bärenloch is re-ferred to as “curschellas”, a late Latin term simply meaning “small courtyard rooms”. Indeed, the two rooms still seem small and cramped to this day, thus making the Bärenloch a good example of the living situation in late Medieval Chur.

16 St. Martin Church

The St. Martin square lies in the oldest part of Chur, mid-way between the two tow-ers, the Obertor and the Un-tertor, thus forming part of the historical north-south route through the inner city. It is dominated by the Kirche St. Martin. Graubün- den’s largest late Gothic church was built following

the city fire in 1464 using parts of the previous Carolingian building. An attractive feature is the three stained-glass windows painted by Augusto Gia cometti in 1919. The Mar-tinsbrunnen dates from 1716. Its basin is adorned with signs of the zodiac. Apart from the sign-holder and the columns, the fountain is still in its original state.

14 Episcopal Courtyard and Cathedral

The fortifications surround-ing Chur’s Episcopal Court-yard make it look like a min-iature town, high above the city. In the centre of the courtyard stands the late Ro- manesque cathedral, which was finally completed in 1272 after a construction period lasting over a century.

Built around it are the Episcopal Castle and the canons’ houses, which progress down towards the city and finish up bordering onto a tower. This tower still houses a late Gothic drinking parlour from the early 16th century. First signs of settlement on this site date back to the late Bronze Age (1,300 – 800 BC).

35 Former postal building / city library

The building, designed by architects Jean Béguin and Theodor Gohl, was built be-tween 1902 and 1904 and is the largest neo-renaissance building in Chur. It is no co-incidence that the building exhibits many features seen

in other post offices in Switzerland: when it was built, the “federal renaissance” was heavily subsidised by the state. Its construction is made yet more magnificent by its richly decorated facades and roof sculptures by the Genevan art-ist James Vibert. In 2017, Swiss Post left the location. The building was then restored and in 2018, the town library of Chur moved into the premises.

10 Town Hall City of Chur

Something is a bit crooked about Chur’s politics – at least, that’s what you might think if you took a closer look at the Town Hall. Due to its uneven ground plan and the sloping ridge of the roof, the building appears to be rather out of joint. That has nothing to do with the pol-itics, but rather to the build-

ing’s history. After the city fire in 1464 it was reconstructed, and was subsequently renovated and extended on a number of occasions. Until 1554 it also housed the Spital zum Hl. Geist hospital. The interior of the Rathaus, with its cultural assets from various epochs, bears witness to its varied history.

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20 Fontanapark

Back in the 18th century, Fon-tana Park was a resplendent sight, with its exotic shrubs and plants, elaborate foun-tains and heated greenhous-es. However, in those days it was a private pleasure gar-den. In 1727, diplomat Peter von Salis-Soglio built a house, the Altes Gebäu, together with a large garden at Post-

strasse. The present-day name of the park, which was re-designed in 2006, alludes to Benedikt Fontana, who died a hero‘s death in the Battle of Calven in 1499 during the Swabian War. A monument by sculptor Richard Kissling, created in 1903, is dedicated to Graubünden’s version of William Tell.

24 Postplatz

The Postplatz is a hub of everyday life in Chur, for two important transport axes cross here. With its large department stores, Bahnhof-strasse, which continues into the Old Town as Poststrasse, constitutes the busiest shop-ping promenade in Chur.

Grabenstrasse, which today leads the traffic around the outskirts of the Old Town, is historically also a “strolling mile”. For Grabenstrasse was designed as a typical 19th century boulevard – wide and impressive. Today it also marks the site where the former city walls once stood.

22 Kornplatz

This square is older than its name; until the 17th century it was still known as Klos-terplatz. Then the adjoining monastery was closed and a corn granary set up in the church. With the departure of the monks, the old name for the square also disap-peared. The name Korn-platz (Corn Square) has re-

mained to this day – in spite of the fact that the once stringently controlled corn trade was liberalised in 1840 and the corn granary closed down. While the square served as a site for various markets right into the last century, these days it is an important intersection between the sleepy Old Town and the livelier modern district.

23 Pfisterplatz / Zunft-haus zur Rebleuten

In mediaeval towns, crafts-men united to form guilds to better promote their in-terests. With the onset of in- dustrialisation and freedom of trade, the guilds disap-peared during the 19th cen-tury. Pfisterplatz and the the Zunfthaus zur Rebleuten remain as present-day wit-

nesses to this past era. The domicile of the Pfisters, the bakers’ guild, was located not far from here. The Rebleute (winegrowers) bought their guild house in 1483 and owned it until they disbanded in 1839. Since 1915, a large mural on the façade recalls bygone days.

49 Cantonal Parliament Building / Chur Theater

Occasionally politics and the-atre seem to be the same thing. But here in Chur they merely share the same roof. The architect, Johannes Lud-wig, who also designed the

Bündner Kunstmuseum, built an armoury on this site between 1861 and 1863. Its rounded arches are typical of the architec-tural style that preceded the height of the Neo-Renaissance period and predominantly drew on the Italian Medieval era. The conversion of the former armoury to accommodate the Cantonal Parliament and the municipal theatre was carried out in 1959 according to the plans by the architect, Martin Risch. In 2008 / 2009 the entrance to the Cantonal Parliament Building was redesigned by architect Valerio Olgiati. He called the extension, in white concrete, “Equiliber”.

43 Birth house of Angelika Kauffmann

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe held her in as great esteem as probably most of her contemporaries: Angelika Kauffmann was admired as a painter all over the world. She was born in this house in 1741, lived for many years

in London, and died in Rome in 1807. Her art is character-ised by its colour compositions and textile quality, which are reminiscent of Baroque paintings from southern Ger-many and northern Italy. Demand for her works was so great that it gave rise to the saying, “The whole world is angelicamad”.

50 Welschdörfli Roman Excavations

A “pleasure mile” with a Ro-man past – that is the Welsch- dörfli. In Roman times, a settlement comprising living quarters, workshops and a thermal spring stood close to

where bars now rub shoulders with cabarets. The area was actually inhabited much earlier; excavations on the Acker-mann site have resulted in archaeo logical finds dating back to the Neolithic Age (5,000 – 1,800 BC). Since 1986 the finds from Roman times have been protected by special buildings designed by Graubünden architect Peter Zumthor and are accessible by the general public.

Information / viewings: Rätisches Museum, tel. +41 81 257 48 40 Chur Tourism, tel. +41 81 252 18 18

55 Museum of Fine Arts

The ostentatious villa with its historicising use of forms is a typical building from the Neo- Renaissance period and dates from 1874 – 1876. However, the villa, with its two sphinx-es either side of the steps and

the Byzantine and Pompeian artwork in the interior, also has an exotic air about it. And not without reason: the owner was the Bündner, Jacques Ambrosius von Planta, a cotton mer-chant who lived for many years in Egypt, a fact that architect Johannes Ludwig took into consideration when designing the Villa Planta. Since 1919 the building has housed the Bündner Kunstmuseum. The new annex of the Museum of Fine Arts opened in 2016. The project, entitled “The Art of the Fugue” was designed by Estudio Barozzi Veiga of Barcelona.

www.buendner-kunstmuseum.ch, +41 81 257 28 70

56 Museum of Natural History

1872 the Bündner Museum for Science and Culture was founded. Also the nature collections were located here. 1919 the Natural His-tory Collection in the Villa

Planta at the Postplatz was relocated, and in 1929, on the same site, the new building for the Natural History and National Park Museum was inaugurated. The heritage of Dr Moritz Blumenthal, who died in 1967, made it possible to unify all the departments of the museum in one site. In 1976, the new construction of the present museum, planned by the architect Bruno Giacometti, could be start-ed in the Masanserstr. 31. On 21 March 1981 the exhibi-tions were opened to the public.

www.naturmuseum.gr.ch, +41 81 257 28 41

57 Rhaetian Museum

Once a manor house, now a museum for the public: in former times, the Rätisches Museum was the private residence of Paul von Buol zu Strass- und Rietberg. The baron purchased the build-

ing in 1675 and replaced the former arsenal with a baroque building. In the 19th century, the house became the per-manent home of items of cultural and historical interest. At that time, lawyer Peter Conradin von Planta and others were concerned about the drain and loss of valuable cul-tural assets and resolved to halt this development by starting up a historical collection, and hence the Rätisches Museum came into being.

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