Municipality in the canton of Graubunden, Switzerland
Municipality in Graubunden, Switzerland
Davos
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Coordinates:
46°48′N
9°50′E
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46.800°N 9.833°E
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46.800; 9.833
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Country
| Switzerland
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Canton
| Graubunden
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District
| Prattigau/Davos
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Executive
| Kleiner Landrat
with 5 members
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Mayor
| Landammann
(list)
Philipp Wilhelm
SPS/PSS
(as of Januar 2021)
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Parliament
| Grosser Landrat
with 17 members
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? Total
| 284 km
2
(110 sq mi)
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Elevation
(Church St. Theodul)
| 1,560 m (5,120 ft)
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Highest elevation
| 3,146 m (10,322 ft)
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Lowest elevation
| 1,052 m (3,451 ft)
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? Total
| 10,898
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? Density
| 38/km
2
(99/sq mi)
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Demonym
| German
:
Davoser/Davoserin
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Time zone
| UTC+01:00
(
Central European Time
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC+02:00
(
Central European Summer Time
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Postal code(s)
| 7260 Davos Dorf, 7265 Davos Wolfgang, 7270 Davos Platz, 7272 Davos Clavadel, 7276 Davos Frauenkirch, 7277 Davos Glaris, 7278 Davos Monstein, 7294 Davos Wiesen
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SFOS number
| 3851
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ISO 3166 code
| CH-GR
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Localities
| Davos Dorf
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Davos Platz
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Frauenkirch
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Davos Glaris
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Davos Wiesen
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Davos Monstein
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Davos Clavadel
, Laret, Wolfgang, Obem See, Meierhof, Stilli, Bunda, Spina, Tschuggen, Dorfji, In den Buelen, Hof, Teufi, Gadmen, Am Rin, Durrboden, Sertig Dorfli, Oberalp, Inneralp
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Surrounded by
| Arosa
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Bergun/Bravuogn
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Klosters-Serneus
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Langwies
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S-chanf
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Susch
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Website
| www
.gemeinde-davos
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SFSO statistics
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Davos
(
,
[3]
[4]
;
[5]
German:
[da?foːs]
[6]
or
[da?voːs]
ⓘ
;
[7]
Romansh
:
Tavau
ⓘ
; archaic
Italian
:
Tavate
) is an
Alpine
resort town
and a
municipality
in the
Prattigau/Davos Region
in the
canton
of
Graubunden
,
Switzerland
. It has a permanent population of 10,832 (2020).
[8]
Davos is located on the river
Landwasser
, in the
Rhaetian Alps
, between the
Plessur
and
Albula Ranges
.
The municipality covers nearly the entire valley of the Landwasser, and the centre of population, economic activity, and administration is two adjacent villages: Davos Dorf (
German
:
Davos Village
) and Davos Platz (
Davos
Place
), at 1,560 m (5,120 ft) above sea level.
Gaining prominence in the 19th century as a mountain
health resort
, Davos is perhaps best known today for hosting the
World Economic Forum
, an annual meeting of global political and corporate leaders. With a long history of winter sport, Davos also has one of Switzerland's largest
ski resorts
, and hosts the international
Spengler Cup
ice hockey
tournament each December.
Name
[
edit
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Tavau
is the
Romansh
name, and derives from
Latin
tubus
, here used in the sense of
ravine
.
[9]
History
[
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]
The current settlement of the Davos area began in the
High Middle Ages
with the immigration of
Rhaeto-Romans
. The village of Davos is first mentioned in 1213 as
Tavaus
.
[10]
From about 1280 the barons of
Vaz
allowed German-speaking
Walser
colonists to settle and conceded them extensive self-administration rights.
[11]
In 1289 an agreement between the people of Davos and the baron of Vaz included that the Davoser citizens would not have to pay personal taxes, only the Government of Davos had to pay a yearly amount of goods to the baron of Vaz.
[12]
Davos became the largest Walser settlement area in eastern Switzerland. Natives still speak a
dialect
that is atypical for Graubunden, showing similarities with the German spoken in
Raron
in Canton
Valais
.
[11]
In 1338, with the death of the last Baron of Vaz, Davos came into possession of Frederick V, the
Count of Toggenburg
, who was the brother of the wife of the deceased baron.
[13]
Davos retained its right to elect its Landamman independently.
[13]
In 1436, the
League of the Ten Jurisdictions
was founded in Davos.
[13]
In 1438, Davos received additional rights in an agreement in which the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the rights received in the older treaty from 1289 were both acknowledged.
[14]
With this agreement, Davos was exempted from trade taxes in the territory of the Ten Jurisdictions and only obliged to provide men for military services within the territory of eight of the Ten Jurisdictions.
[14]
In 1443 Davos came under the control of the
Counts of Montfort
, under which Davos also retained its rights.
[14]
In 1450 an alliance between the League of the Ten Jurisdictions and the
League of God's House
was signed.
[14]
The Counts of Montfort reached a financial impasse and sold Davos to Duke Sigmund of
Tyrol
in 1466.
[14]
This lead Davos to search for support of the two other
Raethian
leagues and a treaty with the
Grey League
was reached in 1471.
[15]
As a result, Davos refused to follow the orders of the Austrian Empire.
[15]
Eventually a compromise was found, under which Davos would come under the control of the
House of Matsch
, but Austria kept a right to repurchase Davos.
[15]
From the middle of the 19th century, Davos, modeled on Gorbersdorf (now
Sokołowsko
), became a popular destination for the sick and ailing because the
microclimate
in the high valley was deemed excellent by doctors (initiated by
Alexander Spengler
[16]
) and recommended for
lung disease
patients.
Robert Louis Stevenson
, who suffered from
tuberculosis
, wintered in Davos in 1880 on the recommendation of his Edinburgh physician George Balfour.
Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote an article about skiing in Davos in 1899. A sanatorium in Davos is also the inspiration for the Berghof Sanitorium in
Thomas Mann
's novel
Der Zauberberg
(
The Magic Mountain
). Between 1936 and 1938,
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
, then at the end of his life and living in Davos since 1917, depicted Davos and the Junkerboden. His painting has a both
Romantic
and
pantheistic
atmosphere and simplified formal structure.
The several sanatoria in Davos attracted a great number of German patients, of which many remained in Davos.
[17]
As a result, during World War II, in which Switzerland remained neutral, Davos was a centre of Nazi activity in Switzerland.
[18]
[17]
Nowhere else in the country were there more
NSDAP
members as a share of the population.
[18]
In the many German-led sanatoria and schools, Nazi salutes and flags were
de rigueur
.
[18]
[17]
Swiss Nazi leader
Wilhelm Gustloff
's 1936 assassination in Davos led to tensions with Nazi Germany.
[18]
At the end of the war, Federal Councillor
Ernst Nobs
described Davos as "more nazi-infested than any other Swiss place".
[18]
In 2022, Davos mayor Philip Willhelm commissioned a study from historian Stefan Keller documenting the history of Nazi influence in Davos.
[18]
[19]
During the
natural ice
era of
winter sports
, Davos and the
Davos Eisstadion
were a mecca for
speed skating
. Many international championships were held here, and many world records were set, beginning with
Peder Østlund
who set four records in 1898. The only European
Bandy
Championship was held in the town in 1913.
[20]
Subsequently, Davos became a ski resort, especially frequented by tourists from the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands
.
[
citation needed
]
After peaking in the 1970s and 1980s, the city settled down as a leading but less high-profile tourist attraction. The American
Van Leer
family immigrated from here with their former Valar surname. Today Valars still live and are members of government.
[21]
[22]
Geography
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Topography
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The main village of Davos lies at the top of the narrow valley of the
Landwasser
at an altitude of 1,560 metres (5,120 ft), just below the
Wolfgang Pass
.
Lake Davos
is northeast of the village, formerly the source of the Landwasser.
The municipality of Davos (
German
:
Gemeinde Davos
) has an area (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 284 km
2
(109.65 sq mi),
[23]
including most of the Landwasser valley and its side valleys.
Of this area, about 35.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 40.5% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 337 ha (830 acres) or about 1.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 61 ha (150 acres) over the 1985 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 10 ha (25 acres) and is now about 0.22% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, 1,296 ha (3,200 acres) is fields and grasslands and 9,056 ha (22,380 acres) consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 736 ha (1,820 acres). Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 481 ha (1,190 acres). Rivers and lakes cover 285 ha (700 acres) in the municipality.
[24]
[25]
The Wolfgang Pass divides the waters flowing into the
Landquart
from the valley of the Landwasser, and has a year-round road and
Rhaetian Railway
connection. Crossing the pass leads to the village of
Klosters
and the
Prattigau
. Three long side valleys reach out to the south from the main valley of the Landwasser, one of which leads to the
Fluela Pass
and the
Engadin
beyond.
Political divisions
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edit
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The municipality of Davos is divided completely into six
Fraktionsgemeinden
: Davos Dorf, Davos Platz, Davos Frauenkirch, Davos Glaris, Davos Monstein, and
Davos Wiesen
.
[26]
The names of the
Fraktionsgemeinden
correspond to their largest village within.
Smaller populated places in the municipality are: the village of Davos Clavadel, the
hamlets
of Laret, Wolfgang, Obem See, Meierhof, Stilli, Bunda, and Spina (in the main Landwasser valley), and Tschuggen, Dorfji, In den Buelen, Hof, Teufi, Gadmen, Am Rin, Durrboden, Sertig Dorfli, Oberalp, Inneralp (in the side valleys).
Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Davos subdistrict of the Prattigau/Davos district; after 2017 it is part of the Prattigau/Davos Region.
[27]
In terms of area, it was the largest municipality in Switzerland in 2009 after a municipal
merger
with
Wiesen
. Davos lost this distinction after the formation of
Glarus Sud
in 2010, and today is the 4th largest in the canton of Graubunden.
Climate
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Davos has a
subalpine climate
(
Koppen
Dfc
) with an average of 125.3 days of precipitation per year and on average receives 1,046 mm (41.2 in) of
precipitation
.
The wettest month is August during which time Davos receives an average of 150 mm (5.9 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.6 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is July, with an average of 13.8, but with only 133 mm (5.2 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is February with an average of 52 mm (2.0 in) of precipitation over 7.9 days, of which 74 cm (29 in) in 11.1 days are snowfall.
[28]
Climate data for Davos (1991?2020, 1594m a.s.l.)
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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0.0
(32.0)
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1.2
(34.2)
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4.6
(40.3)
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8.3
(46.9)
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12.8
(55.0)
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16.5
(61.7)
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18.5
(65.3)
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18.2
(64.8)
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14.2
(57.6)
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10.8
(51.4)
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4.8
(40.6)
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0.6
(33.1)
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9.2
(48.6)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
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?4.7
(23.5)
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?4.2
(24.4)
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?0.7
(30.7)
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3.0
(37.4)
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7.4
(45.3)
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11.0
(51.8)
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12.8
(55.0)
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12.6
(54.7)
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8.7
(47.7)
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5.1
(41.2)
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0.0
(32.0)
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?3.6
(25.5)
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4.0
(39.2)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
?8.8
(16.2)
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?9.0
(15.8)
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?5.5
(22.1)
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?2.0
(28.4)
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2.3
(36.1)
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5.8
(42.4)
|
7.6
(45.7)
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7.7
(45.9)
|
4.1
(39.4)
|
0.8
(33.4)
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?3.8
(25.2)
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?7.2
(19.0)
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?0.7
(30.7)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
70
(2.8)
|
52
(2.0)
|
57
(2.2)
|
54
(2.1)
|
89
(3.5)
|
129
(5.1)
|
133
(5.2)
|
150
(5.9)
|
96
(3.8)
|
77
(3.0)
|
71
(2.8)
|
68
(2.7)
|
1,046
(41.2)
|
Average snowfall cm (inches)
|
89
(35)
|
74
(29)
|
65
(26)
|
43
(17)
|
8
(3.1)
|
2
(0.8)
|
1
(0.4)
|
1
(0.4)
|
5
(2.0)
|
24
(9.4)
|
59
(23)
|
84
(33)
|
455
(179)
|
Average precipitation days
(≥ 1.0 mm)
|
8.8
|
7.9
|
8.9
|
9.0
|
12.0
|
13.7
|
13.8
|
13.6
|
10.0
|
8.7
|
9.1
|
9.8
|
125.3
|
Average snowy days
(≥ 1.0 cm)
|
11.7
|
11.1
|
10.3
|
7.3
|
2.1
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.8
|
3.4
|
9.1
|
11.6
|
68.0
|
Average
relative humidity
(%)
|
76
|
73
|
71
|
69
|
71
|
73
|
74
|
76
|
77
|
75
|
77
|
78
|
74
|
Mean monthly
sunshine hours
|
111
|
120
|
154
|
152
|
154
|
167
|
187
|
179
|
160
|
145
|
103
|
93
|
1,725
|
Percent
possible sunshine
|
54
|
53
|
51
|
48
|
45
|
48
|
53
|
54
|
53
|
54
|
49
|
48
|
51
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Source:
MeteoSwiss
[28]
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Politics
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Government
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The Small Country Council (
Kleiner Landrat
) constitutes the
executive government
of the municipality of Davos and operates as a
collegiate authority
. It is composed of five councilors (
German
:
Landrat/-ratin
), each presiding over a department (
Departement
) comprising several bureaus. The president of the executive department acts as president of the municipality (
Landammann
or
Gemeindeprasident
). In the mandate period 2021?2024 (
Legislatur
) the Small Country Council is presided by
Landammann
Philipp Wilhelm. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Grand Country Council are carried by the Small Country Council. The regular election of the municipal councils by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of the municipality of Davos allowed to vote and being registered can be elected as a member of the Small Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years. The delegates are selected by means of a system of
Majorz
. The President is elected as such as well by a public election while the heads of the other departments are assigned by the collegiate. They usually meet once a week.
[29]
As of 2021
[update]
, Davos's Small Country Council is made up of two members of SP (
Social Democratic Party
), of whom one is the president), two FDP (
FDP.The Liberals
), and one Independent. The last regular elections (
Landschaftswahlen
) were held on 27 September and 29 November 2020.
[30]
[31]
The Small Country Council (
Kleiner Landrat
) of Davos
[29]
Country Councilor
(
Landrat/-ratin
)
|
Party
|
Head of Department (
Vorsteher
, since) of
|
Elected since
|
Philipp Wilhelm
[KLR 1]
|
SP
|
President's Office (
Prasidialdepartement
, 2021)
|
2020
|
Stefan Waiser
[KLR 2]
|
SP
|
Civil Engineering and Public Facilities (
Departement Tiefbau + offentliche Betriebe
, 2017)
|
2012
|
Simi Valar
|
FDP
|
Structural Engineering and Environmental Protection and Energy (
Departement Hochbau + Umweltschutz + Energie
, 2017)
|
2012
|
Iris Hoffmann-Stiffler
|
independent
|
Education and Social Services (
Departement Bildung + Soziales
, 2021)
|
2020
|
Jurg Zurcher
|
FDP
|
Health and Security (
Departement Gesundheit + Sicherheit
, 2021)
|
2020
|
- ^
President (
Landammann
or
Gemeindeprasident
)
- ^
Vice President (
Statthalter
or
Gemeindevizeprasident
)
Parliament
[
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]
The
Grosse Landrat
of Davos for the mandate period of 2021?2024
SP (17.6%)
glp (11.8%)
EVP (5.9%)
Center (5.9%)
FDP (35.3%)
SVP (17.6%)
independent
(5.9%)
The Grand Country Council (
Grosser Landrat
) holds
legislative power
. It is made up of 17 members, with elections held every four years. The Grand Country Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the Small Country Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of
Majorz
.
The sessions of the Grand Country Council are public. They usually meet ten times a year. Members of the Grand Country Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Davos allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Grand Country Council for a maximal period of twelve years.
[32]
The last regular election of the Grand Country Council was held on 27 September 2020 for the mandate period (
German
:
Legislatur
) from January 2021 to December 2024. Currently the Grand Country Council consist of 6 (-1)
Liberals (FDP/PLR)
, 3 (-1)
Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)
, 3 (+2) members of
Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)
, 2 (+2) members of the
Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl)
, and one each of the
Center Party
,
Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PES)
, and one
independent
.
[33]
Federal elections
[
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]
National Council
[
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]
In the
2019 federal election
the most popular party was the
SP
with 21.3% of the votes. The next five parties were the
SVP
(20.0%),
FDP
(10.1%),
CVP
(6.8%), and the
glp
(6.8%). In the federal election, a total of 2'885 votes were cast, and the
voter turnout
was 41.8%.
[34]
In the
2015 federal election
the most popular party was the
SVP
with 30.0% of the votes. The next five parties were the
FDP
(20.4%), the
BDP
(15.8%), the
SP
(14.7%), the
glp
(12.1%), and
CVP
(5.2%). In the federal election, a total of 3,231 votes were cast, and the
voter turnout
was 46.7%.
[35]
International relations
[
edit
]
Sister and twin towns
[
edit
]
None. Former relations have been cancelled since February 2010 by the council due to thorough austerity measures.
Demographics
[
edit
]
Population
[
edit
]
Davos has a population (as of December 2020
[update]
) of 10,832.
[8]
As of 2014
[update]
, 27.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 7.3% of the population was born in Germany and 6.9% of the population was born in Portugal.
[36]
Over the last four years (2010?2014) the population has changed at a rate of -0.27%. The
birth rate
in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.1, while the
death rate
was 8.2 per thousand residents.
[25]
Most of the population (as of 2000
[update]
) speaks
German
(86.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.8%) and Italian being third (2.7%).
[37]
As of 2014
[update]
, children and teenagers (0?19 years old) make up 17.3% of the population, while adults (20?64 years old) are 64.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.2%.
[25]
In 2015 there were 5,099 single residents, 4,666 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 550 widows or widowers and 794 divorced residents.
[38]
In 2014 there were 5,441 private households in Davos with an average household size of 2.03 persons. Of the 2,133 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 30.7% were single family homes and 39.1% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 25.9% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 8.3% were built between 1991 and 2000.
[39]
In 2013 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 23.46. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2015
[update]
, was 0.71%.
[25]
Historic population
[
edit
]
The historic population is given in the following chart:
[40]
[41]
Education
[
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In Davos about 74% of the population (ages 25?64) have completed either nonmandatory
upper secondary education
or additional higher education (either a university or a
Fachhochschule
).
[37]
Economy
[
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Davos is a tourist community and a regional center.
[42]
As of 2014
[update]
, there were a total of 8,853 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 203 people worked in 80 businesses in the
primary economic sector
. The
secondary sector
employed 996 workers in 145 separate businesses. Finally, the
tertiary sector
provided 7,654 jobs in 926 businesses. In 2014 a total of 5,211 employees worked in 908 small companies (less than 50 employees). There were 17 mid sized businesses with 2,074 employees and 1 large business which employed 369 people.
[43]
In 2014 a total of 23.5% of the population received social assistance.
[25]
In 2015 local hotels had a total of 797,348 overnight stays, of which 46.9% were international visitors.
[44]
Religion
[
edit
]
From the 2000 census
[update]
, 5,321 residents (46.6% of the population) belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church
while 3,950 residents (34.6%) are
Roman Catholic
. Of the rest of the population, there were 10 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belong to the
Christian Catholic
faith, 439 individuals (3.85% of the population) who belonged to the Orthodox Church, 274 (2.40%) who belonged to another Christian church, 79 (0.69%) who were
Muslim
, 56 (0.49%) who belonged to another faith (not listed), and eight residents (0.07%) were
Jewish
. In addition, 832 residents (7.29%) belonged to no faith, were
agnostic
or
atheist
, and 448 individuals (3.92%) did not answer the question.
[45]
Sports
[
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]
Davos's
ice hockey
team,
HC Davos
, plays in the
National League
(NL). Their home arena is the
Vaillant Arena
. In December of each year, the team and arena host the
Spengler Cup
, an international tournament first held in 1923.
Besides
cross-country skiing
, offering some 97 km (60 mi) of pistes, Davos has the largest natural
ice skating
field in Europe.
Bandy
is occasionally played there.
[46]
An international tournament, starting in 2014
, has been organised.
[47]
[48]
The
1913 European Bandy Championships
in Davos is so far the only one of its kind.
There are six main ski areas in winter, with a total of 320 kilometres (200 mi) of slopes:
- Parsenn / Gotschna
which connects to the partner town of Klosters from Davos Dorf
- Jakobshorn
which can be reached from Davos Platz directly
- Pischahorn
which can be reached by frequently running buses into Fluela valley
- Rinerhorn to start from Davos Glaris
- Madrisahorn
located in neighbouring Klosters
- Schatzalp is privately owned by the Schatzalp Hotel and a specialty as a "decelerated" skiing area
All areas offer summer transport as well on to the main peaks from mid May until end of October. The remote side valleys heading towards the
Engadine
area are worth long hikes towards the passes of Sertig or
Scaletta Pass
to reach, for example,
Piz Kesch
, an
Ultra prominent peak
. To the north there are no valleys but rather a direct one-day ascent to continue across a pass into the "Schanfigg" valley towards the rival resort of
Arosa
or even to continue to
Lenzerheide
in a two-day hike.
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Culture
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Davos is home to seven sites that are listed as Swiss
heritage sites of national significance
.
These heritage sites include the Town Archives, the
Kirchner Museum
,
[50]
the
Grosses Jenatschhaus
(a type of charity house known as a
Pfrundhaus
) and the Forest Cemetery (
Waldfriedhof
). Several hotels and spas are also included on the list. The three hotels or former hotels are:
Berghotel Schatzalp
, the former Grand Hotel Belvedere, and the Zurcher Hohenklinik von R. Gaberel.
[51]
Davos hosts annual meetings of the
World Economic Forum
. The city was featured in an episode of
Viva La Bam
, when cities around
Europe
were visited. On 14 March 2003, a festival called
Winterjam
was held in the city and bands such as
Sum 41
,
Crazy Town
, and
Guano Apes
performed during this event.
[52]
Transport
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Davos is part of the rail network of the
Rhaetian Railway (RhB)
. The RhB has two main stations in Davos:
Davos Dorf
(northeast) and
Davos Platz
(southwest). Other stations in the municipality include
Davos Wolfgang
and
Davos Laret
towards
Klosters
, and
Davos Frauenkirch
,
Davos Glaris
,
Davos Monstein
, and
Davos Wiesen
towards
Filisur
.
The valley station
Davos Dorf (Parsennbahn)
of the funicular
Parsennbahn
to
Weissfluhjoch
(
Parsenn
) is in Davos Dorf, the station
Davos Platz Schatzalpbahn
of
Schatzalp-Bahn
in Davos Platz. Also in Davos Platz are the bottom stations of the cable car to the
Jakobshorn
, the station
Davos Platz DKB
(right next to the corresponding railway station), but also the one of the chair lift to
Usser Isch
, namely the
Davos Platz (Talstation Carjol)
.
The bottom station of the lift to Rinerhorn is right next to RhB station
Davos Glaris
. The one (
Dorfji
) of the
Pischa
area in the side valley of the
Fluela
, reachable by bus.
Local buses are operated by
Verkehrsbetrieb der Landschaft Davos Gemeinde (vbd)
.
Research
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Davos has several research institutes: the AO Foundation focusing on trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), the World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) and the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) of the
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
(WSL).
Notable people
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]
The arts
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]
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
(1889 in Davos ? 1943), painter, sculptor, architect and dancer
- Dorothea Wieck
(1908 in Davos ? 1986), a German theatre and film actress
[53]
- Ernst Haefliger
(1919 in Davos ? 2007), tenor
- Eberhard W. Kornfeld
(1923?2023), art collector; made Honorary citizen of Davos in 2004
- Jurg Federspiel
(1931?2007), writer, grew up in Davos
- Thomas Hirschhorn
(born 1957), artist, grew up in Davos
- Marc Forster
(born 1969), German and Swiss director and filmmaker, grew up in Davos made freeman of Davos in 2007
[54]
Politics, public service and business
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Science, medicine & TB patients
[
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]
- Alexander Spengler
(1827?1901), a German and Swiss physician, specialised in TB in Davos
- John Addington Symonds
(1840?1893), an English poet and literary critic, TB patient in Davos from 1877.
[55]
- Friedrich Miescher
(1844?1895), biologist who discovered DNA, died in Davos
- Carl Ruedi
(1848 in Davos ? 1901), a
pulmonologist
, treated
Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850?1894), Scottish novelist and travel writer, TB patient in Davos in the 1880s.
[56]
- Oscar Levertin
(1862?1906), a Swedish poet and literary historian; lived in Davos 1888?1890.
[57]
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
(1880?1938 in Davos), German artist, TB patient, lived in Davos from 1917; namesake of the local art museum
- Philipp Bauknecht
(1884 ? 1933 in Davos), German expressionist painter, TB patient from 1910
- Harry Clarke
(1889?1931 in Davos), an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator, TB patient from 1929, buried in Chur
- Klabund
(1890 ? 1928 in Davos), aka
Alfred Henschke
, German writer and painter, TB patient
Sport
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]
- Fritz Kraatz
(1906?1992), ice hockey player, competed in the
1928 Winter Olympics
- Paul Sollner
(1911 in Davos ? 1991), German rower, competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
- Albert Kunzler
(1911 in Davos ? 1982), ice hockey player, competed in the
1936 Winter Olympics
- Andreas Dascher
(born 1927 in Davos), ski jumper, competed at the
1956 Winter Olympics
and developed the
Daescher technique
- Franz Berry
(1938 in Davos ? 2009), ice hockey player, competed in the
1956
and
1964 Summer Olympics
- Peter Frei
(born 1946 in Davos), alpine skier, competed in the
1968 Winter Olympics
- Nicolas Gilliard
(born 1947 in Davos), swimmer, competed at the
1968 Summer Olympics
- Paul Accola
(born 1967 in Davos),
alpine skiing World Cup
, overall champion
- Martina Accola
(born 1969, Davos), alpine skier, competed in the
1994
and
1998 Winter Olympics
- Andrea Senteler
(born 1977), cross-country skier, competed in the
1998 Winter Olympics
- Carmen Schafer
(born 1981 in Davos), a curler
- Andres Ambuhl
(born 1983 in Davos), ice hockey forward
- Iouri Podladtchikov
(born 1988), a Russian-born Swiss snowboarder, brought up in Davos, gold medallist at the
2014 Winter Olympics
- Dino Wieser
(born 1989 in Davos), ice hockey forward
- Stefanie Muller
(born 1992 in Davos), Alpine snowboarder, competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics
- Claude-Curdin Paschoud
(born 1994 in Davos), ice hockey defenceman
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