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The landscape of Davos (in the Walser German local dialect Tafaas also Tafaa) includes almost the entire Landwasser valley in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The political municipality with numerous settlements consists of the six parliamentary groups of Davos Dorf, Davos Platz, Davos Frauenkirch, Davos Glaris, Davos Monstein and Davos Wiesen in the Prättigau/Davos region. Since the middle of the 19th century At the end of the 19th century, Davos developed into a well-known climatic health resort and winter sports area; the population increased from 1,680 in 1850 to over 11,000 in 1930. The six districts - autonomous faction communities - are in the direction of flow of the Landwasser river: Davos Dorf, including the Flüela valley, the settlement of Wolfgang with the road crossing Passhöhe Wolfgang and the hamlet of Laret beyond the pass, Davos Platz, including the Dischma valley, Davos Frauenkirch, including the Sertig valley , Davos Glaris Davos Monstein Davos Wiesen The fractions Frauenkirch, Glaris and Monstein together form the so-called undercut. The two largest fractions Dorf and Platz are located in the almost flat upper valley section and are due to the building activity of the 20th century. Century merged into a four kilometer long strip of settlements. A large number of individual farms and alpine settlements are scattered across the entire municipal area. With the incorporation of Wiesen at the beginning of 2009, Davos became the largest municipality in Switzerland, just ahead of Bagnes (282 km²), but lost this leading position again at the beginning of 2011 to the newly created municipality of Glarus Süd. Neighboring communities are Arosa, Bergün Filisur, Klosters-Serneus, S-chanf, Schmitten and Susch. Although individual finds in several places in the Davos landscape indicate that people have been moving through the area since the Bronze Age, the valley has probably only been inhabited since the High Middle Ages. Rhaeto-Romanic people first immigrated from the Albula Valley and the Engadin. Individual place and field names still point to this Romanesque layer; the name Davos itself, documented as Tavaus in 1213, is a derivation of Late Latin. *tovu 'tobel' < tubus 'tube' traced back to: *ad tovātos 'in places covered by ravine debris' or *ad tovānes 'near the ravine people'. Around 1280, the barons of Vaz Walser settled colonists and granted them comprehensive self-government rights in the 1289 feudal deed. Davos developed into the largest Walser settlement in Graubünden, founded the League of Ten Courts in 1436 as its main town the community exerted significant influence on the politics of the Three Leagues. In 1526 the place joined the Reformation. Until today's political communities were created with the new canton constitution in 1851, Arosa also belonged to Davos as a neighborhood. Until the second half of the 19th In the late 1900s, livestock breeding was the main source of income. On the left slope of the Zügen gorge - called Silberberg - were from 15. until 19. Century lead and zinc ores mined. In 1853 Alexander Spengler and later Willem Jan Holsboer discovered the soothing and health-promoting climate of the low-pathogen mountain air, which is particularly beneficial for people with lung diseases (e.g. tuberculosis and asthma). The fact that no house dust mites live at this altitude helps. In 1855 Hermann Brehmer initiated the epoch of lung sanatoriums in Görbersdorf in Silesia, the contemporary model for all climatic health resorts (later called "Silesian Davos"). One of the first winter spa guests in 1865 was Hugo Richter (1841-1921) from Königsberg, who was suffering from tuberculosis. The news of his rapid healing and other such healing stories made Davos world-famous as a climatic health resort. Richter stayed in Davos. In 1881 he founded the Davos newspaper. The liberal paper campaigned vehemently for the development of tourism in the region. His publishing company also published the Davoser Blatter, an entertaining magazine for spa guests. The Davoser Blatter regularly published guest lists, which attracted a great deal of attention and provided a topic for conversation. With the construction of the railway line from Landquart to Davos and its opening in 1890, the development of the town was accelerated: Hotels, guesthouses, sanatoriums and villas were built in large numbers. This made Davos world-famous as a climatic health resort. Davos was decisively influenced by the master builder and governor Gaudenz Issler (1853-1942). As a result, many cantons and states began to build their own sanatoriums in Davos. The best known, which still exist today, are the Deutsche Hochgebirgsklinik Davos Wolfgang, together with the Klinik Nederlands Astmacentrum Davos and the Zürcher Höhenklinik Davos Clavadel. Others were abolished, such as the Alexanderhausklinik in 2004, the Thurgauer/Schaffhauser Höhenklinik Davos in spring 2005 and the Basel sanatorium. Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain (1924) is set in Davos. It is based on a stay by his wife in a lung clinic in Davos before the First World War. In the Tourism advertising identifies the magic mountain with the Hotel Schatzalp. The first toboggan race was held in Davos in 1883. In addition to toboggan races on a separate track, bobsleigh races were also held from the Schatzalp. The writer Arthur Conan Doyle described skiing in Davos in a witty essay in 1889, triggering the resort's enduring popularity, especially among the British. The Davos sledge was also created at this time. In 1906, the first women's ice skating world championships were held in Davos. In December 1934, the world's first T-bar ski lift was put into operation in Davos am Bolgen by the Davos ski school. The almost 300 meter long lift was documented in a short film in January 1935. Today La Nuit blanche takes place there every year. A peculiarity of Davos were the cable car companies, which until a few years ago operated separately and opened up several separate ski areas in the Davos/Klosters area: Schatzalp/Strela, Brämabüel/Jakobshorn, Parsenn, Pischa, Rinerhorn and Madrisa (near Klosters). In 2002, the lift operation on the Schatzalp was discontinued. In the 2009/10 winter season, the Schatzalp/Strela ski area was reopened on a reduced scale. The largest natural ice rink in Europe is still located in the center of Davos. On this, for the first time since 1914, on the 6th January 2014 another bandy tournament was held in Switzerland. The 2016 Men's European Bandy Championship is the 2nd staging of this tournament and will also take place here. Right next door is the Vaillant Arena ice rink, the home of HC Davos, which was founded in 1921. As a “record champion”, he has won 31 Swiss championship titles to date. The stadium holds 7,080 seats. The Davosers achieved their last success in 2015 when they defeated the ZSC Lions 4-1 in the final series. Every year between Christmas and New Year since 1923, HC Davos has welcomed five – up to and including 2009 four – club teams to the international ice hockey tournament for the Spengler Cup. The hosts have a record 15 wins, the most recent of which was a 3-2 win over Dinamo Riga in the 2011 final. The Davos Nordic has been held annually since 1972. These races have officially been part of the FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup series since 1980. Athletes like Thomas Wassberg and Bjørn Dæhlie have celebrated victories in Davos. Davos Nordic can also benefit from the great successes of Dario Cologna – the The event has experienced a significant development spurt since 2007 and the number of spectators has multiplied. In summer, water sports such as windsurfing and beach volleyball can be practiced in the outdoor pool on Lake Davos.
Source: Wikipedia