Scuol

Geschichte

Scuol is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The official language in Scuol is Romansh. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into Scuol.NameThe official name has undergone several changes in the 20th century: Until 1943, the official name of the municipality was Schuls. In 1943, it was changed to Bad Scuol/Schuls. In 1970 Schuls was dropped as an official name, leaving only Bad Scuol. In 1999 Bad was dropped, leaving today's name, Scuol.HistoryScuol is first mentioned in 1095 as Schulles.The Neo-Renaissance style Grand Hotel Waldhaus Vulpera in Scuol-Tarasp with Sgraffito-Elements was opened on 8 June 1897 and was one of the first addresses in the Swiss Alps and was a major Belle Époque monument in Europe.GeographyAfter the 2015 merger Scuol had an area of. Before the merger Scuol had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 144.14km2. Of this area, about 26.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 46.1% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 37ha and the agricultural land has decreased by 146ha.