Schiers
Schiers is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons. The first concrete girder bridge ever built, Salginatobel Bridge, is located in Schiers.
- Type: Village with 2,640 residents
- Description: municipality in Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH3962”, “Fajauna-Stels”, “Lunden GR”, “Maria-Montagna”, “Pusserein”, “Schiers GR”, “Schuders”, and “Shirs”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Schiers railway station and Reformierte Kirche St. Johann (Schiers).
Grüsch railway station
Railway station
Grüsch railway station is a railway station in the… Grüsch railway station is situated 3½ km west of Schiers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furna and Seewis im Prättigau.
Furna
Village
Seewis im Prättigau
Village
Schiers
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Region Prättigau / Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.9689° or 46° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
9.69° or 9° 41′ 24″ east
Population
2,640
Elevation
1,115 metres (3,658 feet)
Open location code
8FRFXM9R+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Schiers” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Schiers”
- Basque: “Schiers”
- Breton: “Schiers”
- Catalan: “Schiers”
- Cebuano: “Schiers”
- Chinese: “希尔斯”
- Chinese: “希爾斯”
- Czech: “Schiers”
- Dutch: “Schiers”
- Esperanto: “Schiers”
- French: “Schiers”
- German: “Schiers”
- Hebrew: “שירס”
- Hungarian: “Schiers”
- Irish: “Schiers”
- Italian: “Schiers”
- Kazakh: “Ширс”
- Lombard: “Schiers”
- Malay: “Schiers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schiers”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schiers”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Schiers”
- Piemontese: “Schiers”
- Polish: “Schiers”
- Portuguese: “Schiers”
- Romansh: “Aschera”
- Russian: “Ширс”
- Spanish: “Schiers”
- Swedish: “Schiers”
- Swiss German: “Schiers”
- Turkish: “Schiers”
- Ukrainian: “Ширс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Schiers”
- Uzbek: “Schiers”
- Venetian: “Schiers”
- Volapük: “Schiers”
- Waray (Philippines): “Schiers”
- Welsh: “Schiers”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Montagna and Fajauna.
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Highlights: Gemeindekanzlei and Spielplatz Schiers.
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