Plessur
The Plessur is a river, 33 km long, and a right tributary of the Rhine running through the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its head is near Arosa in the Plessur Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: river with 41,700 residents
- Description: river in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Region Plessur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lüen-Castiel railway station and St. Peter-Molinis railway station.
Lüen-Castiel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andres Passwirth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lüen-Castiel railway station is a railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway of the Rhaetian Railway. It is situated in Lüen and also serves nearby Castiel.
St. Peter-Molinis railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Peter-Molinis railway station is a Swiss railway station on the Chur–Arosa railway of the Rhaetian Railway. It is situated between the villages of Molinis and St. Peter, both within the municipality of Arosa, though slightly nearer to Molinis.
Aroser Weisshorn
Peak
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aroser Weisshorn is a mountain of the Plessur Alps, overlooking Arosa in the canton of Graubünden. A two-stage cable car links the top of the mountain with the town and resort of Arosa — the base station is near to Arosa railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arosa and Molinis.
Arosa
Photo: Ch-info.ch, CC BY 3.0.
Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort. On 1 January 2013, the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St.
Molinis
Village
Photo: Bernina, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Molinis is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Molinis, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Peist and St.
Castiel
Village
Photo: Xenos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castiel is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Castiel, Calfreisen, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St.
Plessur
- Location: Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Plessur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Plessur”
- Belarusian: “Плесур”
- Bulgarian: “Плесур”
- Catalan: “Plessur”
- Cebuano: “Plessur”
- Chinese: “普萊蘇爾河”
- Dutch: “Plessur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پليسور”
- Esperanto: “Plessur”
- French: “Plessur”
- Georgian: “პლესური”
- German: “Plessur”
- Irish: “Plessur”
- Italian: “Plessur”
- Korean: “플레수어강”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plessur-elva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plessur”
- Persian: “پلسور”
- Romansh: “Plessur”
- Russian: “Плессур (река)”
- Russian: “Плессур”
- Spanish: “río Plessur”
- Spanish: “Río Plessur”
- Swedish: “Plessur”
- Swiss German: “Plessur”
- Tosk Albanian: “Plessur”
- Ukrainian: “Плессур”
- Venetian: “Fiume Plessur”
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