Bergün/Bravuogn
village and former municipality in Bergün Filisur in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland
Bergün/Bravuogn (German: Bergün, Romansh: , in the local Romansh dialect Brauégn) is a village and former municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The double name (German/Romansh) has been the official name since 1943. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Bergün/Bravuogn and Filisur merged into the new municipality of Bergün Filisur.
History
Bergün/Bravuogn is first mentioned in 1209 as de Bregonio.
Geography
Bergün/Bravuogn has an area, as of 2006, of 145.6 km2 (56.2 sq mi). Of this area, 21.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (57.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Bergün sub-district of the Albula district, after 2017 it was part of the Albula Region. It is located on the Albula river and along the Albula Pass road. Lai da Ravais-ch is within the village.
The public source identifies “Bergün/Bravuogn” as village and former municipality in Bergün Filisur in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bergün, Bravuogn and village.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bergün/Bravuogn”, the useful work is to connect “village and former municipality in Bergün Filisur in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q68319. VIAF identifies the subject as 853145424656086831433. Authority coordinates are 46.630, 9.750. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943, 2018, 1209 and 2006.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bergün/Bravuogn” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.