Sils im Engadin/Segl
municipality in Switzerland
Sils im Engadin/Segl (German: Sils im Engadin; Romansh ) is a municipality in the Maloja Region, Upper Engadine in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. It consists of:
two villages, Segl Maria (Romansh, German: Sils Maria; Seglias is part of Segl Maria) and Segl Baselgia (German: Sils Baselgia; Baselgia is Romansh for church)
the Val Fex (German: Fextal) and
three Maiensässe, or Alpine pastures, used for spring grazing, namely Grevasalvas, Blaunca and Buaira, above Plaun da Lej
Name and coat of arms
The municipality's official label uses both the German and the Romansh versions of its name: Segl is the Romansh version while Sils im Engadin is the German. Engadin is Romansh for "Valley of the Inn (Romansh: En)", the river, which flows northeast from Maloja through Sils Baselgia and eventually into the Danube at Passau, Germany at the German-Austrian border.
Sils i.E is distinguished from Sils im Domleschg in another Swiss watershed. Sils was originally divided into the three hamlets of Segl Baselgia, Segl Maria, and Seglias.
The coat of arms is Per fess Azure a Sun radiated Or and Or a Trout Azure spotted Gules. It shows a blue upper half with a golden sun and a yellow lower section with a blue trout. It is a combination of the historical village coats of arms, and represents the municipality's sunny, elevated location and the fish-filled Lake Sils.
History
Sils im Engadin/Segl is first mentioned around 800–850 as Silles. In 1131 it was mentioned as Sillis.
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