Local, Church and Museum Tour

Description

Guided tour through Obermutten with essential information about the settlement by the Walser and the village history including the village fire of Obermutten. Visit to the church with explanations of the ecclesiastical connections between Unter- and Obermutten. Visit to the oldest Walser house, which has been set up as a village museum with the largest collection of antique lamps far and wide for 15 years.

The Walser settlement Mutten Obermutten was settled around 1300 by the Walser and is one of the oldest Walser colonies in Graubünden. The settlement was established in the special interest of the Freiherren von Vaz to guard the pass between Schams / Rheinwald and the Albula valley with the seat of the Freiherren von Vaz. The village stretches over three levels from the Albula to the Muttnerhorn. Untermutten has been the permanent residence at almost 1400 m above sea level for nearly two hundred years. Then follows the Stafel and finally the saddle "Z ouberst uuf", as Obermutten is called in the local language.
The Muttner initially belonged to the church of Salux/Salouf. In 1519 they helped build the church of the neighboring village Stürvis/Stierva and from 1582-1584 they built their own church in Untermutten and simultaneously converted to the Reformation. The church building proves that the Muttner lived permanently in Untermutten at that time. Due to overpopulation, several families moved to Obermutten at the end of the 17th century, where they built the now much-visited wooden church in 1718. Obermutten burned down in 1946. 17 buildings burned down to the foundations. The village still consists entirely of wooden buildings and has been listed in the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS) of national importance since 1973. Fortunately, four houses from the transition from the 17th to the 18th century have been preserved, a double house, an extended long house, and two long houses. One Walser long house has served a dual purpose for 15 years. It has been set up as a private museum with a large collection of antique lighting objects and can – when the guests have left – (with some restrictions) be inhabited by the owner family. In 1991, the Walser association Mutten was founded, which after 30 years transitioned into the museum association. During this time, four major exhibitions about the Muttner history were created and four books were written. The book "Muttner BärgSunntig" deals, among other things, with the peculiarities of the Muttner Walser dialect and refers to the field names, which are almost precisely placed on the field name map created in 1999. The book published in 2011 under the title "Diis Gsetz isch nit inschas Gsetz" contains 17 biographies from a period of 200 years. The most comprehensive work "Wege und Abwege zwischen Schyn und Viamala" tells about life in the two gorges. In the book "Muttner Küche gestern und heute" cooks of the last 30 years appear with their recipes, with a strong emphasis on grandmother's kitchen. The book in A4 landscape format is characterized by the fact that background stories are told on the right side to the recipes in words and pictures on the left side.

Registration desired by 5:00 p.m. the day before.

Transport connections 
Arrival: By post bus from Thusis: Thusis departs at 12:00; Obermutten arrives at 12:33
Return: Obermutten departs at 16:46; Thusis arrives at 17:23

• Summer
• Autumn

Highlights

• Guided tour through Obermutten with historical insights
• Visit to the church and the oldest Walser house
• Visit to the village museum with antique lamp collection

General Information

The tour in Obermutten offers insights into the history of the Walser settlement and the development of the village. Visitors learn more about the settlement, the church, and the museum exhibiting antique lamps. The event is organized by Viamala Tourism.

Location

7431 Obermutten, Schweiz

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