Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares international borders with Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol and Lombardy), Austria (Vorarlberg) and Liechtenstein. The name Graubünden translates as the "Grey Leagues," referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the League of God's House, the Grey League, and the League of Ten Jurisdictions. Graubünden is also home to three of Switzerland's ethnic groups and the subsequent languages of Swiss German, Italian and Romansh are all native to the province. It is also the only canton where the ancient Romansh dialects are still spoken.Arosa is first mentioned about 1330 as Araus. In 1383 it was mentioned as Orossen and in 1428 it was first mentioned as Arosa.The first known settlements are from the 13th century. After 1300 Arosa German-speaking Walser settlers came from Davos and replaced the Romansh-speaking original inhabitants. During the following centuries, the inhabitants subsisted on alpine pasture economy. Until the year 1851 it was politically a part of the Davos municipality. Arosa was discovered as a health resort by a German doctor in 1883, and the first sanatorium was opened in 1888. From 1900 on it became by and by also a winter resort. 1938 the first ski elevators were constructed, and 1956 the Weisshorn cable car was opened and further rope and chair lifts followed.Aroser WeisshornSkiing in Switzerland received a big boost in England from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series. Doyle, an avid sportsman, was spending winter time in Davos. For entertainment, he ordered some skiing "boards" from Norway and hiked up the mountain with two local guides. They then skied down into Arosa, ending their journey with a luncheon at a local inn, the Seehof, the first Hotel in Arosa. Doyle wrote of his pioneering Davos/Arosa ski adventure in a British magazine, The Strand, in 1894, and the story attracted British skiers to SwitzerlandThe two lakes in the center of Arosa are Obersee (upper lake) and Untersee.Der Gründjitobel-Viadukt ist eine einspurige Eisenbahnbrücke der Rhätischen Bahn auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Langwies im Kanton Graubünden in der Schweiz.Das Bauwerk befindet sich auf der Schmalspurstrecke der RhB von Chur zum Sport- und Ferienort Arosa, zwischen Peist und Langwies im Gebiet Matten-Gründji. Der Viadukt führt die Eisenbahnstrecke über das Gründjitobel, einer tief eingeschnittenen, mit sandigen Erosionsgebilden («Steimannli») versehenen Moränenschlucht aus Kies.Der Gründjitobel-Viadukt ist insgesamt 145 m lang. Die Hauptöffnung besteht aus einem Bogen mit 85 m Stützweite und 46 m Höhe über dem Talgrund. Der gesamte Bau verlief praktisch störungsfrei und konnte in nur einem Jahr vollendet werden. Zusammen mit dem grösseren Langwieser Viadukt, als dessen Prototyp man das Bauwerk ohne weiteres betrachten kann, gehörte der Gründjitobel-Viadukt bei seiner Errichtung zu den weitestgespannten Eisenbahnbrücken der Welt. Das Lehrgerüst, welches bereits beim Bau der Halenbrücke Verwendung fand, stammte wie beim Langwieser Viadukt von Richard Coray aus Trin. Erbaut wurde das Werk von der Firma Müller, Zeerleder und Gobat

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