Chur
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Chur is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland.
Chur, looking upstream, to the west
Chur in 1642, by Matthäus Merian
Watercolour drawing of Chur by Francis Nicholson (1753–1844)
Chur c. 1870. Etching by Heinrich Müller
Haldenstein
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Haldenstein is a former municipality in the Plessur Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Haldenstein merged into the municipality of Chur.
The Protestant church in Haldenstein
Burg Haldenstein (fortress)
Ruins of Haldenstein fortress