Arosa

Arosa is a statistic metropolis and a municipality inside the Plessur Region inside the canton of Graubunden in Switzerland. It is each a summer and a wintry weather visitor lodge. On 1 January 2013, the previous municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Luen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa. At the cease of 2013 the Arosa ski resort became connected with Lenzerheide by cable-car, developing the new ski lodge of Arosa Lenzerheide. Since then shipping passes paintings in each inns.

The reputable language of Arosa is German, however the major spoken language is the local variation of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The resort is thought all through Switzerland for its well-known ice hockey group, the EHC Arosa which used to be one of the most a success groups inside. The first regarded settlements are from the thirteenth century. After 1300 Arosa German-speakme Walser settlers came from Davos and changed the authentic Romansh-speakme inhabitants.

During the subsequent centuries, the village had a subsistence alpine pasture economy. Until 1851 it was politically part of the Davos municipality. Arosa became installed as a health hotel through a German medical doctor in 1883, and the first health center became opened in 1888. From 1900 on it progressively evolved as a wintry weather inn. In 1938 the first ski lifts had been constructed, and in 1956 the Weisshorn cable car become opened and further rope and chair lifts followed.