The Valser Rhine ( German : Valser Rhein ) is a source of the river Rhine in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The river originates from the Länta Glacier and the Grauhorn Glacier at the northern foot of the Rheinwaldhorn and initially flows through the valley Länta before it flows into the Zervreilasee reservoir. Before the construction of the reservoir, the brooks Hornbach and Canalbach would flow into Valser Rhine from the right at the village of Zervreila . Today, the brooks flow into the reservoir, as does the Finsterbach, also from the right.
4-866: Below the Zervreila dam, the Valser Rhine flows through the Vals Valley and the municipality of Vals . Before the village of Vals, the Peilerbach joins the Valser Rhine, below the village, the Tomuelbach from Tomül Pass joins from the right. The Valser Rhine then flows past St. Martin and joins the Glogn at Suraua . Several kilometers downstream, the Glogn flows into the Anterior Rhine . The Valser Rhine has many rapids and waterfalls and
8-567: Is very popular with canoeists. This Graubünden location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vals Valley The Vals Valley ( German : Valser Tal ) is located in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . The Vals Valley is a roughly 16 kilometers long valley. At Uors, it branches off to
12-574: The south from the Lumnezia . The valley is drained by the Valser Rhine . There are two municipalities in the valley: Vals and St. Martin . The population is spread out across several hamlets and the village of Vals-Platz , which has an altitude of 1250 m. They form a Walser enclave, since the people in the adjacent Lumnezia speak Romansh . Isolated finds show that the Vals Valley
16-801: Was used as a link between the Mesolcina and the Alpine Rhine Valley as early as the Bronze Age . The lower part of the valley was settled in the 12th Century, if not earlier. Low justice was provided by the court in Sagogn ; high justice by the barons of Belmont. In the 14th century, the upper part of the valley was settled by the Walser migration. Therme Vals , the only hot spring in Graubünden where hot water springs straight from
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