Maienfeld
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Maienfeld () is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story Heidi.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Maienfeld
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Maienfeld, Graubünden, Szene im Ort 1.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Maienfeld COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Maienfeld Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Grisons
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Landquart
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7304
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3953
- Swiss town.area
- 32.34
- Swiss town.elevation
- 635
- Swiss town.highest
- Hinter Grauspitz
- Swiss town.highest_m
- 2574
- Swiss town.population
- 2767
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2015
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2015
- Swiss town.website
- maienfeld.ch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Maienfeld
- Population
- 2945
- Area
- 32.33
- Elevation
- 1469
- Official website
- www.maienfeld.ch
- Image
- Maienfeld Ansicht.jpg
- Dialing code
- 081
- Licence plate code
- GR
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- postal code
- 7304
- Commons category
- Maienfeld
- P8168
- Marcus Morton
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3953
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- Demographics
- Tourism
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Politics
- Education
- Economy
- Religion
- Transport
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Maienfeld () is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story Heidi.
== History == thumb|left|Schloss Brandis with vineyards in the foreground Maienfeld lies along a key route through the Rhine Valley in the Alps. Prehistoric Bronze work and a pre-Roman cellar have been found in the city and on St. Luzisteig hill. A 3rd-century Roman station or settlement has been found along the old Roman Road. The 4th or 5th century Tabula Peutingeriana map shows a place called Magia near modern Maienfeld.
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