Schiers
Sign in to saveSchiers () is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons. The first concrete girder bridge ever built, Salginatobel Bridge, is located in Schiers. Designed by Robert Maillart and completed in 1930, in 1991 it was the first concrete bridge to be designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Schiers
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Reformierte Kirche Schiers 20.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Schiers COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Schiers Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Grisons
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-GR
- Swiss town.district
- Prättigau/Davos
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 7220
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 3962
- Swiss town.area
- 61.66
- Swiss town.elevation
- 660
- Swiss town.website
- www.schiers.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Mathis-Müller Joos
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Fanas, Furna, Grüsch, Jenaz, Luzein, Sankt Antönien, Seewis im Prättigau, Tschagguns (AT-8), Vandans (AT-8)
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Schiers () is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons. The first concrete girder bridge ever built, Salginatobel Bridge, is located in Schiers. Designed by Robert Maillart and completed in 1930, in 1991 it was the first concrete bridge to be designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
==History== Schiers is first mentioned in 1101 A.D. as Scieres.