Trin

Trin is a municipality in the district of Imboden in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Crestasee is located in Trin.

History

Trin is first mentioned in the 12th Century as Turunnio.

Geography

Trin is perched on the mountain-side above the Rhine valley on the road between Domat/Ems and Flims. The village of Mulin (also in the municipality) is at the foot of the slope on the edge of the valley.

Trin has an area, as of 2006, of 47.2 km² (18.2 sq mi). Of this area, 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (40.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located in the Trins sub-district of the Imboden district. It consists of the villages of Trin, Digg and Mulin. Until 1943 Trin was known as Trins.

Demographics

Trin has a population (as of 31 December 2014) of 1,276.As of 2008, 11.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.1%.

Carl Bernhard von Trinius

Carl Bernhard von Trinius (6 March 1778, Eisleben – 12 March 1844, St. Petersburg) was a German-born botanist and physician.

He studied medicine at several universities, earning his medical doctorate at the University of Göttingen in 1802. In 1808, after time spent as a physician in Hasenpoth, he served as a personal physician to Antoinette, Duchess of Württemberg (née Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) for the next 16 years. During this time period, he traveled extensively throughout Germany and Russia. In St. Petersburg, he became good friends to author Ernst Moritz Arndt. After the death of the duchess in 1824, he remained in St. Petersburg as an imperial physician, and along with a medical practice, he dealt with botanical concerns at the Academy of Sciences.

From 1829 to 1833, he taught classes in natural sciences to the future Russian monarch, Czar Alexander II. In 1836-1838, he took an extended scientific journey to Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Vienna, Munich and Dresden, a trip in which he studied various botanical collections.

Trin (Rhaetian Railway station)

Trin is a station on the Chur-Disentis railway line.

Rhaetian Railway services

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