Calfreisen, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Calfreisen / Chiaunreis, Graubünden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Calfreisen (Romansh: Chiaunreis) is in the Schanfigg sub-district of the Plessur district and the Graubünden canton. It is located on the north slope of the Schanfigg mountain.

Calfreisen (prior to 2013) has an area of 5.2 km² (2.0 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 49.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 30.0% - forested
 * 1.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 18.8% - non-productive

History
In 1156, Calfreisen was first mentioned by the name of Caureisene. Calfreisen (Romansh: Chiaunreis) is in the Plessur district and the Graubünden canton.

Calfreisen merged into the Arosa municipality on 1 January 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Arosa
 * Castiel
 * Langwies
 * Lüen
 * Molinis
 * Peist
 * St. Peter-Pagig

The population history of Calfreisen is:

1808 - 57 inhabitants 1850 - 	98 inhabitants 1900 - 58 inhabitants 1950 - 60 inhabitants 1980 - 34 inhabitants 1990 - 54 inhabitants 2000 - 45 inhabitants 2010 - 54 inhabitants

Calfreisen reports to Castiel parish.

Church Records
Calfreisen is part of the parish of Castiel. See Castiel for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Graubünden census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Calfreisen:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876.

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Graubünden State Archives. The following records are available:
 * Both A and B registers are available through 1916-1917 and are open without restriction.
 * Family registers are available from at latest 1860 through 1910; these records are viewable but require permission to access. For more information, contact the State Archive.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Calfreisen prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in Romansh and German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)