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| Population | 5,121 (December 2005) | |||||||||
| - Density | 178 /km² (462 /sq. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the states of the Federal state of Switzerland. Graubünden or Grisons ( German:, gʁaʊˈbyndən Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun) is the largest and easternmost In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own Maloja ( Distretto di Maloggia) is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume mi. ) | |||||||||
| Area | 28.69 km² (11.1 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,822 m (5,978 ft) | |||||||||
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| Postal code | 7500 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 3787 | |||||||||
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Bever, Celerina/Schlarigna, Samedan, Silvaplana | |||||||||
| Twin towns | Bariloche (Argentina), Kutchan (Japan), Vail (USA) | |||||||||
| Website | www.stmoritz.ch | |||||||||
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Popular pastimes include skiing and hiking, and nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course. Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage The Cresta Run is a natural ice 12125 m (3978 ft over three-quarter mile long skeleton racing sled run or track in the Swiss Winter sports town of A toboggan is a simple Sled used on snow to carry one or more people (often children down a hill or other slope for recreation
The year-round population is 5600, with some 3000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds.
Since the registration of a new trademark by the tourist office in 1987, St. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Moritz is also known as Top of the World.
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Sport
St. Lake St Moritz (German St Moritzersee, Romansh Lej da San Murezzan) is a Lake near St Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1948 It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS It is one of three cities that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice, the others being Innsbruck, Austria and Lake Placid, New York in the United States. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. Lake Placid is a Village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Additionally, it has hosted the FIBT World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton racing) a record 21 times. The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in Bobsleigh, bobsled or bobsledge is a Winter sport invented by Englishmen in the late 1860s in which teams make timed runs down narrow twisting banked Skeleton is a Winter sport in which competitors aim to drive a one-person Sled in a prone head-first position down an ice track in the fastest time
Tourist attractions
- The Segantini Museum: dedicated to Giovanni Segantini, a painter that lived the last 5 years of his life in Engadine painting "nature, life, death". Giovanni Segantini ( January 15, 1858 - September 28, 1899) was an Italian painter.
- The bobsled run: a very rare natural bob sleigh. The St Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun (known officially as the Olympia Bobrun St It is typically up and running by mid December each year
- Viewing the glacier landscape: there are a number of notable vistas. Much can be seen by descending from Diavolezza to the Morteratsch Glacier. The Diavolezza (it Devil) is a mountain in the area of Pontresina in Graubünden. The Morteratsch Glacier (romansh Vadret da Morteratsch) is the largest Glacier by area in the Bernina Range of the Bündner Alps in Switzerland
- The 3300 metres high Piz Corvatsch with its ice cave and its eight-kilometer long ski slope down to St. Piz Corvatsch (3451 m is a Mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland. term ice cave refers to any type of natural Cave (most commonly Lava tubes or Limestone caves that contains significant amounts of perennial (year-round Moritz-Bad.
In popular culture
- St. St Moritz library is a Library in St Moritz in Switzerland. Located inside the old school building dominating the Plazza da Scoula in the town the Moritz was mentioned in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger as a skiing resort. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Goldfinger (1964 is the third James Bond film, as well as the third to star Sean Connery as MI6 agent James Bond. Also mentioned in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story For Your Eyes Only ( 1981) is the 12th Spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Roger Moore as MI6
- In the Ian Flemming novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service the villian Blofeld uses Piz Gloria, a mountaintop facility in a resort near St. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the eleventh novel in Ian Fleming 's James Bond series Piz Gloria is the name of the Revolving restaurant on the Schilthorn near Mürren in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Moritz, as his base of operations. Ironically, the real Piz Gloria is in another part of Switzerland.
- St. Moritz is mentioned in the song Where do you go to my lovely by Peter Sarstedt and the song I Wouldn't Dream Of It by the New Zealand band Split Enz. Peter Sarstedt (born Peter Eardley Sarstedt, 12 December, 1942, Delhi, India) is a Singer-songwriter. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Split Enz was a successful New Zealand band during the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn.
- St. Moritz is also mentioned in the book of the Belgian writer Aster Berkhof named 'Veel geluk, professor!'
- St. Moritz is also a brand of menthol cigarettes distributed by British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco Plc (, KLSE: BAT is a leading British -based Tobacco company
See also
External links
- http://www.stmoritz.ch Official website
- http://www.stmoritz-gemeinde.ch (German) (French) (Italian) (Romansh) Municipality
- St. The historic Palace Hotel in St Moritz &mdash more recently renamed as Badrutt's Palace Hotel is an internationally known destination famous for its glitz and glamor The Glacier Express is an express train which connect the two major mountain resorts of St The Bernina Express is an express train which connects Chur (or Davos) to Poschiavo and Tirano crossing the Swiss Alps from north The Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen Alpes suisses Alpi svizzere Alps svizras are the central portion of the Alps Mountain range that lies within Moritz in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an Encyclopedia on the History of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research
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