Sils im Engadin/Segl, Switzerland (Baseglia) - Mount la Magna, Church - postcard

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• Picture / Image:  "Mount la Morgana and Church in Sils, Baseglia" [known as Sils im Engadin/Segl in Switzerland]
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Sils im Engadin/Segl (German: Sils im Engadin; Romansh About this soundSegl (help·info)), often also as Sils i.E./Segl, is a municipality and a village in the Maloja Region, Upper Engadine in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

The municipality consists of two villages Segl Maria (Romansh, German: Sils Maria; Seglias is part of Segl Maria) and Segl Baselgia (German: Sils Baselgia; Baselgia is Romansh for church), the Val Fex (German: Fextal), and the three Maiensässe (Alpine pastures traditionally used for spring grazing) Grevasalvas, Blaunca and Buaira above Plaun da Lej on the left side of the valley.

The municipality's official label uses both the German and the Romansh versions of the municipality's name: Segl is the Romansh version while Sils im Engadin is the German. Engadin is Romansh for "Valley of the Inn (Romansh: En)", the river, which flows northeast from Maloja through Sils Baselgia and eventually into the Danube at Passau, Germany at the German-Austrian border.

Sils i.E is distinguished from Sils im Domleschg in another Swiss watershed. Sils was originally divided into the three hamlets of Segl Baselgia and Segl Maria, and Seglias.

The coat of arms is Per fess Azure a Sun radiated Or and Or a Trout Azure spotted Gules.[3] It shows a blue upper half with a golden sun and a yellow lower section with a blue trout. It is a combination of the historical village coats of arms and represents the sunny and elevated location of the municipality and the fish-filled Lake Sils.

Sils im Engadin/Segl is first mentioned around 800–850 as Silles. In 1131 it was mentioned as Sillis.[4] Until 1943, Sils im Engadin/Segl was known as Sils im Engadin.[5]

Located in the valley of Upper Engadine, Sils i.E./Segl nestles between Lake Sils and Lake Silvaplana at the foot of Piz Corvatsch and Piz da la Margna and below the Val Fex, a valley in the south. The municipality belongs to the Maloja District.

Sils im Engadin/Segl has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 63.58 km2 (24.55 sq mi).[6] Of this area, about 25.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 61.7% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of 38 ha (94 acres) or about 0.6% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 5 ha (12 acres) over the 1985 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 6 ha (15 acres) and is now about 0.16% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, 307 ha (760 acres) is fields and grasslands and 1,435 ha (3,550 acres) consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 119 ha (290 acres). At the same time the amount of forested land has increased by 117 ha (290 acres). Rivers and lakes cover 404 ha (1,000 acres) in the municipality.[7][8]

The plain is cultivated in grass, the steep slopes are heavily forested.