Schiers
Schiers | |
|---|---|
Location of Schiers | |
| Coordinates: 46°58′N 9°41′E / 46.967°N 9.683°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Graubünden |
| District | Prättigau/Davos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mathis-Müller Joos |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.66 km2 (23.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 2,679 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 7220 |
| SFOS number | 3962 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
| Surrounded by | Fanas, Furna, Grüsch, Jenaz, Luzein, Sankt Antönien, Seewis im Prättigau, Tschagguns (AT-8), Vandans (AT-8) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Schiers (German pronunciation: [ˈʃiːɐs]) is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden. 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.