Schiers
Schiers | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Schiers | |
Schiers Schiers | |
| Coordinates: 46°58′N 9°41′E / 46.967°N 9.683°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Grisons |
| District | Prättigau/Davos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mathis-Müller Joos |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.66 km2 (23.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft) |
| Population (December 2020) | |
• Total | 2,727 |
| • Density | 44.23/km2 (114.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 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.schiers.ch |
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 the Grisons. 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.