Guided tour of the town, church, and museum

Tour of Obermutten with key information about the Walser settlement and the history of the village, including the village fire in Obermutten. Visit to the church with an explanation of the ecclesiastical connections between Untermutten and Obermutten. Visit to the oldest Walser house, which has been set up as a village museum for 15 years and houses the largest collection of antique lamps far and wide.

The Walser settlement of Mutten Obermutten was settled by the Walser people around 1300 and is one of the oldest Walser colonies in Graubünden. The settlement was established at the special request of the Barons of Vaz for the purpose of guarding the pass between Rheinwald the Albula Valley, where the Barons of Vaz had their seat. The village stretches over three levels from the Albula to the Muttnerhorn. Untermutten has been the permanent residence at an altitude of almost 1,400 meters above sea level for almost two hundred years. Then comes Stafel and finally the saddle "Z ouberst uuf," as Obermutten is called in the local language.
The people of Muttner initially belonged to the church of Salux/Salouf. In 1519, they helped build the church in the neighboring village of Stürvis/Stierva, and in 1582-1584 they built their own church in Untermutten and converted to the Reformation at the same time. The church building proves that the people of Muttner lived permanently in Untermutten at that time. Due to overpopulation, several families moved to Obermutten at the end of the 17th century, where they built the wooden church in 1718, which is now a popular tourist attraction. In 1946, Obermutten burned down. Seventeen buildings were reduced to ashes. The village still consists entirely of wooden buildings and has been listed in the Federal Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites (ISOS) of national importance since 1973. Fortunately, four houses from the transition from the 17th to the 18th century have been preserved: a semi-detached house, an extended longhouse, and two longhouses. One of the Walser longhouses has been serving a dual purpose for 15 years. It has been converted into a private museum with a large collection of antique lighting fixtures and, once the guests have left, can be used as a residence (albeit with restrictions) by the owner family. In 1991, the Walser Association of Mutten was founded, which after 30 years became the Museum Association. During this time, four major exhibitions on the history of Mutten were created and four books were written. The book "Muttner BärgSunntig" deals, among other things, with the peculiarities of the Mutten Walser dialect and refers to the field names, which are precisely marked on the field name map created in 1999. The book published in 2011 under the title "Diis Gsetz isch nit inschas Gsetz" contains 17 biographies from a period of 200 years. The most comprehensive work, "Wege und Abwege zwischen Schyn und Viamala" (Paths and byways between Schyn and Viamala), tells of life in the two gorges. The book "Muttner Küche gestern und heute" (Muttner cuisine yesterday and today) features chefs from the last 30 years with their recipes, with a focus on grandmother's cuisine. The A4 landscape format book is unique in that the recipes are accompanied by background stories on the right-hand page, with text and images on the left-hand page.

Registration requested by 5:00 p.m. the day before.

Transport connections
Getting there: By Postbus from Thusis: departs Thusis at 12:00 p.m.; arrives in Obermutten at 12:33 p.m.
Return journey: departs Obermutten at 4:46 p.m.; arrives in Thusis at 5:23 p.m.

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