Preda
Village in Grisons canton, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Preda is a small village within the Swiss municipality of Bergün Filisur (until the end of 2017 Bergün/Bravuogn), district of Albula, Canton Graubünden (Grisons), in the East of Switzerland.[1]
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Coordinates: 46.588328°N 9.777218°E / 46.588328; 9.777218 | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Grisons |
District | Albula |
Municipality | Bergün Filisur |
Elevation | 1,789 m (5,869 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 7482 |
SFOS number | 3521 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-GR |
Surrounded by | Bergün |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
The name Preda, like Prada, derives from the Latin pratum = meadow.[2]
Preda is located in the upper valley of the Albula Alps. It lies on the road over the Albula Pass at 1789 metres above sea level (a.s.l.) and at the north portal of the Albula Tunnel of the Rhaetian Railway. To reach Preda, while avoiding too steep ramps, the Rhaetian Railway needs passing several valleys over impressive viaducts and cross-cutting the mountain in several spiralling tunnels (Kehrtunnel [de] in German). This allows the railway to overcome a difference in altitude of 416 metres from Bergün to Preda. The line runs from Chur or Davos to St. Moritz and ends at the route of the Glacier Express.