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 | | The District of Rheinwald The District of Rheinwald comprises the upper part of the Hinterrhein valley, from the Rheinwaldhorn to the Rofla gorge, with the political communes of Hinterrhein, Medels i.Rh., Nufenen, Splügen, and Sufers. |
 | | The German name Rheinwald goes back to the Latin "in valle Reni" (documentary evidence 1274) and was interpreted by popular etymology as "Wald" (forest), as the bottom of the valley from Medels upwards could hardly have been cleared in 1300. |
 | | Upper Rheinwald up to the Vogelberg (San Bernardino), i.e., the territory of Nufenen and Hinterrhein, was probably only a region of forests and pastures before the Walsers settled there, except for a church at Sax-Misox and a hospice. |
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