History of Vandans 

Why is vandans called "VANDANS" AND WHERE DOES THIS NAME COME FROM?

The very early occupants of Vandans were Romans in the 10th century. Many Roman names evidence this time still today. Afterwards settled the Celts and different tribes of German Alemannians. Only from the 13th century, German Walser tribes from the Swiss canton of Wallis settled in this area.

By the year 1754 Vandans had 700 inhabitants and 933 already in 1823. The first church was built in 1480. At that time Vandans was a part of Tschagguns and it became a separate vicarage in 1651.

The four main torrents (until 1903 still 10 torrents and ditches) Aualatsch from Golm, Allmustrik from the Rellstal valley, Mustrigiel from the Valkastiel gorge and the Ladritsch torrent from the Vensertobel marked the village atmosphere and were a very big challenge for the peopel in former times. They called the village "ad fontanas" (at the waters). Documents from the year 1432 report about Fondans and other archives from the year 1488 talk about Vondanns.

The village area features 53km² and stretches from the Ill to the Swiss border in the West with Schweizer Tor, Lünsersee lake and Schesaplana. At the moment, Vandans has 2,950 inhabitants.

Tourism in Vandans dates back to the 1920s. Already then the Krone, Gemsle and Sonne guesthouses accommodated guests. The natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, the Lünsersee lake, the Zimba and Schesaplana were already famous at that time. Until 1959 tourism was mainly organized in summer. But the conversion works of the material cable railway Golm to passenger transport also attracted more and more winter tourists. Today Vandans features about 110,000 overnight stays and about 29,000 tourists.