On a late evening tour, we go in search of these secret inhabitants in our neighbourhood with the snail enthusiast Ueli Schneppat in Chur.

In spring, frogs, newts, dragonflies and other animals should feel comfortable in and around the pond again. That's why we clean the three amphibian ponds on the Rossboden in autumn, cut hedges and pluck neophytes.
More than 20 years ago, the pond club created amphibian ponds on the Rossboden together with the city of Chur. Together with the WWF, we maintain the small pond landscape.

Continue writing your own story or poems, get tips on finding a publisher or be inspired by new writing impulses – everything is possible. Come by, write along, exchange ideas or just listen. Here you will find creative coaching, exciting texts and an inspiring atmosphere that ranges from rap and spoken poetry to short stories, Swiss German and High German, to your own book.

«InkSpot" is the perfect space for young people who like to write and want to exchange ideas with others. Whether you're just starting out or you're already far along, Gian Marco Schmid and Martina Caluori will help you unleash your potential. Everyone is welcome.

Management: Martina Caluori, Gian-Marco Schmid
Age: from 14 – 18 years

Graubünden Awards Ceremony

Bündner helfen Bündnern presents the Bündner Awards every year. A sign of appreciation – thanks for social commitment.
The award is given to people, companies or organizations that are particularly committed to helping those in need of support.

The extremely popular gala evening will take place on Saturday, 25 October 2025 from 20:00 - 00:30 at the Titthof Chur with various musical and cultural contributions as well as the presentation of the Bündner Awards and well-known representatives of Graubünden politics and the Graubünden media landscape.

Performing artists:
Oberalp Chapel, Slam Poet Jachen Wehrli, Country Formation Route 65, LED show with 1 artist, Los Chicos Perefidas. The evening will be hosted by Beat Tschümperlin, ehm. SRF Musikwelle and Rico Risch, President Bündner helfen Bündnern.

Beach tennis is a combination of tennis, beach volleyball and badminton and, as the name of the sport suggests, is played on sand. The games not only impress with their speed but also with athletic jumps.

Beach tennis is easy to learn, even for beginners.


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God's Time is the Very Best Time (Actus tragicus) BWV 106
Blessed is he who relies on his god BWV 139
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God BWV 80

The first weekend in November 2025 falls on both the Catholic holidays of All Saints/All Souls' Day and Reformation Day. The Bach-Verein Chur takes this into account with the Reformation anthem "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" BWV 80 and the funeral cantata BWV 106 "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit", also known as "Actus tragicus". This cantata by the composer, who was probably only 22 years old at the time of its composition, is one of his most important works. Alfred Dürr describes the cantata in his book as "a work of genius, such as even great masters rarely succeed in. The link between these two very contrasting cantatas is BWV 139 "Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott".

The ensemble
Bach Choir Chur
Bach Orchestra Chur
Pieder Jörg, organ/harpsichord
Soloists: Manuela Tuena, soprano; Nora Bertogg, mezzo-soprano; Christoph Waltle, Tenor; Mattias Müller-Arpagaus, baritone


The Association
Committed musicians came together in Chur in 2019 to perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach. After successful first concerts, the Bach-Verein Chur was founded in the sense of a support association. This has set itself the goal of rehearsing concerts with music by J. S. Bach every year and, if possible, taking local musicians into account. From initial ripiano tasks, a 25-member choir of advanced amateur singers has been formed. The soloist and instrumental ensemble has been able to establish itself over the years. To date, the Bach-Verein Chur has performed 21 Bach cantatas. At the beginning of April 2022, the "St. John Passion", one of the most important works of church music, was on the program. In addition to the two usual concert weekends in Chur and the surrounding area, an engagement on October 27, 2024 also took our ensemble to Weiningen ZH - where a kind of "best-of" from our previous programs of recent years was heard.
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