Prättigau
Valley in Switzerland
title: "Prättigau" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["regions-of-switzerland", "valleys-of-the-alps", "valleys-of-the-grisons", "alpine-rhine-basin"] description: "Valley in Switzerland" topic_path: "geography/switzerland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prättigau" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Valley in Switzerland ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Prättigau |
| photo | Prättigau S.jpg |
| photo_caption | View to the south |
| map | Switzerland |
| coordinates | |
| location | Switzerland |
| elevation_m | 1400-600 |
| direction | NW |
| length | 33 km |
| depth | 1000-1700 m |
| type | glacial |
| topo | swisstopo |
| towns | |
| watercourses | Landquart, Schranggabach, Schmittnerbach, Pendlatobel, Tersierbach, Schraubach, Furner Bach, Arieschbach, Schanielabach, Schwarzbach, Sagabach, Casolf, Parzelvabach, Gross Alpbach, Schlappinbach, Stützbach, Verstanclabach, Vereinabach |
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|name = Prättigau |photo = Prättigau S.jpg |photo_width = |photo_caption = View to the south |photo_alt = |map = Switzerland |map_width = |map_alt = |map_caption = |coordinates = |coordinates_ref = |location = Switzerland |elevation_m = 1400-600 |elevation_ref = |direction = NW |length = 33 km |width = |area = |depth = 1000-1700 m |type = glacial |age = |boundaries = |topo = swisstopo |towns = |traversed = |watercourses = Landquart, Schranggabach, Schmittnerbach, Pendlatobel, Tersierbach, Schraubach, Furner Bach, Arieschbach, Schanielabach, Schwarzbach, Sagabach, Casolf, Parzelvabach, Gross Alpbach, Schlappinbach, Stützbach, Verstanclabach, Vereinabach The Prättigau is a geographical region in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It consists of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in the town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters.
Landquart is a village with a railway junction on the flat floor valley of the Alpine Rhine just north of Chur, the capital of the Grisons.
The Prättigau is a tourist destination for winter and summer activities, including downhill and cross-country skiing, tobogganing and hiking.
Traditionally, towns in the Prättigau were reliant on the lumber industry, although the income from tourism has largely replaced that.
The historical American Van Leer family claims lineage from this area through Swiss archives.
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