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Vineyards of Jenins – Jenins: Village and Church loop from Malans GR
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Vineyards of Jenins – Jenins: Village and Church loop from Malans GR
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Vineyards of Jenins – Jenins: Village and Church loop from Malans GR
01:02
16.0km
220m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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4.95 km
Maienfeld Town Hall
Highlight • Monument
City Hall, Maienfeld
Nothing is known exactly about the origin of the historic town. What is certain, however, is that the settlement was built before the Romans invaded. However, it is assumed that it was a little further towards the St. Luzisteig. Various bronze finds and a so-called shell stone, which was discovered at the top of the town in an old cellar vault, are considered proof of the pre-Roman origin of the settlement.
The first written information about the existence of the settlement comes from the year 831. At that time the settlement was called Lupinis. Even in Roman times it was called Statio Maiensis or Magia. The place name is said to have changed over the centuries as follows: from Magia to Lupinis, from Magenza to Lupinis again, then from Lopine, Maging, Magen to Luppinis and Lupis. In 1295 the name Maienvelt appears for the first time. Personal names are said to be in the names Maging and Lupinis, but this could never be properly proven.
It is not known and unfortunately not mentioned anywhere when the town received its town charter, the ring walls and the ditch. However, it is generally assumed that this happened in the 11th or 12th century. The town had three gates; the Linden or Churertor, the Lindauer-Bregenzertor and the Rheintörlein, which led to the so-called Schifflände. It is well known where the gates were, but nothing remains of them today.
On the other hand, the original city walls have been preserved in three places, in front of the Churertor, at the Pfrundhaus and below the town hall. The castle, today's Schloss Maienfeld, was closely connected to the town, but had its own fortress walls and was outside the town. During this time and later during the Bündner turmoil, many fights take place on the Luzisteig. The town suffered a lot from this. At the same time, the plague killed more than half of the population within a year. Eight big fires are mentioned, the whole city burned down in the war year 1622. In order to protect themselves from looters, often Austrian hordes, a separate militia in uniforms in the city colors was formed in Maienfeld. Even before the Reformation, first mentioned around 1510, an elementary school was founded, which was particularly famous under Hans Ardüser in 1577.
Text / source: CITY ADMINISTRATION MAIENFELD
maienfeld.ch/geschichte
Nothing is known exactly about the origin of the historic town. What is certain, however, is that the settlement was built before the Romans invaded. However, it is assumed that it was a little further towards the St. Luzisteig. Various bronze finds and a so-called shell stone, which was discovered at the top of the town in an old cellar vault, are considered proof of the pre-Roman origin of the settlement.
The first written information about the existence of the settlement comes from the year 831. At that time the settlement was called Lupinis. Even in Roman times it was called Statio Maiensis or Magia. The place name is said to have changed over the centuries as follows: from Magia to Lupinis, from Magenza to Lupinis again, then from Lopine, Maging, Magen to Luppinis and Lupis. In 1295 the name Maienvelt appears for the first time. Personal names are said to be in the names Maging and Lupinis, but this could never be properly proven.
It is not known and unfortunately not mentioned anywhere when the town received its town charter, the ring walls and the ditch. However, it is generally assumed that this happened in the 11th or 12th century. The town had three gates; the Linden or Churertor, the Lindauer-Bregenzertor and the Rheintörlein, which led to the so-called Schifflände. It is well known where the gates were, but nothing remains of them today.
On the other hand, the original city walls have been preserved in three places, in front of the Churertor, at the Pfrundhaus and below the town hall. The castle, today's Schloss Maienfeld, was closely connected to the town, but had its own fortress walls and was outside the town. During this time and later during the Bündner turmoil, many fights take place on the Luzisteig. The town suffered a lot from this. At the same time, the plague killed more than half of the population within a year. Eight big fires are mentioned, the whole city burned down in the war year 1622. In order to protect themselves from looters, often Austrian hordes, a separate militia in uniforms in the city colors was formed in Maienfeld. Even before the Reformation, first mentioned around 1510, an elementary school was founded, which was particularly famous under Hans Ardüser in 1577.
Text / source: CITY ADMINISTRATION MAIENFELD
maienfeld.ch/geschichte
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6.16 km
Blauburgunder Vineyards at the Foot of the Falknis
Highlight • Structure
The calcareous, permeable soil at the foot of the Falknis, the good sunshine on the vineyards and the foehn enable the production of good wines. The Pinot Noir is predominant.
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8.39 km
Reformed Church Fläsch
Highlight • Religious Site
Mouse ears in the Reformed Church, bottle
Every year from spring to autumn, around 1,000 female mouse-eared bats gather in the bulbous tower of Fläsch Church to carry and raise their young. Both greater mouse-eared bats and the extremely rare lesser mouse-eared bats live in the colony. These two species look very similar to each other.
Since 1995, the population development of the Fläsch mouse-eared bat has been documented and monitored as part of a protection and monitoring program. The main players in monitoring the mouse-eared bat colony are the volunteer roost managers Ladina Thomasin-Kühne and Jörg Kühne. They are also the competent local contacts for the population and authorities when it comes to bats.
In 2018, the municipality of Fläsch was awarded the "Elisabeth and Oscar Beugger Prize" by the nature conservation organization Pro Natura for its "low-emission public lighting" project. The new lighting concept sets an important example for the protection of endangered animal species from too much artificial light and of course also for the protection of the Fläsch mouse-eared bats.
Text / source: Bat Conservation Foundation
fledermausschutz.ch/mausohren-flaesch-gr
Every year from spring to autumn, around 1,000 female mouse-eared bats gather in the bulbous tower of Fläsch Church to carry and raise their young. Both greater mouse-eared bats and the extremely rare lesser mouse-eared bats live in the colony. These two species look very similar to each other.
Since 1995, the population development of the Fläsch mouse-eared bat has been documented and monitored as part of a protection and monitoring program. The main players in monitoring the mouse-eared bat colony are the volunteer roost managers Ladina Thomasin-Kühne and Jörg Kühne. They are also the competent local contacts for the population and authorities when it comes to bats.
In 2018, the municipality of Fläsch was awarded the "Elisabeth and Oscar Beugger Prize" by the nature conservation organization Pro Natura for its "low-emission public lighting" project. The new lighting concept sets an important example for the protection of endangered animal species from too much artificial light and of course also for the protection of the Fläsch mouse-eared bats.
Text / source: Bat Conservation Foundation
fledermausschutz.ch/mausohren-flaesch-gr
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11.0 km
Salenegg Castle
Highlight • Castle
Salenegg Castle, Maienfeld
Salenegg Castle near Maienfeld has begun its journey through history under a different name. It was called Prestenegg at the time. The construction of Prestenegg was commissioned around the year 950 by the prior of the Pfäfers monastery. Perhaps the unobstructed view of the opposite side of the valley from Maienfeld, which has long and full sunshine and is therefore much warmer, led the monastery brothers to decide to have a small sunny dependency for those of them who had "Presten" (ailments, probably gout and rheumatism). A servitude that formally existed until the monastery was dissolved in 1838 obliged the lord of Salenegg to keep the monks of Pfäfers free of food on a certain day of the year. This, as well as other evidence, indicates a close connection between Salenegg and the Pirmin monastery. In 1330, Prestenegg came into the possession of the Counts of Vaz, in 1399 into the possession of the Counts of Werdenberg, later into the possession of the Toggenburg family, and in 1594 it was bought by Vespasian von Sal is. At that time, the house was renamed Salenegg. Since 1654, Salenegg Castle has been owned by the Gugelberg von Moos family, who still live in the house today. The Salenegg Castle winery, the oldest winery in Europe, is also the cradle of wine culture in the Graubünden region. Over the centuries, everyone has done their very best to preserve the castle.
Text / Source: graubuendenwein.ch
graubuendenwein.ch/de/winzerprofil/weingut-schloss-salenegg#:~:text=Seit%201654%20befindet%20sich%20Schloss,zum%20Erhalt%20des%20Schosse%20beigetragen.
Salenegg Castle near Maienfeld has begun its journey through history under a different name. It was called Prestenegg at the time. The construction of Prestenegg was commissioned around the year 950 by the prior of the Pfäfers monastery. Perhaps the unobstructed view of the opposite side of the valley from Maienfeld, which has long and full sunshine and is therefore much warmer, led the monastery brothers to decide to have a small sunny dependency for those of them who had "Presten" (ailments, probably gout and rheumatism). A servitude that formally existed until the monastery was dissolved in 1838 obliged the lord of Salenegg to keep the monks of Pfäfers free of food on a certain day of the year. This, as well as other evidence, indicates a close connection between Salenegg and the Pirmin monastery. In 1330, Prestenegg came into the possession of the Counts of Vaz, in 1399 into the possession of the Counts of Werdenberg, later into the possession of the Toggenburg family, and in 1594 it was bought by Vespasian von Sal is. At that time, the house was renamed Salenegg. Since 1654, Salenegg Castle has been owned by the Gugelberg von Moos family, who still live in the house today. The Salenegg Castle winery, the oldest winery in Europe, is also the cradle of wine culture in the Graubünden region. Over the centuries, everyone has done their very best to preserve the castle.
Text / Source: graubuendenwein.ch
graubuendenwein.ch/de/winzerprofil/weingut-schloss-salenegg#:~:text=Seit%201654%20befindet%20sich%20Schloss,zum%20Erhalt%20des%20Schosse%20beigetragen.
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13.4 km
Vineyards of Jenins
Highlight • Natural
Jenins Vineyards
Beautiful vineyard tour from Malans to Jenins
This beautiful vineyard tour from Malans to Jenins is part of the Graubünden Wine Trail. The hike through the vineyards of the Bündner Herrschaft region can be easily combined with a culinary stop at one of the wine cellars or inns in the wine-growing villages.
Text / Source: Reisememo, Zurich
reisememo.ch/schweiz/rundwanderung-weinberg-malans-jenins
Beautiful vineyard tour from Malans to Jenins
This beautiful vineyard tour from Malans to Jenins is part of the Graubünden Wine Trail. The hike through the vineyards of the Bündner Herrschaft region can be easily combined with a culinary stop at one of the wine cellars or inns in the wine-growing villages.
Text / Source: Reisememo, Zurich
reisememo.ch/schweiz/rundwanderung-weinberg-malans-jenins
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13.4 km
Jenins Reformed Church
Highlight • Religious Site
Reformed Church of Jenins
The church, under the patronage of St. Mauritius, is indirectly mentioned in a document from 1209. It is first clearly documented in 1330. Jenins adopted the Reformation as early as 1540, thus becoming a church for preaching. At the center of the choir, enclosed on three sides and spanned by a star vault, stands a baptismal font, which is also used as a communion table. The nave features a tapered coffered ceiling. The pulpit, without a sounding board, rests on a stone pedestal to the left of the choir. A wooden cross is mounted on the wall, atypical for Graubünden Reformed churches. The three-facade organ corresponds to the pulpit on the opposite side, to the right of the choir.
Text: Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformierte_Kirche_Jenins
The church, under the patronage of St. Mauritius, is indirectly mentioned in a document from 1209. It is first clearly documented in 1330. Jenins adopted the Reformation as early as 1540, thus becoming a church for preaching. At the center of the choir, enclosed on three sides and spanned by a star vault, stands a baptismal font, which is also used as a communion table. The nave features a tapered coffered ceiling. The pulpit, without a sounding board, rests on a stone pedestal to the left of the choir. A wooden cross is mounted on the wall, atypical for Graubünden Reformed churches. The three-facade organ corresponds to the pulpit on the opposite side, to the right of the choir.
Text: Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformierte_Kirche_Jenins
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13.5 km
Bündner Herrschaft Cycle Route: Malans – Jenins – Maienfeld – Fläsch
Highlight • Cycleway
Bündner Herrschaft Cycle Route Pleasure Tour
Directions
After leaving the e-bike station in Bad Ragaz, the route leads to the Rhine. On the other side of the Rhine, you cycle along the river to Landquart. The route then climbs through the villages of Malans and Jenins to the highest point towards Heididorf. From here, the route descends through the historic towns of Maienfeld and Fläsch, as well as the Reggberge Mountains, until you cross the Rhine again. After a refreshment stop at the Kuppelwieser farm shop, you cycle along the Rhine back to Bad Ragaz.
Text / Source: Graubünden Holidays, Alexanderstrasse 24, Chur
graubuenden.ch/de/touren/e-bike-genuss-tour-buendner-herrschaft
Directions
After leaving the e-bike station in Bad Ragaz, the route leads to the Rhine. On the other side of the Rhine, you cycle along the river to Landquart. The route then climbs through the villages of Malans and Jenins to the highest point towards Heididorf. From here, the route descends through the historic towns of Maienfeld and Fläsch, as well as the Reggberge Mountains, until you cross the Rhine again. After a refreshment stop at the Kuppelwieser farm shop, you cycle along the Rhine back to Bad Ragaz.
Text / Source: Graubünden Holidays, Alexanderstrasse 24, Chur
graubuenden.ch/de/touren/e-bike-genuss-tour-buendner-herrschaft
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13.5 km
Jenins: Village and Church
Highlight • Settlement
Jenins – The Pearl of the Bündner Herrschaft
Jenins, a charming wine village in the Bündner Herrschaft region, captivates with its breathtaking location and rich wine culture. As one of the highlights of wine tourism, Jenins's high-quality wines and picturesque landscape attract visitors from all over Switzerland and beyond.
Text / Source: Pur Animo.ch
puranimo.ch/jenins-buendner-weindorf-mit-weitblick/#:~:text=Jenins%2C%20ein%20charmantes%20Weindorf%20in%20der%20B%C3%BCndner%20Herrschaft%2C,aus%20der%20gesamten%20Schweiz%20und%20dar%C3%BCber%20hinaus%20an
Jenins, a charming wine village in the Bündner Herrschaft region, captivates with its breathtaking location and rich wine culture. As one of the highlights of wine tourism, Jenins's high-quality wines and picturesque landscape attract visitors from all over Switzerland and beyond.
Text / Source: Pur Animo.ch
puranimo.ch/jenins-buendner-weindorf-mit-weitblick/#:~:text=Jenins%2C%20ein%20charmantes%20Weindorf%20in%20der%20B%C3%BCndner%20Herrschaft%2C,aus%20der%20gesamten%20Schweiz%20und%20dar%C3%BCber%20hinaus%20an
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16.0 km
End point
Bus stop
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9.47 km
3.29 km
3.23 km
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14.3 km
1.56 km
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