Zizers

History

Zizers is first mentioned in 824 as Zizuris. Of note, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria-Hungary, died in Lower Castle Zizers where she had long resided.

Geography

Zizers has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and 8.4% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of or about 6.9% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of over the 1985 amount. Of the agricultural land, is used for orchards and vineyards and is fields and grasslands. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by . Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by . Rivers and lakes cover in the municipality. Before 2017, the municipality was the capital of the sub-district of Fünf Dörfer in the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is located on the most important road through the Rhine river valley. Until 1854 Mastrils was part of Zizers. In 1913 the enclaves of Oberzollbruck (population in 1910, 30), Russhof (population 91) and Untere Mühle (population 8) became part of Igis.

Most-observed species

• Narrow-leaved Ragwort

  Senecio inaequidens DC. · Magnoliopsida
  19,453
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  8,215
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  5,721
• Scotch Argus

  Erebia aethiops Esper, 1777 · Insecta
  4,157
• Chalk-hill Blue

  Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) · Insecta
  3,519
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,966
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  2,623
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  2,426

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 2.5 — 2021-10-03
  5 km NNE of Silandro, Italy
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.6 — 2020-08-08
  5 km SE of Gramais, Austria