Altes Zollhaus und Rothuus

If you look over the ground square today, you will see the result of a small

Transport revolution. Until the early 19th century, the mule track led through

the old upper village. With the expansion of the new road,

the centre of Splügen, however, falls into the valley. From the once relaxed

settlement area, an important traffic junction of the

Alpine region: horses were changed, travellers were accommodated and goods were

over the passes.

The spacious ground square with its paving and the

stone façades almost resemble an Italian piazza. Here, in the

In the 1830s, the Old Customs House – at that time the most modern customs and

Post station of Graubünden. The monumental building was originally wide

larger than today and was oriented towards the late classicist style that was popular at the time.

throughout Europe. When freight traffic stopped at the end of the 19th century.

century, the building lost its importance. After a

reconstruction in 1908, only a part of the original

Complex preserved.

If you look closely, however, you will discover arched windows,

Tuff décor and other traces of its former glory. The open arcade

was only created in 1983/84 and with its echoes of Italian

Renaissance architecture brings a touch of postmodernism to Splügen. Instead of

of the southern wing, the so-called Rothuus was built in 1908. Designed

it was designed by Otto Schäfer, one of the most influential Graubünden architects of his

Time. The house stands for the local style, which reinvents regional building traditions

. The mighty roof, the coloured façade, the

Wooden windows and the polygonal bay window – details that still retain the character of the

of the building.