Davös'

Davös' (Romansch Tavau) is a small valley lying amongst the Alps of the Eastern Grisons, 16 miles SE. of Coire. The village of Davos-Platz stands 5105 feet above sea-level; but the valley, inclosed by lofty hills, has become famous as a health-resort in winter, especially for such as suffer from chest disease. The air is still and dry, and throughout the winter there is a great deal of bright, warm sunshine. Till lately mere out-of-the-way hamlets, the villages of Davos-Platz and Davos-Dörfl have now eight or ten hotels, numerous villas and chalets, several doctors, and daily posts. The 3561 inhabitants of the valley, which till 1848 was one of the 26 independent republics of the Grisons, are mostly German Protestants. See works by Wise (1881) and Muddock (1884); and J. A. Symonds, Our Life in the Swiss Highlands (1892).