Samnaun - The Facts
The first settlers to Samnaun, in around the year 800 AD, were farmers from the Lower Engadine, arriving with their cattle in search of new pastures. Samnaun has been inhabited year-round since about 1200 AD.Due to its unique location, Samnaun has, in many respects, developed in a very distinctive way. Certain individual features have emerged over the years which are still observable today. An excerpt from the history of the valley in the border triangle region: