![Marmorera: The end of a village, the beginning of a reservoir...](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titel-marmorera-300x225.jpg)
A village disappears underwater
Which is better: getting an income and supplying energy for a distant city, or keeping your home and living in poverty? In the Graubünden village of Marmorera the verdict, reached democratically, was clear. Zurich needed electricity, and many of the villagers needed money. And so, in the middle of the 20th century, the town disappeared under the waters of a reservoir.
![View of the Marmorera reservoir, 1954.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/stausee-300x191.jpg)
![Marmorera relocation work. The picture was taken in 1952.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/umsiedlung-1-300x210.jpg)
![Marmorera around 1913.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/dorf-marmorera-300x191.jpg)
![On 12 October 1953, “Die Tat” reported on the electricity from Marmorera, which was welcomed in Zurich.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/die-tat-300x298.jpg)
Dive in the reservoir of Marmorera. YouTube