Glarus (city)
municipality and capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glarus (German: 
Glarus (help·info)) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
Glarus | |
|---|---|
 View of Glarus | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Glarus  | |
  Glarus  Glarus | |
| Coordinates: 47°02′N 9°04′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Glarus |
| District | n.a. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident Peter Aebli FDP/PRD |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103.68 km2 (40.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,425 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8750 |
| SFOS number | 1632 |
| Surrounded by | Ennenda, Innerthal (SZ), Luchsingen, Mitlödi, Muotathal (SZ), Näfels, Netstal, Riedern, Schwanden, Schwändi |
| Twin towns | New Glarus (Wisconsin), Kobryn (Belarus) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Glarus is on the Linth River. It is at the foot of the Glärnisch foothills.
The first mention of the town is from 1178.
It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 1700s and 1800s, the valley began to be industrialized.
In 1864, the first European labor law to protect workers was introduced in Glarus, prohibiting requiring workers to work more than 12 hours a day.
Since 1 January 2011, the municipality Glarus includes the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.[3]
Town center of Glarus
Glarus town hall
Landsgemeindeplatz
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
