Glarus (city)

Municipality in Switzerland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Glarus Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
	Coordinates: Template:Swiss populations data CH-GL) 47°02′N 9°04′E / 47.033°N 9.067°ECoordinates: Template:Swiss populations data CH-GL) 47°02′N 9°04′E / 47.033°N 9.067°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Glarus
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident; Peter Aebli FDP
Area
• Total	69.23 km2 (26.73 sq mi)
Elevation	472 m (1,549 ft)
Population (December 2003)
• Total	5,686
• Density	82.132/km2 (212.72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8750
Surrounded by	Ennenda, Innerthal (SZ), Luchsingen, Mitlödi, Muotathal (SZ), Näfels, Netstal, Riedern, Schwanden, Schwändi
Twin towns	New Glarus (Wisconsin), Kobryn (Belarus)
Website	www.stadt-glarus.ch ; SFSO statistics

Glarus (German: Glarus (info • help)) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

Glarus is on the Linth River. It is at the foot of the Glärnisch foothills.

Old coat of arms

History

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.^[1]

↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 18 February 2011

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Municipality in Switzerland

Coat of arms
Location of Glarus Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Coordinates: Template:Swiss populations data CH-GL) 47°02′N 9°04′E / 47.033°N 9.067°E / 47.033; 9.067Coordinates: Template:Swiss populations data CH-GL) 47°02′N 9°04′E / 47.033°N 9.067°E / 47.033; 9.067
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Glarus
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Peter Aebli FDP
Area
• Total	69.23 km² (26.73 sq mi)
Elevation	472 m (1,549 ft)
Population (December 2003)
• Total	5,686
• Density	82.132/km² (212.72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8750
Surrounded by	Ennenda, Innerthal (SZ), Luchsingen, Mitlödi, Muotathal (SZ), Näfels, Netstal, Riedern, Schwanden, Schwändi
Twin towns	New Glarus (Wisconsin), Kobryn (Belarus)
Website	www.stadt-glarus.ch SFSO statistics