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16-404: Bilten is first mentioned in 1050 as Billitun . Bilten has an area, as of 2006, of 15.9 km (6.1 sq mi). Of this area, 37.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 50.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Bilten was the most northerly municipality in the canton and

32-400: A Fachhochschule ). Bilten has an unemployment rate of 1.66%. As of 2005, there were 66 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 509 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 30 businesses in this sector. 241 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 49 businesses in this sector. The historical population

48-624: A northerly direction to a confluence with its tributary outfall from Lake Walen (Walensee) on the Linth Plain, and then across that plain in a westerly direction to its mouth at the head of the Obersee section of Lake Zurich . As a result of the river regulation works (see below), the river is today diverted down an artificial channel in an easterly direction into Lake Walen. Another artificial channel (the Linth Channel) then takes

64-614: A rate of 6.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (79.4%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 5.5%) and Italian being third ( 3.9%). In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.2% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SPS with 43.7% of the vote. In Bilten about 54.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or

80-565: Is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus , and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich . It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) in length. The water power of the Linth was a main factor in the creation of the textile industry of the canton Glarus, and is today used to drive the Linth–Limmern power stations in its upper reaches. The river and its upper valley forms

96-558: Is a reservoir in the Canton of Glarus , Switzerland , between the peaks of Muttenchopf (2,482 m), Selbsanft (2,950 m) and Kistenstöckli (2,746 m). It may be reached by aerial tramway or by foot from Linthal . The Limmern dam was completed in 1963 and is the largest reservoir used by the Linth–Limmern Power Stations . The lake 's surface area is 1.36 km (0.53 sq mi). This article related to

112-593: Is given in the following table: The municipality is located on the A3 motorway . Bilten railway station is a stop of the Zurich S-Bahn service S2 . It is the penultimate stop on the S2 line southbound before Ziegelbrücke where the train terminates. In the other direction, the S2 heads towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich Flughafen and finally Effretikon. Linth The Linth (pronounced [ˈlɪnt] "lint")

128-469: Is located on the southern end of the Linth river. It consists of the linear village of Bilten, with the village sections of Ober-, Unterbilten and Rufi, and the hamlet of Ussbühl which is located on the border with the Canton of Schwyz . Bilten had a population (as of 2010) of 2,001. As of 2007, 28.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at

144-477: The Limmerensee , a part of the Linth–Limmern hydro-electric scheme . The river then flows north to the village of Linthal, the highest significant settlement on the river, and onwards through the canton of Glarus villages of Rüti , Betschwanden , Diesbach , Hätzingen , Luchsingen , Leuggelbach , Haslen , Nidfurn and Schwanden . In Schwanden, the Linth is joined by one of its principal tributaries,

160-587: The Sernf , which drains the south-eastern part of the canton of Glarus. From Schwanden, the river continues to flow north through the villages of Mitlödi and Ennenda and the town of Glarus before reaching the village of Netstal . In Netstal, the Linth is joined by the Löntsch , which drains the Klöntalersee . The Linth then flows between the villages Näfels and Mollis , from where it formerly flowed in

176-609: The boundary between the mountain ranges of the Glarus Alps , to its east and south, and the Schwyzer Alps , to its west. In its lower part, in the Linth plain ( Linthebene ), the Linth Canal forms the boundary between the cantons of Glarus and St. Gallen and part of the boundary between the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz . The river lends its name to the former canton of Linth (1798–1803). The river rises to

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192-513: The gravel could be deposited without damage. A second channel, the Linth Channel, connected the lakes of Walen and Zurich, replacing the former Maag. The river regulation put an end to the floodings, lowered the level of Lake Walen by some 5.4 meters which greatly improved living conditions for the population, and dried up the swamps, resulting in 20 km arable land in the Linth plain. Limmerensee Limmernsee (or Limmerensee )

208-411: The level of Lake Walen rise several meters and turned the whole countryside into swamps. Agriculture became more and more difficult, the poverty increased, and diseases like tuberculosis and malaria were rampant. The statesman , scientist , painter and manager Conrad Escher (later named "von der Linth") from Zurich developed and executed the plan of channeling the Linth into Lake Walen, where

224-467: The outfall of Lake Walen at Weesen and flows west through the Linth Plain and into the Obersee. The taming of the Linth ( German : Linthkorrektur ) from 1807 to 1823 was one of the great engineering feats of the early 19th century, the earliest project of such a size undertaken by the new Swiss state, and a great example of solidarity in early Switzerland. In the second half of the 18th century,

240-582: The situation of the population in the lower Glarus valley, the Linth Plain and around Lake Walen, was pretty disastrous: cutting down the woods of the Glarus valley during early industrialization led to more and more gravel coming down with the yearly spring high water which was deposited at the joining of Linth and Maag, the outflow of the Lake Walen, in the plain between Lake Walen and Lake Zurich. This caused frequent floodings and backing up of water which made

256-882: The south-west of the village of Linthal , at the foot the Tödi mountain (elevation 3,614 metres or 11,857 feet). It collects the water from several glaciers, including the Clariden Glacier and the Biferten Glacier , as well as various tributary streams, including the Oberstafelbach , the Bifertenbach , the Sandbach , the Walenbach and the Limmerenbach . The last of these is dammed to create

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