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31-519: The Klausen Pass is crossed by a paved road, which has a length, between Altdorf and Linthal, of 46 kilometres (29 mi). The road approaches the summit from Altdorf via the Schächen Valley communities of Bürglen , Spiringen and Unterschächen , and descends to Linthal via the Urnerboden . The road is normally closed between October and May, due to the high snowfall on the pass. During

62-700: A Fachhochschule ). Glarus railway station is on the Ziegelbrücke to Linthal railway line . It is served by the Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zürich and Linthal , and by the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden . As of the December 2023 timetable change, both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden. The stations of Ennenda and Netstal are also in

93-454: A customs office in Bürglen . According to legend, the border between Glarus and Uri was determined in 1315, following prolonged disputes. The two cantons agreed that at first cockcrow, two runners would start from Altdorf and Linthal, respectively, and the border would be where they met. The people of Glarus decided to feed their cock well, so that it might be sympathetic to their cause, while

124-711: A difficult position and he decided to retreat to Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz . While he was not a reformer at Glarus, there he began to develop the ideas that would lead to the break with the Catholic Church in Zürich In 1528 the Reformation gained a foothold in Glarus, directed by Zwingli in Zürich. Even though he had preached in Glarus for 10 years, the town remained strongly Catholic. However, following

155-784: A leader of the Reformation in Switzerland served in his first, Roman Catholic , ecclesiastical post in Glarus, starting around 1506. He served there for ten years. It was in Glarus, whose soldiers were used as mercenaries in Europe, that Zwingli became involved in politics. The Swiss Confederation was embroiled in various campaigns with its neighbours: the French, the Habsburgs, and the Papal States. Zwingli placed himself solidly on

186-797: A road was built from Altdorf to Unterschächen , and in 1893-99 the road was extended across the pass to Linthal. The building of the road required the demolition of the 1717-built chapel, and the current Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle was built in 1938. An historic hillclimb , almost 14 miles long, known as the Klausenpassrennen. Whitney Straight finished third in the 1934 event. 1922 Nieth (Hispano Suiza) 21m 42s 1923 Rutzler (Steyr) 20m 24.4s 1924 Merz (Mercedes) 18m 48.6s 1925 Masetti (Sunbeam) 17m 28.8s 1927 Rosenberger (Mercedes) 17m 17s 1929 Chiron (Bugatti) 16m 42.4s 1930 Chiron (Bugatti) 16m 24.6s 1932 Caracciola (Alfa-Romeo) 15m 50s 1934 Caracciola (Mercedes) 15m 22.2s (record) In 1993

217-549: A town which still holds onto its Swiss roots and enjoys a strong relationship with Glarus. On the 10/11 May 1861, the town was devastated by a fire that was fanned by a violent Föhn or south wind, rushing down from the high mountains through the natural funnel formed by the Linth valley. The total loss is estimated at half a million sterling, of which about £100,000 were made up by subscriptions that poured in from every side. About two-thirds of Glarus (593 buildings) were destroyed in

248-515: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Glarus Glarus ( German: [ˈɡlaːrʊs] ; Alemannic German : Glaris ; French : Glaris [ɡla.ʁis] ; Italian : Glarona ; Romansh : Glaruna ) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland . Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda , Netstal and Riedern . Glarus lies on

279-426: Is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 35.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 42 ha (100 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 60 ha (150 acres). Glarus has a population (as of December 2020 ) of 12,539. As of 2013 , 24.9% of

310-402: Is where the Glarus runner fell dead, exhausted from carrying the runner from Uri. In 1590, a hospital for travellers was built at Urnerboden , with the maintenance of the pass shared between the cantons of Uri and Glarus. In 1625 Glarus transferred their section of the route to a private individual. In 1717, a chapel was built at the summit, probably dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra . In 1870,

341-754: The Act of Mediation , the Canton of Linth was dissolved and Glarus became the capital of the smaller Canton of Glarus. In 1859, the railway reached Glarus from Weesen . The extension to Schwanden and Linthal opened in 1879. The town created the Emigration Society and sent Judge Niklaus Dürst and blacksmith Fridolin Streif to search for land to settle in North America in 1845. Later that year, 131 colonists from Glarus settled New Glarus, Wisconsin ,

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372-508: The Second war of Kappel in 1531 both the Catholic and Protestant residents were given the right to worship in town. This led to both religious groups using the town church simultaneously, an arrangement that caused numerous problems. By the 18th century both the groups shared the church but had separate organs. In 1697 there were two financially and theologically independent parishes meeting in

403-503: The tertiary sector provided 5,494 jobs in 923 businesses. In 2013 a total of 2.% of the population received social assistance. In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the BDP with 49.7% of the vote, followed by the SP with 47.7%. The remaining 2.6% went to unaffiliated or minor party candidates. In the federal election, a total of 3,250 votes were cast, and the voter turnout

434-534: The Klausenrennen memorial run took place, and is now held (nominally) every four years for vintage cars. The most recent event was held on 27–29 September 2013. Sch%C3%A4chen Valley The Schächental ( Schächen Valley ) is an alpine valley of Uri , Switzerland, formed by the river Schächen . The valley stretches to the east of Altdorf for some 10 km. Situated in the Schächental are

465-690: The big fire. After this incident, Glarus was rebuilt in block fashion according to construction plans by Bernhard Simon and Johann Caspar Wolff. In 1864, the first European labor law to protect workers was introduced in Glarus, prohibiting workers from working more than 12 hours a day. The town is located in the Glarner Mittelland on a broad valley floor between the Glärnisch and the Linth . The municipality Glarus before 2011 had an area of 69.2 km (26.7 sq mi). Of this area, 23%

496-607: The city church. Following the French invasion in 1798, Glarus became the capital of the Canton of Linth in the Helvetic Republic . The administration of the Canton moved into Glarus. However, the new administrators had difficulties in establishing and enforcing any new regulations. In August 1802 the administrators of the new Canton left Glarus for Rapperswil due to the difficulties they had faced in Glarus. In 1803, with

527-640: The municipalities of Bürglen (525 m), Spiringen (923 m) and Unterschächen (995 m). The valley terminates in the Klausenpass (1948 m), which connects to the Urner Boden , leading towards Glarus . A side valley, the Brunnital branches to the south of Unterschächen, extending for some 4 km. It terminates abruptly, in the steep northern slope of the Gross Windgällen . Upon leaving

558-407: The municipality, and served by the same trains. Between 1991 and 2020 Glarus had an average of 142.2 days of rain per year and on average received 1,494 mm (58.8 in) of precipitation . The wettest month was July during which time Glarus received an average of 193 mm (7.6 in) of precipitation. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 14.8 days. The months with

589-529: The open period, a PostBus Switzerland service crosses the pass several times a day, connecting Fluelen station , on the Gotthard railway and Lake Lucerne , with Linthal station , the terminus of the railway line through Glarus. At the top of the pass is a historic chapel, the Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle , whilst 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to the west side of, and 100 metres (330 ft) below,

620-463: The people of Uri gave theirs nothing to eat at all. The result was that the Glarus cock overslept, while the Uri one, driven by hunger, crowed exceptionally early, and the runner of Uri crossed the entire Urnerboden before the Glarus runner even set out. On the pleading of the Glarus runner, the man of Uri agreed to let him carry him back uphill as far as he could, and the present border between Uri and Glarus

651-454: The population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (86.0%), with Italian being second most common (4.8%) and Albanian being third (2.6%). The historical population is given in the following table: As of  2012 , there were a total of 8,148 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 175 people worked in 63 businesses in the primary economic sector . The secondary sector employed 2,479 workers in 200 separate businesses. Finally,

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682-427: The population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 3 years (2010-2013) the population has changed at a rate of 2.07%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2013, was 9.8 while the death rate was 8.4 per thousand residents. As of 2013 , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.3%. Most of

713-589: The river Linth between the foot of the Glärnisch (part of the Schwyzer Alps ) to the west and the Schilt ( Glarus Alps ) to the east. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861 remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are the dominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesque city church. Glarus is first mentioned in the early 9th century in Latin as Clarona . In 1178 it

744-622: The side of the Holy See . In return, Pope Julius II honoured Zwingli by providing him with an annual pension. He took the role of chaplain in several campaigns in Italy, including the Battle of Novara in 1513. However, the decisive defeat of the Swiss in the Battle of Marignano caused a shift in mood in Glarus in favour of the French rather than the pope. Zwingli, the papal partisan, found himself in

775-591: The summit is the Hotel Passhohe . As well as being a popular route for cyclists and motorcyclists, the Klausenpass also forms part of the Alpine Pass Route , a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland. However the hiking trail approaches the pass from both sides using a route different from that of the road. The Klausen Pass was originally a cattle track, which by 1196 was controlled by

806-524: The valley of Glarus. Glarus remained under the Säckingen Abbey until 1395 (intermittently under the overlordship of either the Counts of Lenzburg and Kyburg and/or Raetia Curiensis ), when the Glarus valley broke away from the abbey and became independent. It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the valley began to be industrialized. Huldrych Zwingli

837-744: The valley, the Schächen flows past Altdorf and joins the Reuss at Attinghausen . The inhabitants of the Schächen valley figure prominently in the formative phase of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the context of the struggle against the Habsburg feudal lords. According to Aegidius Tschudi (1570), William Tell was a native of the Schächen valley. 46°51′50″N 8°45′40″E  /  46.864°N 8.761°E  / 46.864; 8.761 This Canton of Uri location article

868-547: Was 41.1%. The 2015 election saw a large change in the voting when compared to 2011. The percentage of the vote received by the SP increased sharply from 28.9% in 2011 to 47.7% in 2015, while the percentage that the BDP dropped from 57.7% to 49.7%. In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Glarus

899-577: Was 48.2 per thousand residents. This rate is only 74.6% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 10.2 per thousand residents, which is similar to the rate in Glarus Süd, but about twice as high as the rate in Glarus Nord. In Glarus about 71.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

930-689: Was first mentioned in German as Glarus . On 10 February 878, the Emperor Charles the Fat gave his wife Richgard or Richardis the monasteries of Säckingen , of St. Felix and of Regula in Zürich as a royal estate. This land grant included extensive political rights and a large estate. This estate covered land in the Rhine and Frick valleys, the southern Hotzenwald , land in Zürich, along Lake Walen and

961-403: Was used for agricultural purposes, while 31.4% was forested; of the rest of the land, 2.7% was settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (42.9%) was non-productive (2006 figures). With the incorporation of Ennenda , Netstal and Riedern in 2011, the municipality Glarus now has an area of 103.67 km (40.03 sq mi). Based on the 2004/09 survey, about 26.3% of the total area

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