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25-685: The Sernftal or Kleintal is an alpine valley within Glarus Süd , in the canton of Glarus , Switzerland . It is formed by the Sernf , a right tributary of the Linth . Situated in the Sernftal are the villages of Elm (977 m) and Engi (812 m). The Panix Pass at 2407 m connects the Sernftal with the anterior Rhine valley in Grisons . The valley is the site of an important geological feature of

50-815: A mountain range in central Switzerland . They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of the Glarus Alps contains a major thrust fault that was declared a geologic UNESCO World Heritage Site (the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona ). The Glarus Alps extend well beyond the canton of Glarus , including parts of

75-571: Is located on the Hauptstrasse 17 , which runs the length of the canton of Glarus before climbing the Klausen Pass into the canton of Uri , as well as being the terminus of the Weesen to Linthal railway line that parallels the main road and the Linth river through Glarus. The high alpine Klausen Pass is normally only open to traffic between June and September, and for the rest of the year

100-718: Is part of the Glarus thrust and culminates at Piz Sardona . This mass is cleft by a deep valley — the Calfeisental: one branch, culminating in the Pizol (2,844 m), extends east over Pfäfers , while another, including the highest peak of the canton of St. Gallen , the Ringelspitz (3,247 m), runs due east to the low Kunkels Pass (1,357 m), separating this range from the Calanda . Main glaciers  : The chief passes of

125-709: Is the Crispalt, a rugged range including many peaks of nearly equal height. The highest of these are the Piz Giuv (3,096 m) and Piz Nair . The name Crispalt is given to a southern, but secondary, peak of Piz Giuv, measuring 3,070 m. West of the main group is the Rienzenstock, while a northern outlier culminates in the Bristen . East of the Crispalt, the Chrüzli Pass separates this from the rather higher mass of

150-933: The Bifertenbach , the Sandbach , the Walenbach and the Limmerenbach . These collect the water from several glaciers, including the Clariden Glacier and the Biferten Glacier , and drain the Limmerensee , a reservoir created as part of the Linth–Limmern scheme. The former municipal boundaries of Linthal, as of 2006, included all of the watershed of the Linth and its tributaries upstream of

175-611: The Glarus Alps , the Glarner Hauptüberschiebung , a notable fault in alpine geology . A scale model of the feature is on exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History . The name Sernf (earlier also Sernft ) is of pre-Germanic origin, either Celtic or an example of Old European hydronymy . It derives from a hypothetical *Sarnivos , containing a PIE root *ser "to flow". The name of

200-765: The Gross Windgällen , belonging to the canton of Uri, is connected with the Tödi by the range of the Clariden Grat, north to the Hüfi Glacier . A less important branch encloses the Biferten Glacier , and terminates in the Selbsanft , south of Tierfehd. Towards the valley of the Vorderrhein a high promontory stretches nearly due south from the central peaks of the Tödi, and is crowned by the summit of

225-687: The Oberalpstock (3,328 m). Here occurs a partial break in the continuity of the chain. The crest of the snowy range connecting the Oberalpstock with the Tödi nowhere sinks to 9,000 feet, but makes a sweep convex to the north, forming a semicircular recess, whose numerous torrents are all poured into the Rhine through the Val Russein below Disentis . Two glacier passes lead over this part of

250-661: The Panixer Pass (7,907 ft). Numerous summits, of which the Vorab proper and Piz Grisch are the most important, approach very near, but do not quite attain to 10,000 feet. The eastern limit of the latter group is marked by the Segnas Pass  [ de ] — the most frequented of those connecting the Canton Glarus with the Vorderrhein — beyond which arises a wide-stretching mass of rock and glacier, which

275-685: The Piz Posta Biala. Another considerable ramification of the same mass terminates farther to the east in the peak of the Cavistrau . The Kisten Pass separates the Tödi group from the Hausstock , whose summit attains 3,158 m; a branch of this latter group forms the range of the Kärpf in the canton of Glarus. The Hausstock is cut off from the rather lower but more extended mass of the Vorab by

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300-586: The Sernf river has received some attention in German online culture as the "fifth German word in -nf ", popularized by Bastian Sick in his Spiegel Online blog. The word fünf "five" is the only genuinely German word with this ending, the others are early loanwords, including Hanf "hemp" (from kánnabis ) and Senf "mustard" (from sinapis ), and the toponym Genf " Geneva ", from Genava . Glarus Alps The Glarus Alps ( German : Glarner Alpen ) are

325-584: The Tödi Range, from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass , are: Linthal, Glarus Linthal is a village and former municipality in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland . The village lies near the head of the valley of the Linth river , and at the foot of the Klausen Pass into the canton of Uri . It is the terminus of the railway line that traverses

350-517: The cantons of Uri , Graubünden , and St Gallen . Conversely, not all the mountains in the canton of Glarus are part of the Glarus Alps, with those to the north of the Urner Boden and to the west of the valley of the river Linth considered to be part of the Schwyz Alps . The main chain of the Glarus Alps can be divided into six minor groups, separated from each other by passes, the lowest of which exceeds 7,500 ft. The westernmost of these

375-711: The chain — one to west, over the Brunnigletscher to the Maderanertal ; the other to the north-east, over the Sand Glacier, to the Linthal . The Tödi , the highest of the range and of north-eastern Switzerland (3,614 m), is attended by numerous secondary peaks that arise from the extensive snow-fields surrounding the central mountain. A very considerable outlyer, whose chief summits are the Schärhorn and

400-534: The hourly Zürich S-Bahn service S25 from Zürich . PostBus Switzerland operates a service from Linthal station to Fluelen station , on the Gothard railway and Lake Lucerne , which provides several daily return journeys across the Klausen Pass between May and September. Outside that period, a minibus service called the Urnerboden Sprinter provides three connections a day to Urnerboden on

425-621: The length of Glarus. Linthal is first mentioned in 1289 as Lintal . In 1879, Linthal was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen. The road over the Klausen Pass was built between 1895 and 1900. Construction of the Linth–Limmern hydro-electric power scheme , in the mountains above Linthal, commenced in 1957, and was fully operational by 1968. In 2011,

450-648: The municipality of Linthal was merged into the new municipality of Glarus Süd . The village Linthal lies at the head of the valley of the Linth river , at an altitude of approximately 650 m (2,130 ft). It is surrounded by mountains, including Ortstock (2,717 m or 8,914 ft), Clariden (3,267 m or 10,719 ft), Tödi (3,614 m or 11,857 ft), Bifertenstock (3,419 m or 11,217 ft), Selbsanft (3,029 m or 9,938 ft), Ruchi (3,107 m or 10,194 ft), Hausstock (3,158 m or 10,361 ft) and Kärpf (2,794 m or 9,167 ft). The Klausen Pass climbs out of

475-466: The population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule ). Linthal has an unemployment rate of 2.22%. As of 2005 , there were 64 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 128 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 13 businesses in this sector. 177 people are employed in

500-495: The population has decreased at a rate of -21.6% . Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (84.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.0%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.8%). In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 48.7% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to the SVP with 41.7% of the vote. In Linthal about 52% of

525-463: The resort village of Braunwald lies on a terrace some 600 m (2,000 ft) above the valley. To the south, there are no further villages in the valley, but a side road continues past scattered farmsteads to Tierfehd, where there is one of the Linth–Limmern power stations . Beyond Tierfehd, the Linth valley splits into several tributary valleys, including those of the Oberstafelbach ,

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550-482: The road and railway up the valley form the only access to the village. There are two railway stations within the village. Linthal station is the main station, and the terminus of the line, whilst Linthal Braunwaldbahn station provides a convenient interchange between the main line railway and the Braunwald funicular that links Linthal with the resort of Braunwald on the slopes above. Both stations are served by

575-474: The route to the pass. From Tierfehd , aerial cableways lead to Kalktrittli and Baumgartenalp . The funicular of the Linth-Limmern plant, Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern , starts from there as well. Linthal, as of 31 December 2020 and as defined by its former municipal boundaries, has a population of 1,088. As of 2007 , 11.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years

600-507: The valley between the Ortstock and Clariden and carries a road into the canton of Uri . The Richetli Pass , between the Kärpf and Hausstock, carries a walking trail to the head of the valley of the Sernf river , a tributary of the Linth. The village is divided into three sections: Matt, Dorf and Ennetlinth. To the north of Linthal, the next village down the valley is that of Rüti , whilst

625-465: The village. This encompasses an area of 131.2 km (50.7 sq mi), of which 16.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (66.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It was the largest municipality in the Canton of Glarus, and is about 1/5 of the total area in the canton. Linthal

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