Glarus

Glarus is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011 the municipality has also incorporated the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern, which raised its area to about 103.67 square kilometres, and it had a population of 12,539 in December 2020. The town lies on the river Linth between the foot of the Glärnisch, part of the Schwyzer Alps, to the west and the Schilt in the Glarus Alps to the east. Very few buildings survive from before the great fire of 1861, and wood, textile, plastics and printing are the dominant industries; the neo-Romanesque city church is the symbol of the town. Glarus is first mentioned in the early 9th century in Latin as Clarona, and in 1178 it was first mentioned in German as Glarus. The land belonged to the Säckingen Abbey until 1395, after an estate grant of 878 that included the valley of Glarus.