Linthal, Glarus

Coordinates: 46°55′N 9°00′E / 46.917°N 9.000°E / 46.917; 9.000
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Linthal
Village (and former municipality)
Coat of arms of Linthal
Coat of arms
The former municipal area (2007)
The former municipal area (2007)
Coordinates: 46°55′N 9°00′E / 46.917°N 9.000°E / 46.917; 9.000
CountrySwitzerland
CantonGlarus
MunicipalityGlarus Süd
Area
 • Total131.24 km2 (50.67 sq mi)
Elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)
Population
 (December 2020)
 • Total1,088
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)

Linthal is a village and former municipality in the municipality of

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 the length of Glarus.[1]

History

Aerial view from 300 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)

Linthal is first mentioned in 1289 as Lintal.[2]

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.[2]

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, the municipality of Linthal was merged into the new municipality of Glarus Süd.[3]

Geography

Linthal, looking across the village towards the upper end of the valley
View of village, looking down the valley from the Klausen Pass road

The village Linthal lies at the head of the valley of the

Sernf river, a tributary of the Linth.[1]

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 the resort village of Braunwald lies on a terrace some 600 m (2,000 ft) above the valley.[1]

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

Limmerensee, a reservoir created as part of the Linth–Limmern scheme.[1]

The former municipal boundaries of Linthal, as of 2006, included all of the watershed of the Linth and its tributaries upstream of the village. This encompasses an area of 131.2 km2 (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.[1][4]

Transport

Linthal is located on 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 the road and railway up the valley form the only access to the village.[1]

There are two railway stations within the village.

Braunwald funicular that links Linthal with the resort of Braunwald on the slopes above. Both stations are served by the hourly Zürich S-Bahn service S25 from Zürich.[5][6]

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 the route to the pass.[7][8]

From Tierfehd, aerial cableways lead to Kalktrittli and Baumgartenalp. The funicular of the Linth-Limmern plant, Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern, starts from there as well.

Demographics

Linthal, as of 31 December 2020 and as defined by its former municipal boundaries, has a population of 1,088.[9] As of 2007, 11.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[10] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -21.6%[clarification needed]. 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%).[4]

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.[4]

In Linthal about 52% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[4]

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 the tertiary sector, with 41 businesses in this sector.[4]

The historical population is given in the following table:[2]

year population
1777 994
1799 1,538
1850 1,745
1880 2,301
1900 1,894
1950 1,741
1960 2,645
1970 1,458
2000 1,200

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Linthal". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in German). 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  3. ^ "Gemeinde Glarus Süd" [Glarus Süd Municipality] (in German). Gemeinde Glarus Süd. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 2009-09-10
  5. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ziegelbrücke - Linthal" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Flüelen–Klausen–Linthal" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  8. ^ "Der Urnerboden Sprinter" (in German). Walker′s Söhne GmbH. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  9. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  10. ^ Canton Glarus population growth Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 9 September 2009

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