City of Glarus
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The City of Glarus is a historic Swiss town and capital of the canton of Glarus, known for its role in late medieval conflicts and its picturesque Alpine setting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glarus (town) | 2 |
| City of Glarus canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ town ⓘ |
| canton | Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOf | canton of Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
railway line to Linthal
ⓘ
railway line to Zurich ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| economyCurrently |
light industry
ⓘ
services sector ⓘ |
| economyHistorically |
printing industry
ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ |
| elevation | about 472 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasChurch | Evangelical Reformed church of Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvent | cantonal Landsgemeinde in Glarus (held in town) ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
cantonal government buildings
ⓘ
historic town center ⓘ town church of Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMountainBackdrop | Glärnisch massif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Linth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport | Glarus railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOCodeRegion | CH-GL ⓘ |
| isSeatOf |
cantonal courts of Glarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cantonal government of Glarus ⓘ cantonal parliament of Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic townscape
ⓘ
picturesque Alpine setting ⓘ role in late medieval conflicts ⓘ |
| localDialect | Alemannic German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glarus valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Linth river valley NERFINISHED ⓘ canton of Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| postalCode | 8750 ⓘ |
| religionHistorically | Protestant Reformation stronghold ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Glarus (town)