Canton of Glarus

E669560
canton of Switzerland

The Canton of Glarus is a mountainous canton in east-central Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, textile and hydroelectric industries, and uniquely democratic Landsgemeinde (open-air assembly) tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Canton of Glarus canonical 9
canton of Glarus 3
Kanton Glarus 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canton of Switzerland ⓘ
borderedBy Canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate alpine ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
economicSector hydropower ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Saint Fridolin with staff and book ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment direct democracy ⓘ
hasInstitution Landsgemeinde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLake Klöntalersee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Obersee (Glarus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Landsgemeinde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMunicipality Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glarus Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glarus Süd NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailConnection Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver Linth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasValley Linth valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPoint Tödi NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code CH-GL ⓘ
joinedSwissConfederation 1352 ⓘ
knownFor Alpine landscapes ⓘ
Landsgemeinde open-air assembly ⓘ
hydroelectric power production ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
largestCity Glarus NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainous true ⓘ
namedAfter town of Glarus ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
Swiss German dialects ⓘ
partOf Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
reformedMunicipalStructure 2011 ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
usesVotingMethod open-air show of hands ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canton of St. Gallen → borders → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Canton of Zürich → borderedBy → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
A3 motorway (Switzerland) → locatedIn → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
this entity surface form: canton of Glarus
Swiss cantons → include → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
canton of Uri → borders → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
this entity surface form: canton of Glarus
Battle of Grandson → hasParticipant → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Uri → borders → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Battle of Sempach → combatant → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
this entity surface form: canton of Glarus
Glarus → shortName → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanton Glarus
Glarus → shortName → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Appenzell → borderedBy → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Schwyz → borderedBy → Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Grisons → borderedBy → Canton of Glarus ⓘ