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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Glarus (town) 2
City of Glarus canonical 1
town of Glarus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
canton Glarus ⓘ
capitalOf canton of Glarus ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Glarus
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 ⓘ
hasEvent cantonal Landsgemeinde in Glarus (held in town) ⓘ
hasLandmark cantonal government buildings ⓘ
historic town center ⓘ
town church of Glarus ⓘ
hasMountainBackdrop Glärnisch massif ⓘ
hasRiver Linth ⓘ
hasTransport Glarus railway station ⓘ
historicalRegion Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
ISOCodeRegion CH-GL ⓘ
isSeatOf cantonal courts of Glarus ⓘ
cantonal government of Glarus ⓘ
cantonal parliament of Glarus ⓘ
knownFor historic townscape ⓘ
picturesque Alpine setting ⓘ
role in late medieval conflicts ⓘ
localDialect Alemannic German ⓘ
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
Glarus valley ⓘ
Linth river valley ⓘ
canton of Glarus ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Glarus

eastern Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Switzerland
officialLanguage German ⓘ
postalCode 8750 ⓘ
religionHistorically Protestant Reformation stronghold ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Burgundian Wars → belligerent → City of Glarus ⓘ
Glarus → capital → Glarus (town) ⓘ
linked to: City of Glarus
Glarus → namedAfter → Glarus (town) ⓘ
linked to: City of Glarus
Klöntalersee → locatedNear → town of Glarus ⓘ
linked to: City of Glarus