Glarus: Vacation Apartments and Holiday Homes

Vrenelisgärtli, Bächihorn, Heustock and Plattenberg are located in the area surrounding Glarus. You can rent a vacation apartment in Glarus. For travelers interested in mountain landscapes, this connection is a clear point of reference.

Culture and Landscape

The Church of St. Adelrich is located in the wider regional surroundings of Glarus. For those interested in culture, it is therefore a specific cultural point of reference around Glarus.

Glarus lies on the Linth between the foot of the Glärnisch in the Schwyzer Alps and the Schilt in the Glarus Alps.

The neo-Romanesque town church is described as a symbol of Glarus.

The municipality encompasses the foothills of the approximately 2,300-meter-high Vorderglärnisch and extends to the 2,914-meter-high Bächistock in the Glärnisch massif.

History

Glarus experienced early industrialization; the fire of 1861 destroyed large parts of the settlement, so only a few buildings from the period before the fire remain in the townscape.

Very few buildings in Glarus date from the period before the fire of 1861.

Glarus is first documented in the early 9th century; the first mention in German dates from 1178.

Geographical Classification

Since January 1, 2011, the municipality of Glarus has also included Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.

For further orientation, you can also open these destinations: Filzbach, Matt, Niederurnen, Mühlehorn, Nidfurn, Braunwald, Mollis, Näfels.

To the overarching travel overview: Glarus.