Glarus
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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name = Glarus
| municipality_name = Glarus
| municipality_type = city
| imagepath_coa = Glarus-coat of arms.png|pixel_coa=
| map = Karte Gemeinde Glarus.png
| languages = German
| canton = Glarus
| iso-code-region = CH-GL
| district = n.a.
| lat_d=47|lat_m=02|lat_NS=N|long_d=9|long_m=04|long_EW=E
| postal_code = 8750
| municipality_code = 1609
| area = 69.23
| elevation = 472|elevation_description=
| population = 5686|populationof = December 2003 | popofyear = 2003
| website = www.stadt-glarus.ch
| mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
| mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
| places =
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| neighboring_municipalities= [[Ennenda]], [[Innerthal]] (SZ), [[Luchsingen]], [[Mitlödi]], [[Muotathal]] (SZ), [[Näfels]], [[Netstal]], [[Riedern]], [[Schwanden, Glarus|Schwanden]], [[Schwändi]]
| twintowns = [[New Glarus, Wisconsin|New Glarus]] (Wisconsin), [[Kobryn]] (Belarus)
|}}
'''Glarus''' (German: {{Audio|De-Glarus.ogg|Glarus}}) is the capital of the [[Canton of Glarus]] in [[Switzerland]].
Glarus lies on the [[Linth|Linth River]] at the foot of the [[Glärnisch]] foothills. The [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] has about 5700 inhabitants. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861 remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are the dominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesque city church.
==History==
The first mention of the town dates from 1178.
It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the valley began to be industrialized.
In 1864, the first European labor law to protect workers was introduced in Glarus, prohibiting requiring workers to work more than 12 hours a day.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Glarus.jpg|Town center of Glarus
Image:Glarus rathaus 2005-07-22.jpg|Kantonsparlement
Image:Picswiss GL-13-05.jpg|Landsgemeindeplatz
</gallery>
== Twin towns ==
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Rožňava]]
==External links==
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*[http://www.stadt-glarus.ch Official Web site] {{de icon}}
*{{HDS|766|Glarus (municipality)}}
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