Linthal

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Linthal

Total population

1,088

Elevation662 m

Coordinates46.92°, 9.00°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Linthal is a village and former municipality in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. The village lies near the head of the valley of the Linth river, and at the foot of the Klausen Pass into the canton of Uri. It is the terminus of the railway line that traverses the length of Glarus.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Jakob Klaesi

psychiatrist (1883-1980)

Fritz Schiesser

Swiss politician

B

Bernhard Elmer

Swiss politician (1893-1961)

B

Betty Legler

Swiss singer

B

Betty Wehrli-Knobel

Swiss author (1904-1998)

D

David Legler

Swiss politician (1849-1920)

E

Emil Brunner

Swiss photographer (1908-1995)

J

Jakob Hefti

Swiss politician and writer (1873-1951)

M

Melchior Hefti

Swiss politician (1879-1965)

Rudolf Gisler

Swiss politician (1942-2004)

H

Henri Hoesli

T

Thomas Legler

Swiss officer

Alfred Weber

Swiss politician (1923-2015)

A

Attilio Salvadè

Swiss football player (1882-1944)

George Leuzinger

Swiss Brazilian photographer (1813–1892)

J

John Luchsinger

American politician (1839-1922)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Glarus

• Braunwald
  1.4 mi away · pop. 308
• Rüti
  1.5 mi away · pop. 364
• Betschwanden
  2.4 mi away · pop. 182
• Diesbach
  2.8 mi away · pop. 200
• Hätzingen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 359
• Luchsingen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,119
• Leuggelbach
  4.6 mi away · pop. 171
• Haslen
  5.1 mi away · pop. 999
• Nidfurn
  5.4 mi away · pop. 258
• Schwanden
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,392
• Schwändi
  6.8 mi away · pop. 476
• Sool
  7 mi away · pop. 296

Browse all places in Glarus →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Linthal

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-20

pale bramble rust

Kuehneola uredinis

Seen 2026-09-20

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Alpine Marmot

Marmota marmota

Seen 2026-09-20

Northern Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Seen 2026-09-20

Walnut Orbweaver

Nuctenea umbratica

Seen 2026-09-19

Bitter Beech Bolete

Caloboletus calopus

Seen 2026-09-19

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers