What is Glarus (city)?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Glarus | image_photo = Glarus Panorama.jpg | image_caption = View of Glarus | municipality_name = Glarus | municipality_type = city | imagepath_coa = CHE Glarus COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Glarus.png | languages = German | canton = Glarus | iso-code-region = CH-GL | district = n.a. |coordinates={{coord|47|02|N|9|04|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 8750 | municipality_code = 1609 | area = 69.23 | elevation = 472|elevation_description= | population = 5686|populationof = December 2003 | website = www.stadt-glarus.ch | mayor = Peter Aebli|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=FDP | mayor_title = Gemeindepräsident|list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | 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 is on the [[Linth|Linth River]]. It is at the foot of the [[Glärnisch]] foothills. [[File:Glarus-coat of arms.png|thumb|90px|Old coat of arms]] == History == The first mention of the town is from 1178. It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 1700s and 1800s, 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. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality Glarus includes the former municipalities of [[Ennenda]], [[Netstal]] and [[Riedern]].<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 18 February 2011</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> I