Filzbach

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Glarus (GL)

District :

No district division

Political community :

Glarus North

Postal code :

8757

former BFS no. :

1608

Coordinates :

728 236 / 220221 coordinates: 47 ° 7 '14 " N , 9 ° 7' 43" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-six / 220221

Height :

682 m above sea level M.

Area :

13.93 km²

Residents:

509 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

37 inhabitants per km²

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2011

Filzbach is a former political municipality in the Swiss canton of Glarus .

The municipality was merged with the municipalities of Bilten , Mollis , Mühlehorn , Näfels , Niederurnen , Oberurnen and Obstalden to form the new unified municipality of Glarus Nord on January 1, 2011 as part of the Glarus municipal reform .

geography

Historical aerial photo from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

The community, a scattered settlement, is located on the high plateau of the Kerenzerberg above the Walensee . The municipality extends from the Walensee to 428 m above sea level. M. up to the Nüenchamm at 1903 m above sea level. M. 35.4% of the community area is agricultural land, 40.9% is forest, 4.6% is settlement area and 19.1% is unproductive.

The campsite Gäsi am Walensee belongs to Filzbach.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1888	418
1900	407
1950	393
1980	448
1990	471
1995	520
2000	545
2006	511

politics

In the district elections on June 21, 2006, the FDP received 2 and the SVP 1 seat in the constituency of Mühlehorn - Obstalden - Filzbach.

economy

In addition to local businesses, the school and the municipal administration, Filzbach residents find work primarily in the tourism sector.

traffic

The bus lines from the Näfels - Mollis train station or from the Mühlehorn train station via Stocken and Obstalden connect Filzbach with the SBB route network .

Individual traffic reaches Filzbach from the Niederurnen motorway junction of the A3 motorway via Näfels and Mollis, or from the Mühlehorn junction via Mühlehorn and Obstalden.

The local chairlift Habergschwänd offers a sledging in winter, while in summer is from there the Talalpsee nearby.

history

A Roman watchtower from the time of Emperor Augustus in the Voremwald part of the village was carefully examined in an archaeological excavation in 1959.

The place was first mentioned in 1394 as Vilentzspach .

After the Battle of Sempach in 1386, Filzbach came to Glarus. The inhabitants were Schänis , in Obstalden since the 14th century. The Reformation was adopted in Filzbach in 1528.

Tourism began in Filzbach as early as the 19th century. With the construction of the Walenseestrasse in 1964, it experienced a further boom.

Personalities

Jost Winteler (1846–1929), linguist and house father of Albert Einstein in Aarau.

Hotel Kerenzerberg, former post office and parish hall
school
Hotel Römerturm
Hotel Mürtschenstock
Kerenzerberg sports center
View of the village from the east
Talalpsee
View of Niederurnen and part of Weesen
View of Weesen and part of the Walensee
View of Amden

literature

Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Filzbach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Regula Anna Steinhauser-Zimmermann: Voremwald [Vordemwald]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
F. Legler-Staub et al. a .: An early Roman sentry at Filzbach on the Kerenzerberg. 1960.

Web links

Commons : Filzbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files