Mitlödi

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Glarus (GL)

District :

No district division

Political community :

Glarus South

Postal code :

8756

former BFS no. :

1616

UN / LOCODE :

CH WITH

Coordinates :

724 862 / 208 134 coordinates: 47 ° 0 '45 " N , 9 ° 4' 51" O ; CH1903: 724 862 / 208134

Height :

504 m above sea level M.

Area :

6.25 km²

Residents:

1000 (December 31, 2010)

Population density :

160 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.mitloedi.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2011

Mitlödi is a former political municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland .

The village became a new one on January 1, 2011 as part of the Glarus community reform with the communities Betschwanden , Braunwald , Elm , Engi , Haslen , Linthal , Luchsingen , Matt , Rüti (GL) , Schwanden (GL) , Schwändi , and Sool Glarus South municipality merged.

coat of arms

In 1939 an image of the church or Schäflibrunnen on a red background was designated as the village coat of arms.

geography

Mitlödi lies between Glarus and Schwanden . The village parts Mitlödi and Horgenberg are on the left, Ennetlinth on the right side of the Linth , which flows northwards here. The village is exposed to the south and is located between two gullies on prehistoric landslide masses. The municipality extends on steep slopes to the left of the Linth to the Vorder Glärnisch at 2327 m above sea level. M. and right of the river to Chrisegg 1987 m above sea level. M. 32.1% of the municipal area is agricultural land, 56.1% is forest, 7.4% is settlement area and 4.5% is unproductive.

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	649
1900	736
1950	821
1980	981
2000	1,030

The resident population is divided into 457 households.

politics

The SP has 59.3% of the vote, 40.7% of the votes go to other parties.

history

Historical aerial photo with silk printing company Mitlödi AG by Walter Mittelholzer between 1918 and 1937

Around 1300 the village consisted of the three hamlets Nieder-Mitlödi, Ober-Mitlödi and Horgenberg. Until 1395 the place was liable to taxes for the Säckingen monastery. In the mid-15th century Mitlödi put the in the person of Conrad Rietler Landammann . In 1527 Mitlödi was the meeting place for the rural community .

In 1528 the Reformation prevailed in Mitlödi. The village church was consecrated in 1725. After a fire in 1752, the church tower was given a slim helmet by the well-known master builder Hans Ulrich Grubenmann .

In the second half of the 18th century, there was an economic boom through the production and trade in tables and wadding, as well as through the manufacture of cotton products in the publishing system . A large textile printing company was founded in the 19th century . This branch of production still exists today alongside the production of medicines, margarine, tools and machines.

Personalities

Willi Aberer (1927–2007), Austrian politician
Hanspeter Hofmann (* 1960), painter
John Anthony Cramer (* 1793 in Mitlödi; † August 24, 1848 in Scarborough), British scholar of antiquity

Web links

Commons : Mitlödi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Mitlödi community
Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Mitlödi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .