• Thumbnail for Linth
    The Linth (pronounced [ˈlɪnt] "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually...
    8 KB (844 words) - 17:30, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern
    The Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern is a funicular railway at the Linth-Limmern pumped storage plant in the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Built in 2013...
    10 KB (605 words) - 21:12, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arnold Escher von der Linth
    Arnold Escher von der Linth (8 June 1807 in Zürich – 12 July 1872) was a Swiss geologist, the son of Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767–1823). He made...
    3 KB (323 words) - 16:15, 17 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Linth River
    The Battle of (the) Linth River (25–26 September 1799) saw a French division under General of Division Jean-de-Dieu Soult face a force of Austrian, Imperial...
    25 KB (3,117 words) - 21:52, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Linth–Limmern Power Stations
    The Linth–Limmern Power Stations are a system of hydroelectric power stations located south of Linthal in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The system...
    9 KB (862 words) - 14:46, 27 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Canton of Linth
    Linth was a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of Glarus and its subject County of Werdenberg, the Höfe and March districts...
    7 KB (330 words) - 18:04, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lake Zurich
    Lake Zurich (category Linth/Limmat basin)
    formed by the Rhine-Linth glacier [de]. Its main tributary is the River Linth, which rises in the glaciers of the Glarus Alps. The Linth originally flew directly...
    19 KB (1,810 words) - 09:21, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Walensee
    Walensee (category Linth/Limmat basin)
    Murgbach and Linth. The latter continues its course from Walensee to Obersee (Lake Zurich) through the Linth canal. Until the regulation of the Linth during...
    7 KB (637 words) - 06:39, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of rivers of Switzerland
    Koblenz) Surb - 18 km (11 mi) - 66.8 km2 (25.8 sq mi) (in Döttingen) Limmat / Linth - 140 km (87 mi) - 2,416 km2 (933 sq mi) (in Brugg) Reppisch - 27 km (17 mi)...
    27 KB (2,567 words) - 19:31, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canton of St. Gallen
    Säntis, while its southern parts together with Glarus became the canton of Linth. Before the 1798 French invasion, the territory of the modern canton consisted...
    22 KB (1,455 words) - 23:40, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glarus
    municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern. Glarus lies on the river Linth between the foot of the Glärnisch (part of the Schwyzer Alps) to the west...
    25 KB (2,372 words) - 09:01, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Südostbahn
    cul-de-sac. The train is named after the Aare and Linth rivers, which it follows/crosses on its journey. Aare Linth is operated by SOB in cooperation with SBB...
    21 KB (2,052 words) - 19:25, 29 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth
    Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (born 24 August 1767 in Zürich; died 9 March 1823) was a Swiss scientist, artist, and politician. He headed the "Great...
    2 KB (168 words) - 01:19, 30 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for Limmat
    Limmat (category Linth/Limmat basin)
    Zürich are Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Linth, Wägitaler Aa and Jona, all via Lake Zurich, the Sihl in Zürich, and the...
    13 KB (760 words) - 11:28, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Elm, Switzerland
    spring water, and this continues to this day. In 1879, the valley of the Linth river was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Swiss...
    17 KB (1,563 words) - 15:21, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ziegelbrücke
    Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the Linth Channel in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the...
    6 KB (596 words) - 06:16, 24 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
    First Battle of Zurich in early June 1799. He was killed at the Battle of Linth River. Hotze was born on 20 April 1739 in Richterswil in the Canton of Zürich...
    35 KB (4,333 words) - 11:19, 11 August 2024
  • Zürichsee-Zeitung Bezirk Horgen and Zürichsee-Zeitung Obersee (See-Gaster), the former Linth-Zeitung newspaper in the canton of St. Gallen. The issues differ substantially...
    5 KB (405 words) - 13:04, 3 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Zurich
    prefectures of the Roman Empire) was located east of Turicum, crossing the river Linth between Lake Walen and Lake Zurich where a castle and garrison looked over...
    146 KB (13,454 words) - 00:32, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tödi
    a promontory to the north from the range that divides the basin of the Linth from that of the Rhine. There are three principal peaks. The lowest, and...
    8 KB (991 words) - 08:24, 16 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Alexander Suvorov
    Friedrich von Hotze's Austrian army was defeated by Jean-de-Dieu Soult at the Linth River before Suvorov could reach and unite with them all. "…I have defeated...
    197 KB (19,754 words) - 21:18, 27 September 2024
  • is bordered by: Lake Lucerne in the south-west; the Klausen Pass, upper Linth valley and Lake Walen in the south; the Rhine valley in the east; Lake Constance...
    5 KB (131 words) - 18:18, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Weesen railway station
    Nord (formerly Mollis) in the canton of Glarus on the other side of the Linth canal, which corresponds to the cantonal boundary. It was a station on the...
    3 KB (229 words) - 10:59, 5 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canton of Glarus
    Protestants and Catholics. According to legend, the inhabitants of the Linth Valley were converted to Christianity in the 6th century by the Irish monk...
    17 KB (1,190 words) - 16:17, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
    national personification of Switzerland Linth Motor ship 1952 1000 Bodan-Werft GmbH 730 kW (2×365, MAN The Linth, a river that feeds Lake Zurich) Limmat...
    19 KB (1,122 words) - 07:11, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Glarus (1799)
    constitution. The Flecken Glarus became the capital of the Greater Canton of Linth, loudly Freuler under the "wise direction" of Government Governor Joachim...
    114 KB (16,252 words) - 12:21, 6 October 2024
  • is a Swiss-Portuguese professional footballer currently playing for FC Linth 04. Gonçalves began his playing career with lower league clubs FC Glarus...
    5 KB (257 words) - 03:15, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Battle of Zurich
    saw a battle between Hotze's Austrians and Soult's French at the River Linth. It was arguably the most significant French victory of 1799–1800. After...
    40 KB (4,944 words) - 16:52, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Bank of Liechtenstein
    Liechtensteinische Landesbank became a controlling shareholder of the Banque Linth. Due to Liechtenstein's signed valuta union agreement with Switzerland and...
    6 KB (410 words) - 12:01, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Helvetic Republic
    canton of Waldstätten; Glarus and the Sarganserland became the canton of Linth, and Appenzell and St. Gallen combined as the canton of Säntis. Due to the...
    26 KB (2,251 words) - 18:01, 26 September 2024