Rüti (Glaris)

Geschichte

Rüti is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.HistoryRüti is first mentioned about 1340.Agriculture was the main industry in Rüti until the 19th century. However by the 17th century, manual cotton spinning was widespread. By 1770 this had declined and the resulting impoverishment ended only with the establishment of a cotton mill for mechanical spinning and weaving of cotton in 1847, and a second similar plant for weaving both wool and cotton in 1850. These factories attracted many foreign workers to Rüti, but their operations ceased in 2002.In 1879, Linthal was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen to Linthal.Until 1939, the village of Braunwald formed part of the municipality of Rüti, but in that year it split off to form its own municipality. On 1 January 2011, both municipalities was reunited as part of the new municipality of Glarus Süd.GeographyRüti is located in the valley of the Linth river, with the village situated on the east bank of the river at an elevation of approximately 620m. The village of Linthal lies to the south, the village of Betschwanden is to the north, whilst the resort village of Braunwald lies on a terrace some 600m above the western side of the valley.