Mollis

Mollis is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the place is a part of the newly formed municipality of Glarus Nord.

  • Born in Mollis 4.1
  • 4.2 Connected to Mollis

Geography

Mollis, Glarus is located in the lowlands and is bordered to the north by the Linthkanal and Lake Walen. To the east lies the former municipality Filzbach, Ennenda south, southwest and west Netstal Naefels, Upper and Lower urns urns.

Mollis is the western starting point of the Kerenzerpass - road leading to the south side of Lake Walen along the Rhine Valley. From the Lindth Mollis bears the name " Escher channel ".

History

From the year 15 BC, the Romans ruled the area now Mollis that was previously inhabited by Rhaetians. Numerous findings indicate that the Roman past, the place name, which is derived either from mollis ( soft ', because of the swampy area ) or mola (, mill '). To 490 the Romans were ousted by the Alemanni, who were based here.

In the 9th century, the monastery was Säckingen large landholdings in the Glarus region, some of it in the field of community Mollis. 1288 the village was first mentioned in writing.

1319 a chapel was built in 1280 the church was raised, in 1395, seeing off Säckingen monastery was completed, from 1444 Mollis was an independent parish of Glarus. The 1523-1525 reigning priest Fridolin Brunner began the Reformation, the final but was able to prevail until 1529. The present church of Hans Ulrich Grubenmann dates from the year in 1761.

In the 18th century cotton mill and later the hand weaving led to some prosperity. During the time of the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803) Mollis was affected due to its location by armed conflict and billeting. The 19th century brought a further expansion of the textile industry ( textile printing ), in 1852 the first school house building and in 1859 the connection to the railway network.

As part of the Glarus municipal reform, which is based on a rural commune Decision of 7 May 2006 Mollis was merged on 1 January 2011 with the communities Bilten, Filzbach, mill Horn, Naefels, Lower urns, Upper urns and fruit Alden to the new municipality of Glarus Nord.

Economics, Transportation

Military airfield

In the plane is the military airfield Mollis, which is only occupied sporadically military and is largely used in civil today ( ICAO code LSMF ). In April 1923 landed there in a first Flugtag Walter Mittelholzerstrasse - its passenger flights were a crowd puller.

Traffic

Mollis announces Naefels a station on the regional line Rapperswil - Glarus - Linthal. The village is served by bus Glarus ( Bilten-/Ziegelbrücke-Niederurnen-Näfels-Mollis-Filzbach-Obstalden-Mühlehorn ). Licensee of the bus is the Swiss Federal Railways, which awards the contract to transport the bus company Emil Niederer in Filzbach. In the north of the municipality is the Weesen station.

The community in the north via the interchanges Niederurnen (44) and Weesen ( 45) of the A3 motorway access to the trunk road network. Through the village the main road leads 3 Basel - Castasegna (Graubünden).

Personalities

Born in Mollis

  • Heinrich Loriti called Glarean, (1488-1563), humanist and polymath
  • Dietrich Schindler (1795-1882), Swiss politician and art collector
  • Frederick William Schindler (1856-1920), Austrian entrepreneur and inventor

Connected to Mollis

Pictures

Municipal House Mollis

Gasthaus Löwen in the village center

Court

Manor Haltli

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