Sool, Switzerland
Sool is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
The village was under the Glarus municipality reform on 1 January 2011 with the communities Betschwanden, Braunwald, Elm, Engi, Haslen, Linthal, Luchsingen, Matt, Mitlödi, Ruti ( GL), Schwanden (GL) and Schwändi the new municipality of Glarus South merged.
Coat of arms
Blazon
The coat of arms is documented for the first time only in 1700.
Geography
The municipality consists of Obersool, Untersool and the hamlet of Warth. A rockfall has blocked the groups have been replaced in prehistoric times, with its masses of rubble the whole valley until the Lindth to run its course through the dams paved again. The municipality is located on Linth and Sernf on highly water-permeable surface. The neighboring communities of Sool are Mitlödi, Ennenda, Engi, Schwanden, mill horn and the canton of St. Gallen. From the municipality surface 1.2% are colonized, 23.6% are used for agriculture, 42 % is forested and 33.2% are non-productive.
Population
Policy
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland ( SP) has 80.3 % choice proportion, 19.7 % of the votes attributable to other parties.
Economy
In Sool is no industry or business has been established, so are 80 % of the workforce commuters.
History
The community name is derived from the Old High German sol ( = wallow, pools ). Such ponds were abundant until the drainage in the 19th and 20th centuries in Untersool. In the Habsburg land register Sool was first documented in 1300.
The trade route Sernftal led in the Middle Ages by Sool. The place was kirchgenössig to Glarus since 1349 to Schwanden. The inhabitants came in 1528 at the Reformation. Obersool the center of the village was rebuilt after the fire in 1713 village again.
A first schoolhouse was 1832 based. Since 1848 head of the municipality of water from outside sources in the village, first in wooden pipes from 1875 in cement and iron pipes. The water supply improved in 1955, when the sources were taken in Gheist and into the reservoir meadow.
Attractions
Lochsyte
The Lochsyte in Schwanden above the Sernftalstrasse is one of the most famous geological sites in Switzerland. The Alpine thrust is particularly well visible here.
The Glarus overthrust has been scientifically studied in the Lochsyte. Plate tectonics led to around 30 million years in the Glarus Alps to a folding in which older rock strata ( Permian Verrucano ) to the younger ( Eocene slate) came to lie. Since Arnold Escher von der Linth on August 1, 1840 found the explanation for the formation of the Alps here, the Lochsyte still finds the interest of geologists. It is freely accessible. Guided tours are available for groups.
A faithful replica of the Lochsyte is on display at the Natural History Museum in New York.