Mitlodi
Description
Mitlödi is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
History
Mitlödi is first mentioned in 1320 as Mitlodi.
In 1879, Mitlödi was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen.
On 1 January 2011, Mitlödi became part of the municipality of Glarus Süd.
Geography
Mitlödi is located in the valley of the Linth river, on a pre-historic rock slide, at an elevation of 504 m (1,654 ft). It consists of the village of Mitlödi itself, and the separate section of Ennetlinth on the right bank of the Linth. The village of Schwanden lies upstream and to the south, whilst the town of Glarus is downstream and to the north.
Mitlödi has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi). Of this area, 32.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Transport
Mitlödi is located on the Hauptstrasse 17, which runs the length of the canton of Glarus before climbing the Klausen Pass into the canton of Uri, as well as on the Weesen to Linthal railway line that parallels the main road and the Linth river through Glarus. The high alpine Klausen Pass is normally only open to traffic between June and September, and for the rest of the year the road and railway up the Linth valley form the only access to Mitlödi.
Mitlödi railway station is served by the Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Linthal and Zurich, and by the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden. Both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden.