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• Ulrich Zwingli

  • Zwingli's Biography

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• Worth Knowing​

  • Description of Glarus Field Names Rüti, Schwändi and Riedern (German)

  • Periods and Sources of Geneology in Glarus

  • Baillifs from Glarus (German)

  • Translation of Glarus specificities titles and denominations

  • What is the Tagwen and the Tagwenrecht?

  • What means Landleute?

  • What means Hintersässe and Neulandleute?

  • What is the Landgemeinde?

  • Siege and Capture of Huningue Fortress in August 1815

  • The Wildheuer (wild-hay) cutter

  • The Schwabengänger (Swabia Goers)

  • Linth Colony

  • Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller - The author of the Glarus Genealogy Records

  • What was a Schiffmeister?

• Functions in old Glarus

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