Hätzingen is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and

canton of Glarus The canton of Glarus (german: Kanton Glarus rm, Chantun Glaruna; french: Canton de Glaris; it, Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus. The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German. The majority ...

in Switzerland.

History

Hätzingen is first recorded in 1350 as ''Hezzinge(n)''. In 2004, the municipality of Hätzingen was merged into the municipality of Luchsingen. On 1 January 2011, the municipality of Luchsingen was itself merged into the new municipality of

Glarus Süd Glarus Süd is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Glarus. It comprises the upper Linth valley, and the entire Sernf valley, and includes the villages of Betschwanden, Braunwald, Diesbach, Elm, Engi, Haslen, Hätzingen, Leuggelbach, Lin ...

Geography

Hätzingen is located in the valley of the

Linth river The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about in length. The water power of the Linth ...

, with the village situated on the east bank of the river, at an elevation of approximately . The village of Diesbach lies to the south. To the north, the next village is Luchsingen, which lies on the west bank of the river, and Haslen, on the east bank.

Transport

Hätzingen is located on the Hauptstrasse 17, which runs the length of the canton of Glarus before climbing the

Klausen Pass Klausen Pass (German: ''Klausenpass''; elevation: ) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Altdorf in the canton of Uri with Linthal in the canton of Glarus. Somewhat unusually, the boundary between the two cantons does not lie ...

into the

canton of Uri The canton of Uri (german: Kanton Uri rm, Chantun Uri; french: Canton d'Uri; it, Canton Uri) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's terr ...

, as well as on the Weesen to Linthal railway line that parallels the main road and the

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 valley form the only access to the village. The village is served by Luchsingen-Hätzingen railway station, which is served by the hourly

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glaru ...

service S25 between Linthal and Zurich.

Demographics

The historical population of Hätzingen is given in the following table:

Notable people

In 1791, Thomas Johannessen Heftye (1767-1827) emigrated from Hätzingen to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, where he founded the Thos. Joh. Heftye & Søn bank. The Norwegian branch of the Heftye family included several notable businessmen and politicians, including

Johannes Thomassen Heftye Johannes Thomassen Heftye (17 October 1792 – 2 November 1856) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was the son of merchant Thomas Johannessen Heftye (1767–1827), an immigrant from Switzerland who founded the family company Thos. ...

(1792–1856),

Henrik Thomassen Heftye Henrik Thomassen Heftye (21 November 1804 – 18 February 1864) was a Norway, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist. Personal life He was born in Oslo, Christiania as the son of merchant Thomas Johannessen Heftye (1767–1827) and his wife Ka ...

(1804–1864),

Thomas Johannessen Heftye Thomas Johannessen Heftye, also known as Tho Joh Heftye (29 October 1822 – 4 October 1886) was a Norwegian businessman, politician and philanthropist. Personal life He was born in Christiania as the son of merchant Johannes Thomassen Heftye ...

(1822–1886) and Thomas Thomassen Heftye (1860-1921).

References

External links

*
''Hätzingen''
from Glarus Süd municipal web site (in German) *
Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus Villages in the canton of Glarus {{Glarus-geo-stub