Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the

Linth The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Linthal, Glarus, village of Linthal in the mountains of the cantons of Switzerland, canton of canton of Glarus, Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee (Züri ...

Channel in

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. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of

Niederurnen Niederurnen is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Glarus (canton), Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Ni ...

in the

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Glarus Glarus (; ; ; ; ) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.Schänis Schänis is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster (Wahlkreis), See-Gaster in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Schänis is firs ...

in the

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, with the Linth forming the boundary between these municipalities.

Name

The name refers to a bridge () covered by a roof with tiles (). The presence of such a bridge was first documented in 1532. This bridge was located approximately where the current bridge over the Linth Channel is nowadays. However, prior to the taming of the Linth (1807–1823), the River Linth ran west of

Lake Walen Lake Walen, also known as Lake Walenstadt or (), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus. Its na ...

(''Walensee''), and where the Linth Channel is today, there used to be a small river, the Maag, flowing out of Lake Walen and into the former River Linth. The old bridge was over the Maag.

Geography and political situation

The village of Ziegelbrücke is divided by the

Channel into two parts: The northern part, including

Ziegelbrücke railway station Ziegelbrücke railway station () is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke in Switzerland. Whilst the village is shared between the Glarus Nord, municipality of Glarus Nord, in the canton of Glarus, and the Schänis, municipality of Sc ...

, is located in the municipality of

Schänis Schänis is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster (Wahlkreis), See-Gaster in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Schänis is firs ...

in the canton of St. Gallen. The southern part, on the other side of the Linth, is located in the canton of Glarus in the municipality of

Glarus Nord Glarus Nord is one of three Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities of the canton of Glarus, Switzerland (the others being Glarus and Glarus Süd). Effective from 1 January 2011, Glarus Nord incorporates the former municipalities of Bilten ...

History and Economics

At the former

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station, near the Maag and Linth rivers between

(''Walensee'') and

Lake Zürich Lake Zurich (, ; ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and ...

(''Zürichsee''), a Mercury statue was found. The center of the village is situated on the territory of the canton of Glarus around ''Fritz & Caspar Jenny AG'', a spinning and weaving factoring established in 1833, and which is part of the

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. The

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of Glarus is also situated in the Glarus part of Ziegelbrücke. On the side of the canton of St. Gallen, Ziegelbrücke railway station is located; around 70 people are living and working there.

Transportation

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Ziegelbrücke railway station, located north of the Linth Channel in the canton of St. Gallen, is a

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on the Lake Zürich left bank line, the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line. The station is served by the

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(IR35) line between / and ,

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''Aare Linth'' operated by

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(SBB CFF FFS) and

Südostbahn The Südostbahn (German language, German, ) – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a Switzerland, Swiss railway company, and a network in Central Switzerland, Central and Eastern Switzerland. It resulted from the merger of the Schweizerische S ...

(SOB), and

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lines to

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Sargans Sargans is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland (Wahlkreis), Sarganserland in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for ...

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

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and the Linth Valley in the canton of Glarus. The station is the terminus of the

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

line S2 to , and an intermediate stop of the S25 service to Linthal (via ) and Zürich HB. Ziegelbrücke is also an intermediate station of the S4 of St. Gallen S-Bahn (operated by SOB), a

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around the

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that runs between , and in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. Another regional train, the S6 of St. Gallen S-Bahn (operated by SOB) connects Ziegelbrücke with Schwanden/Linthal (via Glarus) and (via Uznach). The peak hour service S27, which does not belong to any S-Bahn network, operates between Ziegelbrücke and . In addition, the

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and local

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s connect the communities in the See-Gaster Wahlkreis and the municipalities of

Bilten Bilten is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Bilten is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Billitun''. Geography Bilten has an ar ...

and

References

External links

Niederurnen official website

Schänis official website
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