Mühlehorn Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mühlehorn Parish, Glarus, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
As of 2006, Mühlehorn had an area of 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi). It is located on the southern shore of Lake Walensee. Mühlehorn includes the village of Mühlehorn and the hamlets of Vortobel, Tiefenwinkel and Mühletal which are located on the north-east border of the canton.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 33.8% is used for agricultural purposes
 * 52.4% is forested
 * 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads)
 * 9.9% is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
The first mention of Mühlehorn was in 1551 as Mülihorn. Mühlehorn became part of the municipality of Glarus Nord on 1 January 2011.

Other localities that merged to form Glarus Nord municipality include:


 * Bilten
 * Filzbach
 * Mollis
 * Näfels
 * Niederurnen
 * Oberurnen
 * Obstalden

The population history of Mühlehorn is: 1888 - 538 inhabitants 1900 - 531 inhabitants 1950 - 631 inhabitants 2000 - 441 inhabitants 2010 - 416 inhabitants

In 1760, Mühlehorn community founded their own parish and had a church built in 1759 through 1761. The first primary school building was built between 1837 and 1840, and today's primary school building constructed in 1912. In 1859, Mühlehorn was connected to the United Swiss Railways network and in 1964 to the Autobahn.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Mühlehorn began in 1761. Before 1761, Mühlehorn belonged to the parish of Kerenzen. Information from the church records was extracted by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller and organized into families. The Glarus Family Tree has made much of this data available online.

Original church records for Canton Glarus are only accessible at the Glarus State Archives.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1849. Mühlehorn belongs to the Glarus civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandskreis Glarus Postgasse 29 8750 Glarus Tel: +41 55 646 69 50 email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@gl.ch zivilstandsamt@gl.ch]

Genealogies
(Click here for an article describing Swiss compiled genealogies.)

The Glarus Family Tree is a project which shows the family links between about 200 original families from Glarus. The source of most of this information is the 30-year, 36-volume genealogical masterpiece by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller. The tree has more than 270,000 individuals can be found online at Geneal-Tree, MyHeritage, Geneanet, and Ancestry.

Related sources
In 2011, Canton Glarus was reorganized into three municipalities. Mühlehorn is now part of the Glarus Nord municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus