Diesbach, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Diesbach, 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
Diesbach is located on the east bank of the Linth river valley, at about 604 m (1,982 ft) elevation. The village of Betschwanden is located to the south and the village of Hätzingen is to the north. South-east of Diesbach is Kärpf mountain rising 2,794 m (9,167 ft).

History
Diesbach was first recorded in 1350. The municipality of Diesbach was first merged into the municipality of Luchsingen in 2004 and then the municipality of Luchsingen was merged into a new municipality of Glarus Süd on 1 January 2011.

The population history of Diesbach is: 1350 - 466 inhabitants 1837 - 419 inhabitants 1888 - 525 inhabitants 1900 - 461 inhabitants 1950 - 476 inhabitants 2000 - 237 inhabitants 2003 - 206 inhabitants Poverty during 1845-1848 caused the emigration of a seventh of the population.

Until 1395, Diesbach paid tithes to the Säckingen convent. From 1395, the village depended on Glaris, and then Schwanden for spiritual needs. Since 1528, the people mostly adopted the Reformed faith.

Breeding of cattle was found during this time. Until the end of the 18th century, hemp was cultivated, and used in a mixture with wool. During the 18th century, the manual spinning of cotton played an important role.

In 1886, the first school was formed. In 1984 to 2004, Diesbach formed a primary school circle with Rüti and Betschwanden.

Church Records
Diesbach belonged to the parish of Betschwanden. 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. Diesbach 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. Diesbach is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus