Hätzingen, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Hätzingen, 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
Hätzingen is located in the Linth River valley on the east bank of the river. Its elevation is 583 m (1,913 ft). The nearby villages are:
 * North - village of Luchsingen (on the west bank of the river) and the village of Haslen (on the east bank of the river)
 * South - village of Diesbach

History
The first mention of Hätzingen was in 1350 using the name of Hezzinge(n). Hätzingen was merged into the municipality of Luchsingen. in 2004.

The population history of Hätzingen is: 1850 - 500 inhabitants 1900 - 653 inhabitants 1950 - 653 inhabitants 2000 - 341 inhabitants 2003 - 362 inhabitants

Until 1395, Hatzingen paid dues to the Säckingen Abbey. It received spiritual support from the Glaris parish, then the Betschwanden parish (from the 14th century). In 1528, the Reformation was adopted by the majority of the population.

Church Records
Hätzingen 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. Hätzingen 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. Hätzingen is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus