Haslen Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Haslen 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
Haslen is located on the east bank of the Linth River valley. Its elevation is 586 m (1,923 ft). It is made up of the village of Haslen itself, the hamlets of Leu (formerly Nesslau), Oberhaslen, Büel, Zussigen and Mülibächli. To the north is the village of Schwanden. To the south is the village of Hätzingen. Across the river to the west are the villages of Leuggelbach and Diesbach.

Haslen has an area of 15.8 km² (6.1 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 45.2% - forested
 * 42.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 3.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 8.6% - non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
The first mention of Haslen was in 1289 using the name of Burchard von Hasle. In 2006, the neighboring municipalities of Leuggelbach and Nidfurn were incorporated into the municipality of Haslen. Haslen became part of the Glarus Süd municipality on 1 January 2011. Other localities merged include:
 * Betschwanden
 * Braunwald
 * Elm
 * Engi
 * Linthal
 * Luchsingen
 * Matt
 * Mitlödi
 * Rüti (GL)
 * Schwanden (GL)
 * Schwändi
 * Sool

The population history of Haslen is: 1777 - 137 men 1850 - 787 inhabitants 1900 - 766 inhabitants 1950 - 769 inhabitants 1980 - 489 inhabitants 2000 - 649 inhabitants 2005 - 618 inhabitants 2006 - 1,061 inhabitants 2010 - 999 inhabitants

Until 1395, Haslen paid royalties to the convent of Säckingen. In 1349, a church was constructed in Haslen which was part of the parish of Glarus, then Schwanden. In 1528, the inhabitants of Haslen changed to a new faith.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Haslen began in 1801. Before 1801, Haslen belonged to the parish of Schwanden. 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. Haslen 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. Haslen is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus