Rüti Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rüti 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
The village of Rüti is located on the east side of the valley of the Linth river at an elevation of 620 m (2,030 ft). The village of Betschwanden is to the north, Linthal to the south, and the resort village of Braunwald is on a terrace 600 m (2,000 ft) above the western side of the valley. Rüti has an area of 6.2 km² (2.4 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 57.3% - forested
 * 23.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 4.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 13.9% - non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
The first mention of Rüti was in 1340. The village of Braunwald formed part of the municipality of Rüti until 1939 when it became its own municipality. Rüti became part of the Glarus Süd municipality on 1 January 2011. Other localities merged include:
 * Betschwanden
 * Braunwald
 * Elm
 * Engi
 * Haslen (GL)
 * Linthal
 * Luchsingen
 * Matt
 * Mitlödi
 * Schwanden (GL)
 * Schwändi
 * Sool

The population history of Rüti is: 1692 - 256 inhabitants 1837 - 814 inhabitants 1850 - 809 inhabitants 1900 - 919 inhabitants 1950 - 821 inhabitants 2000 - 444 inhabitants 2010 - 364 inhabitants

Dues were paid to Säckingen Abbey until 1395. From 1349, the village depended on Glarus, and then Betschwanden for spiritual needs. Since 1528, the people of Rüti have adopted the Reformation faith.

The Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen to Linthal opened in 1879 and connected Rüti to the railway network.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Rüti began in 1809. Before 1809, Rüti 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. Rüti 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. Rüti is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus