Glarus Free Valley

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Establishment

• February 962: Glarus (Canton). The originally Rhaetian Talder Linth, populated by Alemannic since the 6th century, probably came to the monastery of Säckingen in the 9th century, whose patron saint, Saint Fridolin, is said to have Christianized it.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

1.1. Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

• February 962: Glarus (Canton). The originally Rhaetian Talder Linth, populated by Alemannic since the 6th century, probably came to the monastery of Säckingen in the 9th century, whose patron saint, Saint Fridolin, is said to have Christianized it.

Disestablishment

• January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

Selected Sources

• Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31