Glarus
a town and capital of the Swiss canton of Glarus; 43 miles S. E. of Zurich. It was founded by an Irish monk, Fridolin, in the end of the 5th GLASGOW UNIVERSITY century. Zwingli was pastor here from 1506 to 1516. Glarus, having been peopled by German settlers, passed after various changes into the possession of the dukes of Austria, but ultimately secured its independence by the victories of Näfels in 1352 and 1388. In 1450 it joined the Swiss Confederation. Pop. about 5,000.