page_title: Schwanden, Glarus
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Schwanden, Glarus / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The river Sernf at Schwanden, canton of Glarus, Switzerland Esperanto: La rivero Sernf en Schwanden, Kantono Glaruso, Svislando Deutsch: Die Sernf in Schwanden, Kanton Glarus, Schweiz
context_page_description: Schwanden is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Schwanden is situated at an elevation of 528 m (1,732 ft) at the point of confluence of the Linth and Sernf rivers. The village is located along the roads to Elm, Linthal and Schwändi, and includes the formerly independent (until 1876) hamlet of Thon. The villages of Nidfurn and Haslen lie to south in the valley of the Linth, whilst the village of Engi lies to the east in the valley of the Sernf. To the north, the village of Mitlödi lies in the valley of the Linth, whilst Schwandi and Sool are respectively on the west and east slopes of the valley.
  South of Schwanden is the oldest Jagdbanngebiet (literally hunting-banned area) in Switzerland, the Freiberg Kärpf, which has been protected since 1548. Also to the south, the Niederenbäch stream descends from the slopes of the mountain of Kärpf (2,794 m or 9,167 ft). This stream has been dammed to create the Garichtisee reservoir.
  Schwanden has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of 30.6 km² (11.8 sq mi). Of this area, 32.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.3% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 3.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (26.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
caption: The Sernf river in Schwanden
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