Landsgemeinde
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The Landsgemeinde is a public, non-secret ballot voting system operating by majority rule. Still in use – in a few places – at the subnational political level in Switzerland, it was formerly practiced
Landsgemeinde in Glarus, 2009
Die Landsgemeinde, fresco in the Federal Palace of Switzerland by Albert Welti and Wilhelm Balmer
Landsgemeinde Trogen 1814
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Glarus
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Glarus is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.
Landsgemeinde
…Landsgemeinde in Glarus, 2009 The Landsgemeinde ("cantonal assembly"; German: , plural Landsgemeinden) is a public, non-secret ballot voting system operating by majority rule…
Church of Glarus, built in 1861 after a fire destroyed the old church and much of the town of Glarus
The aisle of the church
Panorama of the City of Glarus