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46°57′40″N 9°10′16″E / 46.961°N 9.171°E / 46.961; 9.171

Matt im Sernftal 13 July 1811, painting by Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth
Glarner Hauptüberschiebung, Martinsloch, painting by Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth

The Sernftal or Kleintal is an alpine valley within Glarus Süd, in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It is formed by the Sernf, a right tributary of the Linth. Situated in the Sernftal are the villages of Elm (977 m) and Engi (812 m). The Panix Pass at 2407 m connects the Sernftal with the anterior Rhine valley in Grisons.

Geography

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The valley is the site of an important geological feature of the Glarus Alps, the Glarner Hauptüberschiebung, a notable fault in alpine geology. A scale model of the feature is on exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History.

Name

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The name Sernf (earlier also Sernft) is of pre-Germanic origin, either Celtic or an example of Old European hydronymy. It derives from a hypothetical *Sarnivos, containing a PIE root *ser "to flow".[1]

The name of the Sernf river has received some attention in German online culture as the "fifth German word in -nf", popularized by Bastian Sick in his Spiegel Online blog.[2] The word fünf "five" is the only genuinely German word with this ending, the others are early loanwords, including Hanf "hemp" (from kánnabis) and Senf "mustard" (from sinapis), and the toponym Genf "Geneva", from Genava.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Johannes Hoops, Heinrich Beck, Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 32, s.v. "Vorgermanisch/Vorindogermanisch", p. 607.
  2. ^ Zwiebelfisch-Abc: fünf Wörter auf -nf; the online discussion can be traced to 2002 (archive.org link)

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The Autobetrieb Sernftal AG is a bus operating company in the Swiss canton of Glarus. The company operates under the trading name of Sernftalbus. The company

Canton of Glarus

Glarus is dominated by the deep valley of the Linth River and the smaller Sernftal on the east. Most of the area is mountainous. The highest peak in the Glarus

Sernftal tramway

The Sernftal tramway (German: Sernftalbahn, SeTB) was an electric narrow-gauge tramway in the Swiss canton of Glarus, which was operated by a private company

Matt, Switzerland

provide rail service to the Sernf valley. Eventually, on 8 July 1905, the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge roadside electric tramway, was opened connecting

Panix Pass

trade route between the canton of Glarus and Italy. It connects Elm in the Sernftal in Glarus with Pigniu (Panix) in the Vorderrhein valley of Graubünden.

List of bus operating companies

Östgötatrafiken Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA) Auto AG Schwyz (AAGS) Autobetrieb Sernftal (Sernftalbus) Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden [de] (AWA) Autolinee Regionali Luganesi

Elm, Switzerland

provide rail service to the Sernf valley. Eventually, on 8 July 1905, the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge roadside electric tramway, was opened connecting

Battle of Glarus (1799)

capture of Glarus ensured safe passage out the country, namely up the Sernftal via Engi, Elm and the Panix Pass to Ilanz and beyond. In his report to