Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°21′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Canton	Nidwalden
District	n.a.
Coordinates	46°57′N 8°21′E
Population	7353   (December 2003)
Area	11.08 km²
Elevation	452 m
Postal code	6370
SFOS number	1509
Website	www.stans.ch
Stans

Stans is the capital of the Nidwalden (Nidwald) canton in Switzerland. It has a population of 7300, 12% of which is of foreign nationality (2002). The area of Stans is 11 km². Image File history File links Stans-coat_of_arms. ... The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

History

Stans was first mentioned in 1172. In 1798 it was stormed by French troops, followed the decision of Nidwalden not to adapt a new constitution. Children orphaned by this event were gathered by the educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi for his first school. The open-air assembly (Landsgemeinde) was held in Stans annually until its abolition in 1997. Events Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (January 12, 1746 – February 17, 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Industry

There are 650 local businesses which employ 6900 people. 2% of these are in the agricultural sector, 37% in trade and industry, 61% in services.

Sights

The main sights of Stans are: the Stanserhorn (1900m) mountain and tourist resort, accessible via one of the oldest mountain railways in Switzerland, the Stanserhornbahn (1893), and by cable car; the main square (Dorfplatz); the parish church, St. Peter und Paul (built 1641 - 1647) with a Romanesque tower; the monastery St. Klara; a monument for the local hero Arnold von Winkelried and his birth place (Winkelriedhaus); a Capucin monastery; a salt storage house and an old alleyway (Schmiedgasse). 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... 19th century painting of Winkelrieds deed by Konrad Grob. ... The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) is an order of friars in the Roman Catholic Church, the chief and only permanent offshoot of the Franciscans. ...

External links

• Official Page (German)
• Stanserhorn