Stans

Stans
Municipality
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Coat of arms
Location of Stans
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Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°21′E / 46.950°N 8.350°E / 46.950; 8.350
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Nidwalden
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Gregor Schwander CVP/PDC
Area
• Total	11.08 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Elevation	452 m (1,483 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)
• Total	8,393
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	6370
SFOS number	1509
Surrounded by	Buochs, Dallenwil, Ennetbürgen, Ennetmoos, Oberdorf, Stansstad
Website	www.stans.ch SFSO statistics

Stans is the capital city of the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. It has a population of 7,300 people. The area of Stans is 11 km².

History

Stans was first noted in 1172. In 1798, it was attacked by French troops, followed the decision of Nidwalden not to adapt a new constitution. Children whose parents were killed by this event were gathered by the teacher Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi for his first school. The open-air assembly (Landsgemeinde) was held in Stans each year until 1997.

Sights

The main sights of Stans are:

• The Stanserhorn (1900m) mountain and tourist resort
• The Stanserhornbahn: A cable car which takes people from the base of the mountain to the hotel at the top. It was first built in 1893.
• The main square (Dorfplatz)
• Saint Peter and Paul church: built from 1641 to 1647 with a Romanesque tower
• The Saint Klara monastery
• A monument for the local hero Arnold von Winkelried and his birth place (Winkelriedhaus).

References

Other websites

Media related to Stans at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Page (in German)
• Stanserhorn Archived 2005-12-26 at the Wayback Machine

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