Stans

Stans
Stans
Municipality
	View of Stans
	Coat of arms
	Location of Stans
	Stans Stans
	Coordinates: 46°57′N 8°21′E / 46.950°N 8.350°E
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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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