Stans
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Stans is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
Geography
Stans is located between the mountains and Stanserhorn Buochserhorn and the western foothills of the guarantor Stocks. Neighboring municipalities are Ennetmoos and Stansstad in the West, Oberdorf, Ennetburgen and Buochs the east and Dallenwil in the south, where Stansstad, Ennetburgen and Buochs are on Lake Lucerne.
Of the total municipal area 43.7 % is used for agriculture. Other 36.5 % is covered by forest and woodland. In addition to 2.6% of non-productive area are 17.2% settlement area.
History
The Gallo -Roman cremation burials dating from the 2nd century BC, the earliest traces of human presence in Nidwalden. The name Stans, which is itself derived from the Latin word Stagnum ( pond, stagnant water ) is another indication of this. The village was first mentioned in 1172. 1798 Stans was attacked by French troops, as Nidwalden rebelled against the new constitution of Napoleon Bonaparte. In this event, the teacher Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi has started to become orphans in his first school. The Nidwaldner rural community was held in Oberndorf until its abolition in 1997.
Attractions
The main attractions of Stans are Stanserhorn at 1900 m. ü. M., which is easily accessible by the Stans Horn -Bahn, the village square, the 1641-1647 built church of St. Peter and Paul, the Monastery of St. Clare, the Winkelried monument of Ferdinand Schlöth and the Winkelriedhaus. In the former Capuchin church pictures of Swiss saint Niklaus von Flue and the Lebanese Saints Scharbel Machluf are set up, both of which have a very similar Vita, and their significance also has similarities to the spiritual and religious traditions of their homelands. Also worth mentioning would be the mysterious haunted house, in which the politicians Melchior Joller lived and which was demolished in 2010.
Pictures
Winkelried Monument (1865 )
Winkelried house from the 15th century
St. Fidelis College (1883 )
Stanserhorn in the fog
Buochserhorn
View from Stanserhorn 1895
Winkelried monument of Schlöth and Stadler
Population
Demographics
The population grew in the 1850s sharply. In the following decade, the growth leveled off a bit, but increased from the 1870s back strongly. Overall, the population grew 1850-1900 to 921 persons or 49.1 %. Between 1910 and 1930, stagnated in the number of residents. From 1930 to today, followed by a steady growth. Today the community has almost 8,000 inhabitants. In 2008 alone it grew by 210 persons or 2.8%. With the surrounding communities is, along the agglomeration of Stans ( end of 2008) 30'274 inhabitants.
Languages
The population speaks a high- Alemannic dialect. Almost the entire population speaks German as a daily vernacular. At the last census in 2000 gave 91.6 % German, 2% Italian and 1.2% Serbo-Croatian as the main language.
Religions - faiths
The population was formerly full member of the Roman Catholic Church. The confessional relations in 2000 can still recognize the original structure. 5354 people were Catholic ( 76.67 %). There were 10.83% and 1.02 % Reformed Evangelical Orthodox Christians, Muslims 2.96% and 5.13% non-religious. 190 people (2.72 %) did not respond to their creed.
Origin - Nationality
Of the residents were end 2008 7050 ( 90.57 % ) Swiss nationals. The immigrants originate mainly from Central Europe ( Germany ), from southern Europe ( Italy and Portugal), the former Yugoslavia (Serbia / Montenegro, Kosovo and Bosnia- Herzegovina) and Sri Lanka. At the 2000 census, 6256 people ( 89.59 %) were Swiss citizens; it possessed 297 people dual citizenship.
Age structure
The municipality has a high proportion of younger people. While the proportion of people accounts for almost 23.89 % of the local population under twenty years, are only just 18.24 % seniors (60 years and older). The largest age group consists of the people between 30 to 44 years. The average age is around 37 years.
At the last census in 2000 showed the following age structure:
Economy
In Stans, there are 6,800 jobs in 650 local companies. 2% of the workers are in the agricultural sector, 37 % in the industrial sector and 61 % are employed in services. Among other things, the largest Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft is located in Stans. Less than 30 % of jobs are filled by locals. In 2000, 7075 workers in 2088 individuals from Stans and 4987 Zupendelnde. Although these were for the most part (67%) from the canton of Nidwalden - but there were among them also some 700 people from the canton of Lucerne in the canton of Obwalden and 500. At the same 1744 people from Stan went to work in other communities; including 45 % in the Canton of Lucerne and only 32 % in other Nidwaldner communities.
Traffic
Stans is situated on the A2 Basel -Lucerne- Gotthard motorway.
1893 opened the Stanserhorn -Bahn ( SthB ), a funicular that leads to the Stanserhorn. About which opened in the same year Electric Tram Stansstad Stans ( StSt ) was associated with the steamboats of Lake Lucerne in Stansstad. Because of the competition from the opened in 1898 Stansstad -Engelberg -Bahn ( StEB ), which runs from Stansstad about Stans to Engelberg, the tram but was decommissioned in 1903. Due to financial difficulties, the StEB 1964 initially shut down. Then the track was completely renovated and built an extension to the Brünigbahn in Hergiswil. The track was then as Luzern -Stans -Engelberg -Bahn (LSE ) reopened with connection to Lucerne. In early 2005, the LSE merged with Brünigbahn to the central railway (ZB).
Personalities
- Melchior Paul von Deschwanden (1811-1881), artist of the Nazarenerstils
- Hans von Matt (1842-1900), publisher and antiquarian
- Arnold Odermatt ( born 1925 ), Police Officer and Photographer
- Anton Josef Achermann (born 1954 ), sculptor
- Urs Odermatt ( born 1955 ), director
- Lucia Mayer- Hofmann ( born 1979 ), long-distance runner
- Markus Vogel ( born 1984 ), skier
- Zoel Amberg ( * 1992), race car driver