UNTERWALDEN

oonˈtərväldən, canton, central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. A mountainous, forested, and chiefly pastoral region, Unterwalden is divided into the half cantons of Obwalden (1993 pop. 30,200), 190 sq mi (492 sq km), in the west, with its capital at Sarnen, and Nidwalden (1993 pop. 34,900), 106 sq mi (275 sq km), in the east, with its capital at Stans. Dairying and woodworking are the main occupations of Obwalden, while the economy of Nidwalden revolves around its winter tourist facilities. The population of Unterwalden is German-speaking and Roman Catholic. In 1291, Unterwalden formed with the cantons of Uri and Schwyz a league that became the nucleus of the Swiss Confederation (see Switzerland). The two half cantons officially split from each other in 1340, although generally they continued to act as one unit. They gained sovereign status as individual units in 1803.

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books on: Unterwalden  - 175 results

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A Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War of 1847
Book by Joachim Remak; Westview, 1993
Subjects: Dufour, Guillaume-Henri--1787-1875--Military leadership, Fribourg (Switzerland : Canton)--History, Switzerland--Church history--19th century, Switzerland--History--Sonderbund, 1845-1847
tablish the canton of Unterwalden. But the two never formed a unitary canton. Instead, the new Unterwalden remained divided into two half-cantons. One was Unterwalden ob dem Wald, although the old Obwalden remained in use as well, and Unterwalden...
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A Short History of Switzerland
Book by E. Bonjour, H. S. Offler, G. R. Potter; Clarendon Press, 1952
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...which granted the same status to Unterwalden. In the open war for the throne which...years of opportunist policy Schwyz and Unterwalden thus built up their pretention to be...unity made up of Schwyz, Uri, and Unterwalden. There is remarkably little evidence...
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National Rights, International Obligations
Book by Simon Caney, David George, Peter Jones; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Nationalism--Congresses
...the Forest Cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden--"We will to be a nation of brothers...certain, that the men of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden who met on the banks of the Ruetli river...descent. That the men of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden presumably spoke the same low dialect...
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Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany
Book by Tom Scott; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Rhine River Region, Group Identity--Rhine River Region, Peasants' War, 1524-1525, Reformation--Germany, Rhine River Region
...possessions, mainly around Luzern and in Unterwalden, to king Rudolf. When Rudolf died...enfranchised families in Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...1987), p. 142. The situation in Unterwalden was more complex, for there the powerful...
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Thomas Platter and the Educational Renaissance of the Sixteenth Century
Book by Paul Monroe; D. Appleton & Company, 1904
Subjects: Platter, Thomas--1499-1582
...herself. From Luzern we went to Sarnen in Unterwalden, came to a landlord and landlady...asleep, he would get up again." For in Unterwalden they often do not go to bed when they...Therefore people say: "Shall we have an Unterwalden night?" and although they lay on the...
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The Urner Tellenspiel of 1512: Strategies of Early Political Drama
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Urner Tellspiel (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Forest Cantons, Uri, Schwytz, and Unterwalden, this traditional order being maintained...assassinations carried out by Cunno Abatzellen in Unterwalden, and by Tell in Uri, from which individual...speakers come from Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden respectively. The playwright has made...
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Staging Act 5 of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell
Journal article by Timothy Richard Wutrich; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von--Works, Wilhelm Tell: Ein Schauspiel. Zum Neujarhrsgeschenk auf 1805 (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...the young Arnold von Melchthal from Unterwalden has taken refuge at the home of Tells...the three cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden in rebellion against Hapsburg rule...scene, Konrad Baumgarten, a Swiss from Unterwalden, is escaping from soldiers of the Austrian...
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Panacea or Pathetic Fallacy? the Swiss Ban on Minarets
Journal article by Lorenz Langer; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 43, 2010
Subjects: Freedom of religion--Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial review--Laws, regulations and rules, Minarets--Laws, regulations and rules, Referendum--Laws, regulations and rules, Referendums--Laws, regulations and rules
...1291 concluded between the valleys of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden to ensure general peace and mutual assistance. (353) During...Charter of 1291 states that the people of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden would "accept or receive no judge ... who was not a native...
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David Starr Jordan on the Dysgenic Effects of Dysfunctional Culture
Journal article by Ian McNish; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 43, 2002
Subjects: Culture, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Jordan, David Starr
...who kept their own for their own upbuilding. Perhaps for these reasons than this Lucerne is weaker than Graubunden, and Unterwalden less virile than little Appenzell. In any event, the matter is worthy of consideration; for this is absolutely certain...


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magazine articles on: Unterwalden  - 2 results

 
 
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Multi-Lingual Switzerland
Magazine article by Norman Berdichevsky; World and I, Vol. 23, February 2008
Subjects: Multilingualism--Military aspects, Multilingualism--Political aspects, Multilingualism--Social aspects, Swiss foreign relations, Switzerland--Social aspects
...German-speaking "forest cantons" of Schwytz, Uri and Unterwalden around the eastern shore of Lake Lucerne entered into a defensive...the original German speaking cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden for centuries, Ticino resisted incorporation by Napoleon...
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Black Sheep, White Sheep: The Swiss and Immigration
Magazine article by Michael Nash; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Spring 2008
Subjects: Blocher, Christopher--Political activity, Blocher, Christopher--Powers and duties, Immigration policy--Interpretation and construction, Politicians--Political activity, Politicians--Powers and duties, Swiss foreign relations--Political aspects, Swiss foreign relations--Social aspects, Switzerland--Foreign policy, Switzerland--Political aspects
...the centre and northwest and north-east, includes the heartland of Switzerland, the forest cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, where the original oath of Rutli was taken in 1291, taken to be the beginning of the Swiss state. It is here, on the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Unterwalden  - 10 results

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Unterwalden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UNTERWALDEN oon t rvald n, canton, central Switzerland...forested, and chiefly pastoral region, Unterwalden is divided into the half cantons of...tourist facilities. The population of Unterwalden is German-speaking and Roman Catholic...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Obwalden and Nidwalden together form Unterwalden , Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt form...cantonal constitutions differ widely. In Unterwalden, Glarus, and Appenzell the entire...mountainous localities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden resulted in the conclusion (1291...
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Four Forest Cantons, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vier Waldstatten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden , Schwyz , Uri , and Lucerne , the first Swiss communities...the Hapsburgs. In 1291 the three mountain forest cantons (Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri) formed the League of Forest Cantons...
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Uri , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of a dependency of the emperor. The scene of the events of the William Tell legend, Uri in 1291 formed with Schwyz and Unterwalden the league that became the nucleus of Switzerland. It rejected the Reformation and in 1845 joined the Catholic Sonderbund...
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Tell, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...account of events that resulted (1291) in the formation of the Everlasting League between the cantons of Schwyz , Uri , and Unterwalden . Schillers popular drama Wilhelm Tell is based on the legend; Rossinis opera William Tell is based on Schillers drama...
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