Stans 307086 220155176 2008-06-18T15:12:03Z 212.8.110.98 {{For|village in Tyrol|Stans, Austria}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Stans | municipality_name = Stans | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = Stans-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Stans.png | languages = German | canton = Nidwalden | iso-code-region = CH-NW | district = n.a. | lat_d=46|lat_m=57|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=21|long_EW=E | postal_code = 6370 | municipality_code = 1509 | area = 11.08 | elevation = 452|elevation_description= | population = 7353|populationof = December 2003 | popofyear = 2003 | website = www.stans.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Buochs]], [[Dallenwil]], [[Ennetbürgen]], [[Ennetmoos]], [[Oberdorf, Nidwalden|Oberdorf]], [[Stansstad]] | twintowns = |}} '''Stans''' is the capital of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Nidwalden]] (Nidwald) in [[Switzerland]]. It has a population of 7300, 12% of which is of foreign nationality ([[2002]]). The area of Stans is 11 km². ==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]]. Stans can also refer to a species of shimp in the "larval" form that were first ordained on the beaches of Groton Long Point, Connecticut, USA in August of 2006. They were originally discovered by two teenage girls who were swimming along the coast when they noticed the tiny, black shrimp in the water and being washed up on to the shore. ==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 [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capucin monastery]]; a salt storage house and an old alleyway (''Schmiedgasse''). ==External links== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.stans.ch/ Official Page] {{de icon}} *[http://www.stanserhorn.ch/default_eng.htm Stanserhorn] {{Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden}} {{Cantonal capitals of Switzerland}} [[Category:Cantonal capitals of Switzerland]] [[Category:Cities in Switzerland]] [[Category:Municipalities of Nidwalden]] [[Category:Nidwalden|Stans (capital)]] [[da:Stans]] [[de:Stans]] [[es:Stans]] [[eo:Stans]] [[eu:Stans]] [[fr:Stans]] [[it:Stans]] [[nl:Stans (Zwitserland)]] [[pl:Stans]] [[pt:Stans]] [[ro:Stans]] [[ru:Штанс]] [[sq:Stans]] [[simple:Stans]] [[sk:Stans]] [[sr:Штанс]] [[sv:Stans (kommun, CH-NW)]] [[vo:Stans (Jveizän)]]