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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STANS , the See also:

capital of the eastern See also:half (or Nidwalden) of the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Unterwalden. It stands amid orchards at a height of 1493 ft. above the See also:sea-level on a See also:plain at the See also:north See also:foot of the conical Stanserhorn (6238 ft.). It is, by electric railway, about 2 M. from Stansstad, its See also:port on the See also:south See also:shore of the See also:lake of See also:Lucerne, and 12 M. from See also:Engelberg (with its See also:great See also:Benedictine monastery, founded about 1120), now a much-frequented summer resort, while there is also an electric See also:rail-way from Stans up the Stanserhorn. In 19oo Stans had a See also:population of 2798, all See also:German-speaking and Romanists. Stans was the See also:home of the See also:Winkelried See also:family (q.v.) and has a See also:modern See also:monument to the memory of See also:Arnold von Winkelried, the legendary See also:hero of the See also:battle of See also:Sempach (1386). In 1481 the See also:holy See also:Nicholas von der Flue composed at Stans by his See also:advice the strife between the Confederates, while in 1798 many persons were massacred here by the See also:French. (W. A. B.

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