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Nidwalden Restaurant atop Stanserhorn mountain in the demicanton of Nidwalden, Switzerland.

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Nidwalden, Halbkanton (demicanton), central Switzerland, formerly part of the canton of Unterwalden. Drained by the Engelberger Aa (river), it occupies the eastern part of former Unterwalden canton. Nidwalden means “below the forest” and refers to the great forest of Kerns that divided the two demicantons in the Middle Ages. Nidwalden was the first of the two demicantons to ally with Uri and Schwyz in the Everlasting League in 1291, the nucleus of the Swiss Confederation. It acted independently of Obwalden in its revolt against the Helvetic Republic in 1798 and in its refusal to accept the federal constitution of 1815. ...(100 of 178 words)

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