- Unterwalden
Infobox Former Country
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Unterwalden
common_name = Unterwalden|
continent = Europe
region = Alps
country = Switzerland
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
status_text = Imperial Valley of theHoly Roman Empire
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start =
year_end = 1648
life_span = ? – 1648¹|
event_start =
date_start = "Uncertain"
event1 = To Counts of Habsburg
date_event1 =1173
event2 =
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image_map_caption = Unterwalden, shown within the modern cantonal borders ofSwitzerland |
capital =Stans (Nidwalden),Sarnen (Obwalden)²|
common_languages =Swiss German |
footnotes = 1: TheOld Swiss Confederation was not internationally recognised until after thePeace of Westphalia in1648 . In1291 , the two halves of Unterwalden were founding members of the Confederation.
2: Unterwalden never really existed as a single entity, usually being governed as the twohalf-canton s of "Unterwalden ob dem Wald" (Unterwalden over the woods,Obwalden ) and "Unterwalden nid dem Wald" (Unterwalden under the woods,Nidwalden ).Unterwalden is the old name for what is now two cantons in central
Switzerland , south ofLake Lucerne . It consists of twohalf-canton s, an upper part,Obwalden , and a lower part,Nidwalden .Unterwalden was one of the three participants in the
1291 alliance with Uri and Schwyz, considered the origin of theSwiss Confederation .
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