OBWALDEN

Meaning of OBWALDEN in English

Ger. /awp"vahl'deuhn/ , n.

one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 25,100; 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Cap.: Sarnen.

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OBWALDEN — geographical name see: Obwald
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OBWALDEN — see Obwald
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OBWALDEN — half canton, central Switzerland, formerly part of the canton of Unterwalden. The half canton is drained by the Sarner River …
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OBWALDEN — Обвальден
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UNTERWALDEN — Former canton, central Switzerland. It was ruled after 1173 by the Habsburg counts. In 1291, with Uri and Schwyz, it …
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UNTERWALDEN — Ger. /oon"teuhrdd vahl'deuhn/ , n. a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons. Cf. Obwalden, Nidwalden .
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SARNEN — Ger. /zahrdd"neuhn/ , n. a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern. 7000.
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OBWALD — or Obwalden — see Unterwalden
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CANTON — political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries. In France the canton, a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a …
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UNTERWALDEN — former canton, central Switzerland; it occupied the basins of the Sarner Aa (river) and the Engelberger Aa. The former canton …
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SWITZERLAND — officially Swiss Confederation, French Suisse, or Confdration Suisse, German Schweiz, or Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Italian Svizzera, or Confederazione Svizzera, or Confederazione …
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STANS, DIET OF — (Dec. 22, 1481), agreement whereby civil war among the member states of the Swiss Confederation was averted. When the five …
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SARNEN — capital of Obwalden half canton, central Switzerland, at the efflux of the Sarner River from the northern end of Lake …
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NIDWALDEN — demi-canton (half canton), central Switzerland, formerly part of the canton of Unterwalden. Drained by the Engelberger Aa (river), it occupies …
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NICHOLAS OF FLE, SAINT, — born March 21?, 1417, Fleli, near Sachseln, Obwalden, Switz. died March 21, 1487, Ranft; canonized 1947; feast day in Switzerland …
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EVERLASTING LEAGUE — also called League Of The Three Forest Cantons, German Ewige Bund, or Dreiwaldsttterbund (Aug. 1, 1291), the inaugural confederation from …
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UNTERWALDEN — Former canton, central Switzerland. It was ruled after 1173 by the Habsburg counts. In 1291, with Uri and Schwyz, it …
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ОБВАЛЬДЕН — Obwalden
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