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Stans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. The authentic language of Stans is the Swiss type of Standard German, however the most important spoken language is the neighborhood version of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Stans is one of the oldest settlements in the entire Nidwalden valley. The first traces of human agreement date to the 2nd Century BC. During the Roman era there may be little proof of a agreement besides for some Gallo-Roman Ustrinum or funeral pyres and the Latin root stagnum which means a pool or sump of the name Stans.

During the seventh or eighth Century the Alamanni settled within the area. The Christian Alamanni constructed the primary church in Stans round 750 AD. This pre-Carolingian church served because the parish church for the whole Engelberg Valley. The church become extended numerous times till it turned into sooner or later changed in 1647 by way of the brand new church of St. Peter and Paul. Stans become first mentioned in 1124. By 1291, when Unterwalden joined Uri and Schwyz in what became the Swiss Confederation, Stans was already the capital of the section referred to as Unterwalden nid dem Kernwald which could come to be the 1/2 canton of Nidwalden.

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