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Unterwalden, translated from the Latin inter silvas (between the forests), is the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne, consisting of two valleys or Talschaften, now two separate Swiss cantons (or two half-cantons), Obwalden and Nidwalden.
Unterwalden, former canton, central Switzerland; it occupied the basins of the Sarner Aa (river) and the Engelberger Aa. The former canton is divided (east and west) into two sovereign half cantons— Nidwalden and Obwalden —based on the medieval distinction between the upper and lower river valleys.
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Unterwalden, translated from the Latin inter silvas (between the forests), is the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne, consisting of two valleys or Talschaften, now two separate Swiss cantons, Obwalden and Nidwalden.
The foundation of the confederation. Swiss Confederation to 1798. The communities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden were populated by a large number of free peasants. Originally, secular or ecclesiastic lords had sent them to clear the woods and cultivate the land in the severe environmental conditions of the Alpine valleys.
Unterwalden, vom Blatt der Dreizehn Alten Orte der Schweiz. Unterwalden ist der Name des Gebietes, das aus den beiden Schweizer Kantonen Nidwalden und Obwalden besteht. In der Alten Eidgenossenschaft war Unterwalden neben Appenzell einer der beiden «Orte mit geteilter Standesstimme».
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Unterwalden is a canton in central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. It is divided into two half cantons, Obwalden and Nidwalden, and has a history of forming the Swiss Confederation in 1291.
The cantons Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden ( Nidwalden and Obwalden together are called Unterwalden) are called Urkantone. An Urkanton is a canton that existed since the foundation of Switzerland in 1291. With time, other cantons joined Switzerland. Jura is the newest canton in Switzerland since 1978.
