Hergiswil
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Hergiswil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
HistoryEdit
Hergiswil is first mentioned around 1303-09 as ze Hergenswile.<ref name=HDS/>
GeographyEdit
Hergiswil has an area, Template:As of, of Template:Convert. Of this area, 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (16.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
The municipality is located between the foot of Mount Pilatus and Lake Lucerne.
DemographicsEdit
Hergiswil has a population (as of Template:Swiss populations date) of Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, 14.5% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.<ref name=NW_pop>Nidwalden Statistical Office-Population Template:In lang accessed 4 September 2009</ref> Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population (Template:As of) speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and French being third ( 1.1%).<ref name=SFSO>Swiss Federal Statistical Office Template:Webarchive accessed 04-Sep-2009</ref> Template:As of the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.
Template:As of there are 2,216 households, of which 1,627 households (or about 73.4%) contain only one or two individuals. 91 or about 4.1% are large households, with at least five members.<ref name=NW_Gemeinde>Nidwalden Statistical Office-MunicipalitiesTemplate:Dead link Template:In lang accessed 4 September 2009</ref>
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 89.1% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.3%).<ref name=SFSO/>
In Hergiswil about 77.7% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).<ref name=SFSO/>
Hergiswil has an unemployment rate of 1.24%. Template:As of, there were 89 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 35 businesses involved in this sector. 666 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 72 businesses in this sector. 2,091 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 382 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>Template:HDS</ref>
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1769 | 460 |
| 1850 | 804 |
| 1900 | 1,080 |
| 1950 | 2,904 |
| 1970 | 4,364 |
| 1990 | 4,625 |
| 2000 | 4,962 |
| 2005 | 5,396 |
TransportEdit
Hergiswil is served by Hergiswil station and Hergiswil Matt station on the Brünig railway line, and the linked Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. The Lucerne S-Bahn services S4 and S5 combine to provide four trains per hour at each station. Hergiswil station is also served by hourly InterRegio trains between Lucerne and Interlaken, and between Lucerne and Engelberg.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
SightsEdit
The main sights of Hergiswil are: an old clergy house, the church, the chapel Maria zum guten Rat, old mansion Thumigerhaus, and a glazier's workshop with museum. The workshop was established in 1817, burning down on one occasion, but is still working.
ReferencesEdit
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External linksEdit
- Official Homepage of Hergiswil
- Official Homepage of the Glasi in Hergiswil
- Glasi Ecuador site Template:Webarchive
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