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Obwalden

Canton of Obwalden or Obwald (German: Kanton Obwalden ⓘ; Romansh: Chantun Sursilvania; French: Canton d'Obwald; Italian: Canton Obvaldo) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of seven municipalities and the seat of the government and parliament is in Sarnen. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton", the other half…

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Capital
Sarnen
Highest point
3,238 m (10,623 ft): Titlis
ISO 3166 code
CH-OW
Joined
1291
Languages
German
Lowest point
434 m (1,424 ft): Lake Lucerne

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Obwalden

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Edges158
Triples275
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012579
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related to history · 37
Obwalden → An, An Early Bronze Age, BC, Between, Brand, Canton, Celtic, Council, District, Due, During, Federal Constitution, Foribach, From, Gallo-Roman, Giswil, In, It, Kerns, Kernwald
related to Early middle ages · 35
Obwalden → Abbey, Alpnach, Beromünster, Beromünster Abbey, By, Counts, During, Early Middle Ages, Engelberg Abbey, Giswil, However, Hunwil, Hunwil Castle, In, In Giswil, In Lungern, Kerns, Landenberg, Lenzburg, Lords
related to Under the Helvetic Republic · 26
Obwalden → Act, After, April, Canton, Catholic Church, During, Flüe, Forest Cantons, France, French, Helvetic Republic, Helvetiker, However, Landsgemeinde, Mediation, On, Other, Republic, Sarnen, Swiss
related to From the Helvetic Republic to the founding of the Federal State · 24
Obwalden → Abbey, After, Canton, Catholic, During, Engelberg, Federal, Federal Diet, Helvetic Republic, In, Landammann, Landammann Nikodem Spichtig, Landammann Spichtig, November, Restoration, Sonderbund, Sonderbund War, Spichtig, The, Then
related to The Reformation · 24
Obwalden → Baden, Bern, Bernese, Bernese Oberhasli, Brünig Pass, Catholic, Confederation, First War, France, French, However, Huldrych Zwingli, In, Kappel, Most, Protestant, Protestant Reformation, Second War, Spain, Tagsatzung
related to The Old Swiss Confederation · 22
Obwalden → Bavaria, Confederates, Duke Louis IV, Einsiedeln, Emperor Henry VII, Eternal Alliance, Frederick, Habsburg, Habsburg-protected, Habsburgs, Handsome, Holy Roman Emperor, In, Initially, Louis IV, Nidwalden, Schwyz, The Confederates, The Emperor, Unterwalden
related to Tourism · 15
Obwalden → During, Engelberg, Langis, Lungern-Schönbüel, Many, Melchsee-Frutt, Mörlialp, One-quarter, Pilatus, Swiss Alps, The, Titlis, Tourism, Two, Winter
related to Demographics · 14
Obwalden → Albanian, As, December, French, German, Italian, Migration, Most, Of, Over, Romansh, Serbo-Croatian, Switzerland, There
related to Municipalities · 14
Obwalden → Alpnach, Engelberg, Giswil, Kerns, Kägiswil, Lungern, Ramersberg, Sachseln, Sarnen, Sarnen-Dorfschaft, Schwendi/Wilen, The, There, Two
related to Cantonal elections · 11
Obwalden → Cantonal Council, Christian Social Party, FDP, In, Kantonsrat, March, The, The Christian Democrats, The Liberals, The Social Democratic Party, The Swiss People's Party

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canton sarnen nidwalden swiss population unterwalden century cantons confederation two uri became many church sector government one french engelberg lucerne

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ObwaldenCapitalSarnen1.00infobox
ObwaldenHighest point3,238 m (10,623 ft): Titlis1.00infobox
ObwaldenISO 3166 codeCH-OW1.00infobox
ObwaldenJoined12911.00infobox
ObwaldenLanguagesGerman1.00infobox
ObwaldenLowest point434 m (1,424 ft): Lake Lucerne1.00infobox
ObwaldenSubdivisions7 municipalities1.00infobox
ObwaldenWebsitewww.ow.ch1.00infobox
Obwalden• Density77.679/km2 (201.19/sq mi)1.00infobox
Obwalden• ExecutiveRegierungsrat (5)1.00infobox
Obwalden• LegislativeKantonsrat (55)1.00infobox
Obwalden• Per capitaCHF 67,453 (2020)1.00infobox
Obwalden• PresidentChristian Schäli1.00infobox
Obwalden• Total490.58 km2 (189.41 sq mi)1.00infobox
Obwalden• Total38,1081.00infobox
Obwalden• TotalCHF 2.564 billion (2020)1.00infobox
Obwaldenis astone knife from the 8th millennium BC0.90text
Obwaldenis ahalf canton0.90text

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