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Wolfenschiessen
Nidwaldenvillage
Wolfenschiessen
Total population
2,107
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Wolfenschiessen is a village and municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Wolfenschiessen itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Altzellen, Büren ob dem Bach, Dörfli, and Oberrickenbach, together with a large area of high alpine land, mountains, lakes, and glaciers.
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History
Wolfenschiessen was first mentioned around 1200 as Wolvinscizin though a 14th-century copy of a land record from around 1160 mentions two fields at Wolfenschiessen. During the 12th century the farm and fields of Wolfenschiessen were owned by the Benedictine Muri Abbey. In the 13th and 14th centuries the lands were gradually transferred to Murbach-Lucerne and Engelberg Abbeys. Between the 12th and 13th centuries, the von Wolfenschiessen family were, probably, raised from farming to minor nobility and appointed to administer the monastery’s estates at Wolfenschiessen. They built a tower in the center of the village from which they administered and ruled over the village and farms. The family eventually grew to local prominence, before losing most of their wealth and status in the 15th century and dying out at the beginning of the 17th century. A village church was built by 1277 but was initially a filial church of the parish church in Stans. The village received its own priest in 1438 and in 1469 became an independent parish. During the 14th through 16th centuries several other hamlets developed around Wolfenschiessen.
Geography
Wolfenschiessen encompasses both sides of the deep valley of the river Engelberger Aa downstream of Engelberg, with high alpine areas encircling Engelberg to the north, west, and south. The settlements of Wolfenschiessen, Büren ob dem Bach and Dörfli lie in the valley, whilst Altzellen and Oberrickenbach are on higher ground to the east.
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Geography
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Climate
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Nidwalden
- Dallenwil1.7 mi away · pop. 1,828
- Oberdorf NW3.5 mi away · pop. 3,081
- Stans3.7 mi away · pop. 8,207
- Ennetmoos4.3 mi away · pop. 2,103
- Buochs4.7 mi away · pop. 5,398
- Hergiswil NW6.6 mi away · pop. 5,611
- Bo‘zovboy2642.1 mi away
- Mingbuloq2645.5 mi away
- Ko‘lquduq2656.7 mi away
- Ko‘kayoz2669 mi away
- Sokin2677.1 mi away
- Kokpatas2693.6 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Wolfenschiessen
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 1511
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,097
- Wikidata
- Q64351
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771