Unterwalden

Unterwalden, one of the four 'Forest Cantons' of Switzerland (q.v.), forms part of the hill country which surrounds the Lake of Lucerne; area, 295 sq. m.; pop. (1888) 27,586. Unterwalden is divided into two parts, Upper and Lower; the capital of the Nidwald is Stanz, and of the Obwald Sarnen. See Sowerby's Forest Cantons (1892).