Ennetmoos is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the canton of

Nidwalden Nidwalden, also Nidwald (german: Kanton Nidwalden, ; rm, Chantun Sutsilvania; french: Canton de Nidwald; it, Canton Nidvaldo) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven municipalities and the seat of the ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

History

Ennetmoos is first mentioned in 1311 or 1315 as ''Ennetmooss''. The dragon in the municipality's coat of arms is inspired by the legend of

Strut von Winkelried Heinrich von Winkelried (d. after 1303), known as ''Schrutan'' or ''Strut'' "the giant", was a medieval knight in what is now Central Switzerland. As ''Strut von Winkelried'' he became the subject of a legend which makes him the slayer of a drago ...

, as the home castle of the

Winkelried Winkelried was a family of Unterwalden, recorded as members of the lower nobility during the second half of the 13th century and as commoners during the 14th to early 16th centuries. The name is mostly associated with Arnold von Winkelried, the her ...

s of the 13th century has been placed in the municipality's territory.

Geography

Ennetmoos has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (2.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). It consists of the village of Ennetmoos and the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of St. Jakob, Rohren, Allweg/Grueb and Rotzloch.

Demographics

Ennetmoos has a population (as of ) of . , 7.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.Nidwalden Statistical Office-Population
accessed 4 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 1.1%).
accessed 04-Sep-2009 the gender distribution of the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. there are 671 households, of which 364 households (or about 54.2%) contain only one or two individuals. 92 or about 13.7% are large households, with at least five members.Nidwalden Statistical Office-Municipalities
accessed 4 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 90% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.3%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Ennetmoos about 72% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

''). Ennetmoos has an unemployment rate of 0.85%. , there were 182 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 63 businesses involved in this sector. 376 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...

and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 134 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 33 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Sights

The main sights of Ennetmoos are: the church ''St. Jakob'', the chapel ''St. Leonhard'' in ''Rohren'', the chapel ''St. Magnus'' in ''Allweg'', a monument (''Überfalldenkmal'') in ''Allweg'', ruins at ''Rotzberg'', the ''Stanserhorn'' mountain and resort, and the pilgrimage route ''St. Jakobsweg''.

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of Nidwalden