Hergiswil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

History

Hergiswil is first mentioned around 1303-09 as ze Hergenswile. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 11.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.0%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.0%) and French being third ( 1.1%). the gender distribution of the population was 52.2% male and 47.8% female.

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.

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%).

{| class="wikitable"

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! year

! population

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| 1769

| 460

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| 1850

| 804

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| 1900

| 1,080

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| 1950

| 2,904

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| 1970

| 4,364

|-

| 1990

| 4,625

|-

| 2000

| 4,962

|-

| 2005

| 5,396

|-

|}

Transport

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.

Sights

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.

References

  • Official Homepage of Hergiswil
  • Official Homepage of the Glasi in Hergiswil
  • Glasi Ecuador site