What is Hergiswil?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Hergiswil | municipality_name = Hergiswil | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Hergiswil COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Hergiswil.png | languages = German | canton = Nidwalden | iso-code-region = CH-NW | district = n.a. |coordinates={{coord|46|58|N|8|18|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6052 | municipality_code = 1507 | area = 17.00 | elevation = 449|elevation_description= | population = 5282|populationof = December 2003 | website = www.hergiswil.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Alpnach]] (OW), [[Horw]] (LU), [[Kriens]] (LU), [[Schwarzenberg, Switzerland|Schwarzenberg]] (LU), [[Stansstad]] | twintowns = }} '''Hergiswil''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Nidwalden]] in [[Switzerland]]. It was founded in 1378. 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. It burned down on one occasion. [[Image:Pilato rigardo al Hergiswil 116.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hergiswil seen from the top of [[Pilatus (mountain)|Pilatus]]]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Hergiswil}} *[http://www.hergiswil.ch Official Homepage of Hergiswil] *[http://www.glasi.ch Official Homepage of the Glasi in Hergiswil] *[http://www.turicumsa.com Glasi Ecuador site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221055852/http://www.turicumsa.com/ |date=2007-12-21 }} {{Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden}} {{switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities of Nidwalden]]