{"id":65,"date":"2021-10-20T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:19:51","slug":"kanton-obwalden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/schweiz\/kanton-obwalden\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton Obwalden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Switzerland <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canton Obwalden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-quick-and-easy-faqs-faqs-accordion-orderby-title-asc\">            <div class=\"qae-faqs-container qae-faqs-toggle-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"qe-faqs-filters-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"active\"><a class=\"qe-faqs-filter all-faqs\" href=\"#\" data-filter=\"*\">All<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"qe-faqs-filter\" href=\"#Kanton Obwalden\" data-filter=\".Kanton Obwalden\">Canton Obwalden<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-206\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle kanton-obwalden\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> 01. where is the canton Obwalden and how many people live here?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Land: <\/strong>Switzerland<br><strong>Nachbarkantone:<\/strong> Bern, Luzern, Nidwalden und Uri<br><strong>Gr\u00f6sse:<\/strong> 490.49 Quadratkilometer<br><strong>Hauptort:<\/strong> Sarnen<br><strong>Gemeinden:<\/strong> 7<br><strong>Anzahl Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner:<\/strong> 39&#8217;272 (Stand 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find the most important information about the canton Obwalden&nbsp;<strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/willkommen\/4463\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn more about the&nbsp;<strong>History<\/strong>&nbsp;of the canton of Obwalden, please read&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/geschichte\/422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/em>&nbsp;more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-209\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle kanton-obwalden\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> 02. which communes belong to the canton Obwalden?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>The canton of Obwalden has\u00a0<strong>sieben\u00a0Gemeinden<\/strong>: Alpnach, Engelberg, Giswil, Kerns, Lungern, Sachseln und Sarnen. <br>Die Gemeinde Engelberg ist dabei r\u00e4umlich durch den Kanton Nidwalden von den restlichen sechs Gemeinden getrennt. Sie befindet sich nicht im Sarneraatal wie die anderen Gemeinden und ist somit eine Exklave. Die Gemeinden haben allgemein eine starke Autonomie in der Aufgabenerf\u00fcllung, arbeiten aber eng zusammen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you will find the links to the municipal websites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpnach.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Alpnach municipality<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gde-engelberg.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Engelberg municipality<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giswil.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Community Giswil<\/strong><\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerns.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Community Kerns<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lungern.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Community Lungern<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sachseln.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Community Sachseln<\/strong><\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarnen.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Community Sarnen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-210\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle kanton-obwalden\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> 03. Welcher Religion geh\u00f6ren die Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner des Kantons Obwalden an?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/csm_F13-3_24816466_lagom_f8d8e6afbf-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" style=\"width:300px;height:203px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Der Kanton Obwalden ist \u00fcberwiegend <strong>katholisch gepr\u00e4gt<\/strong>. Rund 60 % der Obwaldnerinnen und Obwaldner gaben im Jahr 2023 die r\u00f6misch-katholische Konfession als Religionszugeh\u00f6rigkeit an. Rund 8 % waren evangelisch-reformiert und etwa 6 % geh\u00f6rten anderen Konfessionen an. Der Anteil an konfessionslosen Personen betrug 2023 25%.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-215\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle kanton-obwalden\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> 05. Wie ist das politische System des Kantons Obwalden aufgebaut?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Auf kantonaler Ebene weist das politische System die gleichen Strukturen auf, wie auf Bundesebene. Auch hier gilt die Unterscheidung in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/csm_F8-2_23542181_RalphKlein_01d2fa156a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>     Legislature (legislative power): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/kantonsratview\"><em><strong>Cantonal Council<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br>     Executive (executive power): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/regierungsratview#:~:text=Der%20Regierungsrat%20Obwalden%20im%20Amtsjahr,Sch%C3%A4li%2C%20Landschreiberin%20Nicole%20Frunz%20Wallimann.\"><strong><em>Government Council<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br>     Judiciary (judicial power): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ow.ch\/koerperschaften\/237\"><strong><em>Cantonal Court<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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