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ALTDORF , the See also:capital of the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Uri. It is built at a height of 1516 ft. above See also:sea-level, a little above the right See also:bank of the See also:Reuss, not far above the point where this See also:river is joined on the right by the Schachen torrent. In 1900 the See also:population was 3117, all Romanists and See also:German-speaking. Altdorf is 34 M. from See also:Lucerne by the St Gotthard railway and 22 M. from Goeschenen. Its See also:port on the See also:Lake of Lucerne, Fluelen, is 2 M. distant. There is a stately See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, while above the little See also:town is the See also:oldest Capuchin See also:convent in See also:Switzerland (1581). Altdorf is best known as the See also:place where, according to the See also:legend, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Tell shot the See also:apple from his son's See also:head. This See also:act by tradition happened on the See also:market-place, where in 1895, at the See also:foot of an old See also:tower (with See also:rude frescoes commemorating the feat), there was set up a See also:fine See also:bronze statue (by See also:Richard Kissling of See also:Zurich) of Tell and his son. In 1899 a See also:theatre was opened See also:close to the town for the See also:sole purpose of performing See also:Schiller's See also:play of Wilhelm Tell. The same See also:year a new See also:carriage-road was opened from Altdorf through the Schachen valley and over the Klausen Pass (6404 ft.) to the See also:village of Linththal (3o m.) and so to See also:Glarus. One and a See also:half mile from Altdorf by the Klausen road is the village of Burglen, where by tradition Tell was See also:born; while he is also said to have lost his See also:life, while saving that of a See also:child, in the Schachen torrent that flows past the village. On the See also:left bank of the Reuss, immediately opposite Altdorf,.is Attinghausen, where the ruined See also:castle (which belonged to one of the real founders of the Swiss See also:Confederation) now houses the cantonal museum of antiquities. (W. A. B.
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