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Wilhelm Tell

Swiss folk hero who lived in the Canton of Uri in the early 14th century
(Wikipedia) 		Joseph Benedikt Curiger
1786

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Description

Sandstone statue of Wilhelm Tell and his son Walter

Inscription(s)

Wilhelm Tell

Wie hat uns Tell befreit
Durch Muth & Biederkeit
Thu Schweizer deine Pflicht
Dann stirbt die Freiheit nicht. 		1891
Errichtet

Signature

B. Curiger. sc.

Annotation

The statue was in 1786 placed on the Tellbrunnen (Tell Fountain) on the Rathausplatz in Altdorf. In 1860 removed from that spot and replaced by a statue by Hans Konrad Siegfried (replaced in 1895 by the one by Kissling). In 1891 the orld Curiger statue was donated to Tell's birthplace Bürglen.

Bürglen - Wilhelm Tell

Sculptor

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Tags

Locatie (N 46°52'30" - E 8°39'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chur003; Photograph: 9 September 2007  / updated: 10 September 2009
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