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    which dramatized the Rütli oath. A patriotic Rütlilied was written by Johann Krauer and Franz Joseph Greith in 1820. In 1859, the Rütli meadow was bought...
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    The Rütli Oath (German: Rütlischwur, German pronunciation: [ˈryːtliˌʃvuːr]) is the legendary oath taken at the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy...
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    1920s the Rütli school was known for its progressive education. While most German schools were single-sex institutions at that time, the Rütli school was...
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  • Der Rütli (or: Das Rütli, Rytly, or Rytli) was a German literary group, named after the famous Swiss meadow. It was founded on 9 December 1852 by members...
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    Johan-Oskar Rütli (19 December 1871 Ahja Parish (now Põlva Parish), Kreis Dorpat – 24 July 1949 Augsburg, Germany) was an Estonian politician. He was...
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    Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). Traditional date. The original date of the Rütli Oath was 1307 (reported by Aegidius Tschudi in the 16th century) and is...
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    (Landschreiber) Obwalden. It mentions the Rütli oath (German: Rütlischwur) and names Tell as one of the conspirators of the Rütli, whose heroic tyrannicide triggered...
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    on the Rütli, a location charged with symbolism in Swiss Romantic nationalism by virtue of being identified as the site of the legendary Rütli Oath. He...
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    the three digits is said to symbolise the Holy Trinity. Depictions of the Rütli Oath or Rütlischwur, the legendary founding oath of the Old Swiss Confederacy...
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    many hotels and resorts along the shores. In addition, the meadow of the Rütli, traditional site of the founding of the Swiss Confederation, is on the...
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    Timeline Enlargement Early history Roman era Old Confederacy Federal Charter Rütli Oath Growth Reformation Early Modern era Napoleonic era Restoration Federal...
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    the 25 francs coin represented William Tell and the 50 francs coin the Rütli oath. A total of 15 and 6 million pieces of the 25 and 50 francs version...
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    Timeline Enlargement Early history Roman era Old Confederacy Federal Charter Rütli Oath Growth Reformation Early Modern era Napoleonic era Restoration Federal...
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    Rütlischwur, a legendary oath of the Old Swiss Confederacy, taken on the Rütli, a meadow above Lake Lucerne, by three men representing Schwyz, Uri and...
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    Piano, transcr. arr. of the song by Josef Dessauer 485a A251 Der Schwur am Rütli (von F. Draeseke) pf 1870 Piano, transcr. arr. of the cantata by Felix Draeseke...
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    The date is inspired by the date of the Federal Charter of 1291, Pacte du Rütli, placed in "early August", when "three Alpine cantons swore the oath of...
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    legendary William Tell is said to have hailed from Uri. The historical landmark Rütli lies within the canton of Uri. The name of the valley is first mentioned...
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    on the Grütli, also known as The Oath of the Three Confederates on the Rütli, is an oil on canvas painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, created...
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    its formalities and public nature distasteful, and a smaller circle, the Rütli, was formed in December 1852: it included Kugler, Lepel, Fontane, Storm...
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    Timeline Enlargement Early history Roman era Old Confederacy Federal Charter Rütli Oath Growth Reformation Early Modern era Napoleonic era Restoration Federal...
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    canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is across the Bay of Uri (Urnersee) from the Rütli, some 4.3 km away. The Catholic chapel marks the site where according to...
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    Timeline Enlargement Early history Roman era Old Confederacy Federal Charter Rütli Oath Growth Reformation Early Modern era Napoleonic era Restoration Federal...
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    Lewinsky and Doris Morf published the political fiction Hitler auf dem Rütli, which was followed by about 20 books to this day, normally novels or crime...
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    free mountains / echo our calls / our songs of liberty" and comparing the Rütli Oath with a Republican liberty tree. Yet in spite of the Republican sentiment...
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    violence at German Hauptschulen was sparked after teachers of the infamous Rütli School wrote a letter to the senate office demanding the school be closed...
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    1280 Bishop and scholar 58 Rütlischwur after 1306 The three men of the Rütli oath, foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy 59 Friedrich der Schöne 1330...
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    Timeline Enlargement Early history Roman era Old Confederacy Federal Charter Rütli Oath Growth Reformation Early Modern era Napoleonic era Restoration Federal...
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    historian. He was a member of the literary groups Tunnel über der Spree and Rütli. His father, Christian Friedrich Eggers (1788–1858), sold building materials...
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    Tellspiele. In 2004 Schiller’s play was staged for the first time at the Rütli Meadow (German: Rütliwiese), on the occasion of its 200th anniversary. Since...
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