Tell Monument

The Tell monument is a memorial to the Swiss national hero William Tell.

Tell monument in Altdorf

The most famous Telldenkmal stands on the town square of Altdorf, Canton Uri, Switzerland. The bronze statue of Richard Kissling was inaugurated August 28, 1895 at the foot of an ancient tower. It shows the Swiss national hero with the crossbow accompanied by his son Walter. On the base is the traditional date of the Rütli oath, 1307. The background image on the tower dates from the painter Hans Reuter sand.

Behind the two statues following inscription is on a large bronze plaque mounted: Tell If One Of The shooter Tell So Long The Mountains And stand on your reason.

For the creation of the statue, a competition was announced, emerged at the Kissling as the winner. He was allowed to perform the statue, but they had to the wishes of the client revise. The second prize went to Robert Dorer, the third to Raimondo Pereda, the fourth to Gustav Siber.

Figure of Walther Tell the House of Switzerland

At the House of Switzerland in Berlin a figure of Walther Tell was attached. Originally completed in 1936 the building construction should be a figure of William Tell are installed. The competent administrative authorities of the Third Reich but had prohibited a representation of the freedom fighter, so that a figure of William Tell's son, Walther Tell was installed as a compromise.

Other monuments

In addition to the monument Altdorfer there are a variety of other Telldenkmale:

Existing monuments

  • Tell Chapel on Lake Uri
  • Memorial cross at the death of Tell in Bourguillon on the banks of Schächen built to 1865/70
  • Telldenkmal by Vincenzo Vela, erected in 1856 on the Quai des Hotel Du Parc in Lugano, moved 1914
  • Telldenkmal by Antonin Mercié, built in 1901 in front of the Palace of Justice (Palais de Justice ) Mont Benon in Lausanne ( the former Federal Courthouse, District Court today )
  • Hohle Gasse, 1937 according to the stage directions of Friedrich Schiller " restored "
  • Tell monument of Emilio Stanzani, erected in 1959 in front of the church in Küssnacht

Fountain figures

  • Tellbrunnen in Schaffhausen in 1522
  • Tellstatue of Joseph Benedict Curiger, 1786-1860 as a fountain figure in Altdorf, since 1891 Brunnenfigur in Bourguillon
  • Tellbrunnen of Hugo Siegwart, erected in 1911/12 in Lucerne

Outbound monuments

  • Destroyed obelisk on the Old Town Island in Meggen, built in 1783, in 1796 by a lightning strike
  • Tell monument of Friedrich Schäferle (1709-1786), built in 1780 destroyed at the Lindenhof in Zurich, 1800
  • Gypsum Tell by Hans Konrad Siegfried, built in 1859 destroyed over the entrance for the Federal Freischiessen in Zurich, from 1860 in Altdorf at Church Square, 1895
  • Plaster model of the statue of Kissling, until 1976 in the atrium of the main building of the ETH Zurich, then in a warehouse of the National Museum
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