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Propellant is a small town and a stop for steamboats on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. The drive is part of the higher Seelisberg, with which it is connected through the drive -Seelisberg funicular and a narrow road.

In order to offer before the stormy hair dryer on the southern basin of Lake Lucerne, Lake Uri, Protection, at the drive in the early Middle Ages, a port of refuge was created. The propellant served as neutral territory for the persecuted; they were allowed to stay there for three days without being arrested.

1482 for the first time the house was mentioned to the drive, in which the old five places of the Old Confederation, who held 72 diets. The present building dates from 1658 and has been constantly renewed in the original style. The old diet meeting hall can still be seen today. The house is owned by the municipality Seelisberg and is a listed building.

46.9872222222228.5861111111111Koordinaten: 46 ° 59 ' N, 8 ° 35 ' ​​E; CH1903: 687291/204655