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  ALTDORF - LoveToKnow Article on ALTDORF
Altdorf is best known as the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.
The same year a new carriage-road was opened from Altdorf through the Schachen valley and over the Klausen Pass (6404 ft.) to the village of Linththal (30 m.) and so to Glarus.
One and a half mile from Altdorf by the Klausen road is the village of Burglen, where by tradition Tell was born; while he is also said to have lost his life, while saving that of a child, in the Schachen torrent that flows past the village.
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 Altdorf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Altdorf is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri.
Altdorf is 55 km from Lucerne by the St Gotthard railway and 28 km from Göschenen.
2 kilometres from Altdorf by the Klausen road is the village of Bürglen, where by tradition Tell was born; while he is also said to have lost his life, while saving that of a child, in the Schächen torrent that flows past the village.
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 Genealogy of Abraham Dreyfuss of Altdorf
Genealogy of Abraham Dreyfuss and Duset Weil of Altdorf
Born 1797/1799 in 27 Ijjar 5557 In Altdorf.
Born 1807/1809 in 19 Kislev 5567 In Altdorf.
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 Third Generation
Catherina Wieber was born on 29 Oct 1717 in Altdorf, Baden, Germany.
Johann Baptist Wirtner was born on 11 Jun 1765 in Altdorf, Baden, Germany.
Landolin Wirtner was born on 30 Aug 1778 in Altdorf, Baden, Germany.
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 Key to Altdorf
The Emperor Karl-Franz Bridge [c] is the northernmost of the Altdorf bridges on the Reik and connects Amtsbezirk to the University district.
The charter of the Altdorf Wizards’ and Alchemists’ Guild [36] – formerly known as the Guild of Apothecaries – was revised by Emperor Wilhelm II when he realised that the Colour Colleges of Magic recruited most of their apprentices from the Magical Guilds and colleges of Middenheim, Nuln, and even Talabheim.
It serves as the largest jail for the city of Altdorf, and is the home of all sorts of criminals serving long terms of imprisonment, from the tradesman gone broke to the worst of murderers.
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 Altdorf
Altdorf is the seat of the Emperor Karl Franz, and as such is the current Imperial capital.
Altdorf stands on a series of islands amongst the mud flats at the point where the Reik and Talabec converge.
Altdorf also houses the majestic wizards' towers of the Colleges of Magic, where the finest Battle Wizards in the Old World are trained.
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 The Altdorf Of William Tell - Switzerland
Let it be said at once that, altho the name of Altdorf is indissolubly linked with that of William Tell, the place arouses an interest which does not at all depend upon its associations with the famous archer.
As you approach Altdorf from Fluelen, on the Lake of Lucerne, by the long white road, the first houses you reach are large structures of the conventional village type, plain, but evidently the homes of well-to-do people, and some even adorned with family coats-of-arms.
In the town hall are shown the tattered flags carried by the warriors of Uri in the early battles of the Confederation, the mace and sword of state which are borne by the beadles to the Landsgemeinde.
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 Altdorf UR - Wikipedia
Altdorf ist eine Gemeinde und der Hauptort des Kantons Uri in der Schweiz.
Nachdem dieser sich weigerte, Gesslers Hut auf der Stange zu grüssen, wurde er von Gessler dazu gezwungen, einen Apfel vom Kopf seines Sohnes zu schiessen.
Am linken Reussufer, gleich gegenüber Altdorf, liegt Attinghausen, wo das zerstörte Schloss, das einst einem der Gründer der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft gehörte, heute das kantonale Antiquitätenmuseum beherbergt.
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 Travel Distances in the Empire
The travel distances within this document are taken either via the larger roads of the Empire or the waterways as marked on page 282 of the WFRP rulebook.
As the scope for travel within the Old World is so large (for example, you can go to Middenheim from Altdorf at least four ways) I have stuck to the shortest distance(s).
Altdorf-The Moot: 270 miles up the River Reik/Stir/Aver to Nuln, then either 270 miles up the River Aver or 400 miles by road.
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 JewishEncyclopedia.com - WAGENSEIL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH:
In 1667 he was made professor of history at Altdorf, and was professor of Oriental languages at the same university from 1674 to 1697, after which he occupied the chair of ecclesiastical law until his death.
Becoming convinced by the "Toledot Yeshu" that the Jews were guilty of blaspheming Jesus, Wagenseil addressed to all high potentates his "Denunciatio Christiana de Blasphemiis Judæorum in Jesum Christum" (Altdorf, 1703), in which he implored them to restrain the Jews from mocking at Jesus, Mary, the cross, the mass, and Christian teachings.
Although he would have been pleased to see the Protestant princes show greater zeal in the conversion of the Jews, Wagenseil was opposed to forcible baptism and similar measures, and devoted a special treatise to the refutation of the charge of ritual murder.
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 Altdorf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
a town in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg (Altdorf bei Böblingen),
a municipality in the district of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg (Altdorf bei Nürtingen),
Altdorf, the capital of The Empire in the fictional universe of Warhammer Fantasy.
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 Descendants of Abraham Dreyfuss and Marianne Gundelfinger
Born 9 Jan 1780 in Altdorf (9 Schevat 5540).
Born 1782 in Altdorf - 29 Ellul 5542, Erew Rosh Haschone.
Born Jul 1786 in Altdorf- 2 Tamus 5546.
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 Altdorf : Introduction | Frommers.com
Altdorf is the town where the William Tell legend is said to have taken place.
The key to the St. Gotthard Pass, Altdorf is north of the Alps and 3km (2 miles) south of where the Reuss River flows into the Urnesee.
The most scenic way to get to Altdorf from Lucerne is to ride a lake steamer to Flüelen and transfer to a bus.
www.frommers.com /destinations/altdorf/2598010001.html   (159 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Altdorf, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Altdorf, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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Altdorf was the scene of the legendary exploits of William Tell, commemorated by a monument (1895) and by the William Tell theater (1925).
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 Black Industries Forum - 'Morphing' towns?
I tend to run a low-fantasy, low-magic world - with people turning to technology as they so often do - and was wondering if old, cool places are going to be 'gobbled' up to make room for new institutions.
Any magical institutions outside of Altdorf are likely to be minor, out-of-the-way places.
The city's unlikely to remain exactly as it was, but I see no evidence or reason for replacing large chunks of the City of the White Wolf with arcane libraries.
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 Altdorf, Germany Patent Applications
Patent applications with an agent or inventor associated with Altdorf, Germany.
The listing of Patent Applications for Altdorf, Germany is current as of January 2005.
The applications are submitted to the USPTO for approval, published and eventually approved or denied.
www.freshpatents.com /Germany-cy1-Altdorf.php   (134 words)

  
 Warhammer : Spires of Altdorf
Lead your party through the strinking streets of Altdorf in a desparate struggle to outwit an immortal enemy who thirsts for revenge...
This sequel to 'Ashes of Middenheim' leads your party from the seige shocked city of the White wolf to the cankered heart of the Empire- Altdorf, Imperial capitol and seat of Emperor Karl Franz.
Filled with information and help on evoking this mother of all cities, 'Spires of Altdorf' includes a never before seen history of the city, from it's humble beginnings to it's present perils.
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 Customs & Traditions in Switzerland: Carnival in Altdorf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Long before Guggen music, deliberately cacophonous brass ensembles with numerous rhythm and percussion instruments, began to spread from Basel throughout the whole of Switzerland and into southern Germany, and Lucerne became the centre of the Gugger tradition, the Chatzemusig, or «cat music», was a familiar tradition in the canton of Uri.
It is performed three times over the carnival period and is made up of increasingly bizarre arrangements of what was originally the French reveille march.
On Güdis Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent), the carnival musicians, in sorrow at the imminent end of the carnival, are reduced to beating out the rhythm of the reveille march, their drumskins deadened by a covering of fl cloth.
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 July 9: Grindelwald to Altdorf, Switzerland
I was so chilledand exhausted that I opted not even to ride downhill from the pass and Iwas too far gone to take any pictures--sorry.
The campground in Altdorf was the worst of the trip.
We were on a busystreet, near a rail yard, with bright lights blaring overhead and noiseall night long.
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 Altdorf : Planning a Trip | Frommers.com
Getting There -- Several daily trains make the 27-minute trip to Altdorf from the region's biggest railway junction, Arth-Goldau, on their way south to Chiasso and eventually Milan.
The bus routes coming into Altdorf connect the town with mountain hamlets, which usually have no railway junctions of their own.
In the summer a handful of buses connect it with Zurich's Hauptbahnhof, sometimes with a transfer in Flüelin.
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 Skiabteilung
Oktober 2005 um 19.30 Uhr in der Dreifach-Turnhalle der Hauptschule Altdorf.
Eröffnung der Skisaison mit einer Radtour für alle "Rund um Altdorf".
Skibörse in der Aula der Hauptschule Altdorf (09.00 - 15.00 Uhr).
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 Slow Travel Tours - Switzerland from Altdorf to Zermatt, an alphabetical trip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We must visit the towns in alphabetical order, but substitutions may be done on the fly (Aosta instead of Altdorf, Brig instead of Bern).
E is for Engelberg (OW): Train back to the center of Switzerland, just past Altdorf, to Stans on the southern edge of Lake Lucerne, where we switch to a mountain train to take us up the valley to Engelberg, an enchanting village where we spent a week in 2002.
Take a bus to Altdorf, then get on the train heading south to the Gottard Pass (thank goodness you are not driving - 30 minutes through the Gottard Tunnel is nerve wracking).
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 July 10: Altdorf to Murg, Switzerland
When we started off, we backtracked through Altdorf and passed the WilliamTell memorial and the fascinating town.
As we headed out of Altdorf, we started climbing almost immediately.It must have been something I ate, but just after I shot the church pictureabove and climbed up past it, I became sick to my stomach.
A marching band entertained a hundred or so community residents and usinto the evening as we sat around drinking local beer.
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 Probably Pleonastic - travel distances within The Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Either 430 miles up the River Reik to Altdorf then 350 miles up the River Talabec or 440 miles by road to Middenheim then 390 miles by road.
Either 270 miles down the River Aver or 400 miles by road to Nuln, 270 miles down the River Aver/Stir/Reik to Altdorf then 430 miles down the River Reik.
Either 270 miles down the River Aver or 400 miles by road to Nuln, 270 miles down the River Aver/Stir/Reik to Altdorf then 340 miles by road.
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 Switzerland Celebrates 200 Years of Schiller’s Play “William Tell” - Press Release Article | The Ski ...
Annual performances are staged in Altdorf and Interlaken.
Altdorf, home of the famous Wilhelm Tell statue, has paired with the German National Theatre in Weimar for a summer-long celebration.
The Tell open-air theater in Interlaken has a cast of 180 players, framed by authentic wooden houses built true to the style of the 13th century and surrounded by the tall trees of the Rugen wood.
www.ski-europe.com /news/articles/pr-rel/swi02-20-04.html   (471 words)

  
 Altdorf William Tell's Memorial Lake Lucerne Switzerland Famous Landmarks
Altdorf William Tell's Memorial Lake Lucerne Switzerland Famous Landmarks
Altdorf, William Tell's Memorial, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland -- 1890
Our historical products include reproduction civil war maps, postcards and photochroms, baseball cards, magic posters, circus posters, science fiction posters, classic art, and more.
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 Altdorf - Wikipedia
Stadt Altdorf bei Nürnberg im Landkreis Nürnberger Land in Bayern
Altdorf: Alter Name der Stadt Weingarten im Landkreis Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg
Altdorf: ein wegen des Braunkohletagebaus abgebaggerter Ortsteil der Gemeinde Inden (Rheinland)
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 Leibniz
However, there is also a story that the Dean's wife persuaded the Dean to argue against Leibniz, for some unexplained reason.
Leibniz was not prepared to accept any delay and he went immediately to the University of Altdorf where he received a doctorate in law in February 1667 for his dissertation De Casibus Perplexis (On Perplexing Cases).
Leibniz declined the promise of a chair at Altdorf because he had very different things in view.
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