Altdorf - Altdorf (English spelling)

The capital of the canton of Uri in central Switzerland. Population 7,196 (2001). Located where the valley of the Reuss River, which runs north to south, ends at the southern shore of Lake Uri (southeastern Vierwaldstättersee), the town is easily affected by the föhn winds. It is a key location for rail and road transport connecting the north and south of the country, as well as the administrative and educational center of the canton, and is home to a federal munitions factory, cable, rubber, and plastic factories. It is the legendary site depicted in F. Schiller's play "Wilhelm Tell," and there is a theater (opened in 1899) where the play is performed every year. In the center of the town, there is a monument at the spot where Tell is said to have shot an apple placed on his son's head, and many tourists visit for the purpose of seeing it.

[Ikuo Maejima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

スイス中部、ウリ州の州都。人口7196（2001）。南北に走るロイス川の谷がウリ湖（フィアワルトシュテッター湖南東部）南岸に終わるあたりに位置し、フェーンにみまわれやすい町である。国の南北を結ぶ鉄道・道路交通の要地であるとともに、州の行政、教育の中心であり、連邦の弾薬工場、ケーブル、ゴム、プラスチックの工場がある。F・シラーの劇作『ウィルヘルム・テル』に描かれた伝説の地で、これを毎年上演する劇場（1899年開演）がある。町の中央には、テルが息子の頭上に置いたリンゴを射たとされる場所に記念碑があり、これを目的に訪れる観光客も多い。

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