Rütli

Rütli or Grütli is a mountain meadow on , in the municipality of the canton of . It is the site of the Rütlischwur in traditional Swiss historiography, the oath marking the foundation of the original Swiss Confederacy.
  • Type: Meadow
  • Description: mountain meadow on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: Rutli

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maria Sonnenberg pilgrimage chapel with chaplain’s house and Seeli.

Church
is a church.

Lake
or Seelisbergsee is the on in , , that gives the place its name. Its surface area is 18 ha.

Pond
is a pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seelisberg and Treib.

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in .

Hamlet
is a small lakeside community and landing stage on the shore of and in the . It forms part of the , to the centre of which it is linked by the Treib–Seelisberg funicular.

Rütli

Latitude
46.96667° or 46° 58′ north
Longitude
8.58333° or 8° 35′ east
Elevation
838 metres (2,749 feet)
Open location code
8FRCXH8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2658908
Wiki­data ID
Q688537
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Rütli” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 呂特利
  • Czech: Grütli
  • Czech: Rütli
  • Danish: Rütli
  • Danish: Rytli
  • Dutch: Grutli
  • Dutch: Grütli
  • Dutch: Ruetli
  • Dutch: Rutli
  • Dutch: Rütli
  • Esperanto: Grütli
  • Esperanto: Ruetli
  • Esperanto: Rütli
  • French: Grutli
  • French: Grütli
  • French: Rütli
  • German: Grütli
  • German: Rütli
  • German: Rütliwiese
  • Italian: Grütli
  • Italian: Rutli
  • Italian: Rütli
  • Korean: 뤼틀리
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rütli
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Grutli
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Grütli
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rutli
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rütli
  • Polish: Rütli
  • Portuguese: Gruetli
  • Portuguese: Grütli
  • Portuguese: Pradaria do Grütli
  • Portuguese: Pradaria do Rütli
  • Portuguese: Ruetli
  • Portuguese: Rütli
  • Russian: Рютли
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rütli
  • Sicilian: Grütli
  • Slovenian: Grütli
  • Slovenian: Rütli
  • Swedish: Rütli
  • Swiss German: Rütli
  • Swiss German: Rütliwiese
  • Tosk Albanian: Rütli
  • Turkish: Rütli Çayırı
  • Turkish: Rütli
  • Ukrainian: Рютлі

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