Altdorf

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.
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  • Type: Town with 10,500 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Uri, Switzerland
  • Also known as: Altdorf (Switzerland)”, “Altdorf (UR)”, “Altdorf UR”, “Altdorf, Uri”, and “Altorf
  • Postal code: 6460
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church Treasure Museum and Cantonal Library Uri.

Museum

Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bürglen and Schattdorf.

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village and a municipality in the canton of in .

Village
is a municipality in the canton of in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of .

Altdorf

Latitude
46.88207° or 46° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
8.64139° or 8° 38′ 29″ east
Population
10,500
Elevation
458 metres (1,503 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH ARB
Open location code
8FRCVJJR+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240093137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2661780
Wiki­data ID
Q68150
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Altdorf” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Altdorf
  • Albanian: Altdorfi
  • Arabic: ألتدورف
  • Armenian: Ալտդորֆ
  • Arpitan: Artofe
  • Basque: Altdorf
  • Belarusian: Альтдорф
  • Bengali: আল্টর্ডফ
  • Breton: Altdorf
  • Bulgarian: Алтдорф
  • Catalan: Altdorf
  • Cebuano: Altdorf (kapital sa kanton)
  • Cebuano: Altdorf
  • Chechen: Альтдорф
  • Chinese: 阿尔特多夫
  • Chinese: 阿爾特多夫
  • Chuvash: Альтдорф
  • Croatian: Altdorf
  • Czech: Altdorf
  • Danish: Altdorf
  • Dutch: Altdorf UR
  • Dutch: Altdorf
  • Esperanto: Altdorf UR
  • Esperanto: Altdorf
  • Estonian: Altdorf
  • Finnish: Altdorf
  • French: Altdorf
  • Galician: Altdorf
  • Georgian: ალტდორფი
  • German: Altdorf UR
  • German: Altdorf
  • Greek: Άλτντορφ
  • Hebrew: אלטדורף
  • Hungarian: Altdorf
  • Icelandic: Altdorf
  • Indonesian: Altdorf, Swiss
  • Indonesian: Altdorf
  • Interlingue: Altdorf
  • Irish: Altdorf
  • Italian: Altdorf
  • Japanese: アルトドルフ
  • Javanese: Altdorf
  • Kazakh: Альтдорф
  • Kirghiz: Альтдорф
  • Korean: 알트도르프
  • Kurdish: Altdorf, Uri
  • Kurdish: Altdorf
  • Latin: Altdorf
  • Latin: Altdorfium
  • Latvian: Altdorfa
  • Lingala: Altdorf
  • Lithuanian: Altdorf
  • Lithuanian: Altdorfas
  • Lombard: Altdorf
  • Luxembourgish: Altdorf UR
  • Macedonian: Алтдорф, Ури
  • Macedonian: Алтдорф
  • Mingrelian: ალტდორფი
  • Northern Frisian: Altdorf
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Altdorf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Altdorf i Sveits
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Altdorf
  • Norwegian: Altdorf
  • Occitan (post 1500): Altdorf
  • Persian: الدورف، سوئیس
  • Piemontese: Altdorf
  • Polish: Altdorf
  • Portuguese: Altdorf
  • Romanian: Altdorf, Uri
  • Romansh: Altdorf
  • Russian: Альтдорф
  • Russian: Альторф
  • Scots: Altdorf
  • Scottish Gaelic: Altdorf
  • Serbian: Алтдорф
  • Serbo-Croatian: Altdorf, Uri
  • Serbo-Croatian: Altdorf
  • Sicilian: Altdorf
  • Slovak: Altdorf
  • Slovenian: Altdorf
  • Spanish: Altdorf
  • Swedish: Altdorf, Uri
  • Swedish: Altdorf
  • Swiss German: Altdorf UR
  • Thai: อัลท์ดอร์ฟ
  • Tosk Albanian: Altdorf UR
  • Turkish: Altdorf UR
  • Turkish: Altdorf, Uri
  • Turkish: Altdorf
  • Ukrainian: Альтдорф
  • Upper Sorbian: Altdorf
  • Urdu: الدورف، سوئٹزر لینڈ
  • Uzbek: Altdorf
  • Uzbek: Алтдорф
  • Venetian: Altdorf (Svisara)
  • Venetian: Altdorf
  • Vietnamese: Altdorf, Uri
  • Vietnamese: Altdorf
  • Volapük: Altdorf
  • Waray (Philippines): Altdorf, Swiza
  • Waray (Philippines): Altdorf
  • Welsh: Altdorf
  • Western Panjabi: الٹڈورف
  • Wu Chinese: 阿尔特多夫 (瑞士)
  • Wu Chinese: 阿尔特多夫(瑞士)
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