Altdorf
Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church Treasure Museum and Cantonal Library Uri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bürglen and Schattdorf.
Schattdorf
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Altdorf
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland, cantonal capital of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Altdorf (UR), Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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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)
UN/LOCODE
CH ARB
Open location code
8FRCVJJR+RH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Altdorf” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Altdorf”
- Amharic: “አልታዶርፍ”
- Arabic: “ألتدورف”
- Aragonese: “Altdorf”
- Armenian: “Ալտդորֆ”
- Arpitan: “Artofe”
- Azerbaijani: “Altdorf”
- Basque: “Altdorf”
- Belarusian: “Альтдорф”
- Bengali: “আল্টডর্ফ”
- 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”
- Esperanto: “Altdorf”
- Estonian: “Altdorf”
- Finnish: “Altdorf”
- French: “Altdorf”
- Galician: “Altdorf”
- Georgian: “ალტდორფი”
- German: “Altdorf UR”
- German: “Altdorf”
- Greek: “Άλτντορφ”
- Hausa: “Altdorf”
- Hebrew: “אלטדורף”
- Hindi: “अल्टडोर्फ”
- Hindi: “आल्टडॉर्फ़”
- 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: “Altdorfas”
- Lombard: “Altdorf”
- Luxembourgish: “Altdorf UR”
- Macedonian: “Алтдорф, Ури”
- Macedonian: “Алтдорф”
- Malay: “Altdorf”
- Mingrelian: “ალტდორფი”
- Northern Frisian: “Altdorf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altdorf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altdorf i Sveits”
- Norwegian: “Altdorf”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Altdorf”
- Oromo: “Altdorf”
- Panjabi: “ਅਲਟਡੋਰਫ਼”
- Persian: “الدورف، سوئیس”
- Persian: “الدورف”
- Piemontese: “Altdorf”
- Polish: “Altdorf”
- Portuguese: “Altdorf”
- Pushto: “آلتدورف”
- Romanian: “Altdorf, Uri”
- Romansh: “Altdorf”
- Russian: “Альтдорф”
- Scots: “Altdorf”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Altdorf”
- Serbian: “Алтдорф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Altdorf, Uri”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Altdorf”
- Sicilian: “Altdorf”
- Slovak: “Altdorf”
- Slovenian: “Altdorf”
- Somali: “Altdorf”
- Spanish: “Altdorf”
- Swahili: “Altdorf”
- Swedish: “Altdorf, Uri”
- Swedish: “Altdorf”
- Swiss German: “Altdorf UR”
- Tajik: “Альтдорф”
- Tatar: “Альтдорф”
- Thai: “อัลท์ดอร์ฟ”
- Turkish: “Altdorf, Uri”
- Turkish: “Altdorf”
- Ukrainian: “Альтдорф”
- Upper Sorbian: “Altdorf”
- Urdu: “الدورف، سوئٹزر لینڈ”
- Uzbek: “Altdorf”
- 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）”
- “Altdorf”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Plätzli and Vogelsang.
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Highlights: Betreibungsamt Altdorf and Gemeindehaus Altdorf.
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