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.
  • Town with about 10,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,500 feet)
  • Description: capital of the canton of Uri, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 6460
  • Also known as
    “Altdorf (Switzerland)”
    “Altdorf (UR)”
    “Altdorf, Uri”
    “Altorf”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Discover Church Treasure Museum and Cantonal Library Uri.
Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bürglen and Schattdorf.
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Latitude
46.88207° or 46° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
8.64139° or 8° 38′ 29″ east
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Open location code
8FRCVJJR+RH
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place = town
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Altdorf” goes by many names.
AltdorfAlbanian
AltdorfiAlbanian
አልታዶርፍAmharic
ألتدورفArabic
AltdorfAragonese
ԱլտդորֆArmenian
ArtofeArpitan
AltdorfAzerbaijani
AltdorfBasque
АльтдорфBelarusian
আল্টডর্ফBengali
আল্টর্ডফBengali
AltdorfBreton
АлтдорфBulgarian
AltdorfCatalan
AltdorfCebuano
Altdorf (kapital sa kanton)Cebuano
АльтдорфChechen
阿尔特多夫Chinese
阿爾特多夫Chinese
АльтдорфChuvash
AltdorfCroatian
AltdorfCzech
AltdorfDanish
AltdorfDutch
Altdorf URDutch
AltdorfEsperanto
Altdorf UREsperanto
AltdorfEstonian
AltdorfFinnish
AltdorfGalician
ალტდორფიGeorgian
ΆλτντορφGreek
AltdorfHausa
אלטדורףHebrew
अल्टडोर्फHindi
आल्टडॉर्फ़Hindi
AltdorfHungarian
AltdorfIcelandic
AltdorfIndonesian
Altdorf, SwissIndonesian
AltdorfInterlingue
AltdorfIrish
AltdorfItalian
アルトドルフJapanese
AltdorfJavanese
АльтдорфKazakh
АльтдорфKirghiz
알트도르프Korean
AltdorfKurdish
Altdorf, UriKurdish
AltdorfLatin
AltdorfiumLatin
AltdorfaLatvian
AltdorfLingala
AltdorfLithuanian
AltdorfasLithuanian
AltdorfLombard
Altdorf URLuxembourgish
АлтдорфMacedonian
Алтдорф, УриMacedonian
AltdorfMalay
ალტდორფიMingrelian
AltdorfNorthern Frisian
AltdorfNorwegian
AltdorfNorwegian Bokmål
AltdorfNorwegian Nynorsk
Altdorf i SveitsNorwegian Nynorsk
AltdorfOccitan (post 1500)
AltdorfOromo
ਅਲਟਡੋਰਫ਼Panjabi
الدورفPersian
الدورف، سوئیسPersian
AltdorfPiemontese
AltdorfPolish
آلتدورفPushto
Altdorf, UriRomanian
AltdorfRomansh
АльтдорфRussian
АльторфRussian
AltdorfScots
AltdorfScottish Gaelic
АлтдорфSerbian
AltdorfSerbo-Croatian
Altdorf, UriSerbo-Croatian
AltdorfSicilian
AltdorfSlovak
AltdorfSlovenian
AltdorfSomali
AltdorfSwahili
AltdorfSwedish
Altdorf, UriSwedish
Altdorf URSwiss German
АльтдорфTajik
АльтдорфTatar
อัลท์ดอร์ฟThai
AltdorfTurkish
Altdorf URTurkish
Altdorf, UriTurkish
АльтдорфUkrainian
AltdorfUpper Sorbian
الدورف، سوئٹزر لینڈUrdu
AltdorfUzbek
АлтдорфUzbek
AltdorfVenetian
Altdorf (Svisara)Venetian
AltdorfVietnamese
Altdorf, UriVietnamese
AltdorfVolapük
AltdorfWaray (Philippines)
Altdorf, SwizaWaray (Philippines)
AltdorfWelsh
الٹڈورفWestern Panjabi
阿尔特多夫(瑞士)Wu Chinese

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