Painting by Johann Heinrich Fussli "Die drei Eidgenossen beim Schwur auf dem Rütli", 1780
Oath Rütli ( him. Rütlischwur ) - the national myth of Switzerland . It states that representatives of the three communes of Uri , Schwyz and Unterwalden (the original cantons of Switzerland) on Rütli , a remote meadow near Lake Eardwald , have given an oath about mutual aid and support. This union is popularly considered the foundation of the Swiss Union .
From a legal point of view, the creation of Switzerland is considered to be the signing of the Union diploma of 1291 .
Literature
- Georg Kreis: Der Mythos 1291: Zur Entstehung des schweizerischen Nationalfeiertags. Basel: F.Reinhardt, 1991.
- Georg Kreis: Mythos Rütli: Geschichte eines Erinnerungsortes. Zürich. Orell Füssli, 2004.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller : " William Tell ".
See also
- Union Grutli , named after this event