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Rütlischwur
The
Rütlischwur
is a legendary
oath
of the
Old Swiss Confederacy
, taken on the
Rütli
, a meadow above
Lake Lucerne
near
Seelisberg
. The oath is notably featured in the play
William Tell
(
Wilhelm Tell
) by
Friedrich Schiller
.
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