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William Tell
William Tell
(in the four languages of Switzerland: ; ; ; ) is a
folk hero
of
Switzerland
. His legend is recorded in a late 15th-century
Swiss illustrated chronicle
. It is set in the time of the original foundation of the
Old Swiss Confederacy
in the early 14th century. According to the legend, Tell—an expert marksman with the
crossbow
—assassinated
Gessler
, a tyrannical
reeve
of
Habsburg Austria
positioned in
Altdorf
,
Uri
.
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