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description: "The Weg der Schweiz winds around the deep Lake Uri, sometimes high above, sometimes right on the shore. Sometimes it leads you over stairs carved into the rock, then again follows wide, comfortable paths past many rest and bathing spots. Time and again you enjoy a magnificent view of the lake and the surrounding mountains. Thanks to the boat services, you have a choice of many possible starting and end points. The initiators succeeded in linking a maximum of home feelings to the path. At the center is the Rütli, an inconspicuous meadow emotionally charged by historical symbolism like probably no other place in Switzerland. The Tell’s Rock with the Tell Chapel is also part of the mandatory visit program. The attachment of the Swiss people to this path is further strengthened by the idea that the Weg der Schweiz is divided into 26 cantonal sections. Their order corresponds to the cantons' joining the federation. The length of the cantonal sections is based on the cantonal population figures from 1991. At that time, each person symbolically received 5 millimeters."
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Weg der Schweiz
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- 34.90 km long
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Great panorama
- Hiking

- 10:30 h
- 34.90 km
- 1,400 m
- 1,400 m
- 434 m
- 873 m
- 439 m
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- Start: Seelisberg, Rütli
- Destination: Brunnen

For the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation in 1991, the cantons gifted the homeland hiking trail to the Swiss people. The panoramic route runs around the southernmost arm of Lake Lucerne.

The Weg der Schweiz winds around the deep Lake Uri, sometimes high above, sometimes right on the shore. Sometimes it leads you over stairs carved into the rock, then again follows wide, comfortable paths past many rest and bathing spots. Time and again you enjoy a magnificent view of the lake and the surrounding mountains. Thanks to the boat services, you have a choice of many possible starting and end points.

The initiators succeeded in linking a maximum of home feelings to the path. At the center is the Rütli, an inconspicuous meadow emotionally charged by historical symbolism like probably no other place in Switzerland. The Tell’s Rock with the Tell Chapel is also part of the mandatory visit program.

The attachment of the Swiss people to this path is further strengthened by the idea that the Weg der Schweiz is divided into 26 cantonal sections. Their order corresponds to the cantons' joining the federation. The length of the cantonal sections is based on the cantonal population figures from 1991. At that time, each person symbolically received 5 millimeters.

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Pavements

Street (17%)

Asphalt (35%)

Trail (19%)

Path (28%)

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Tour information

- Cultural Interesting
- Mountain Railway Tour
- Stop at an Inn
- Tour with Dog

Author

Jonas Ulrich

Organization

Schwyzer Wanderwege

License (master data)

Jonas Ulrich

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Contact

6377 Seelisberg

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