Küssnacht am Rigi
Küssnacht am Rigi
(küs`näkht äm rē`gē), town (1990 pop. 9,461), Schwyz canton, central Switzerland, on the Lake of Lucerne. A small resort, it is known chiefly as the scene of the killing of Gessler by William TellTell, William,legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss forest cantons. Gessler, the canton's Austrian bailiff, decreed that Swiss citizens must remove their hats before his hat, which he had posted on a stake in the canton's
..... Click the link for more information. . A nearby 17th-century chapel commemorates the legendary exploit.