Walter Fürst (farmer's guide)
Walter Fürst was a peasant leader in what is now Canton Uri in the late 13th and early 14th centuries . According to the Swiss national myth , he was one of the Three Confederates .
Traces of a historically proven prince are proven in Altdorf for the years 1303-1317. As a comrade-in-arms of Landammann Werner von Attinghausen , he appeared on court days, was one of the hostages who were taken in the Einsiedler Marchenstreit in 1313 and one of the negotiators who worked out the armistice between Uri and Glarus in 1315 .
According to the White Book of Sarnen from 1470, Prince is said to have been one of the original three confederates. Aegidius Tschudi corroborated this thesis in his Chronicon Helveticum and thus gave it a historical touch. Other sources, however, including in particular the chronicle of Melchior Russ, insist on Wilhelm Tell as the third man alongside Arnold von Melchtal and the Stauffacher .
Walter Fürst appears as a character in Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell .
Web links
- Hans Stadler: Prince, Walter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prince, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss peasant leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century or 15th century |