page_title: Tellskapelle
hierarchical_section_title: Tellskapelle
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fresko "Tells Sprung" in der Tellskapelle (Nr. 03.1-8799), Ernst Stückelberg (1831–1903) &#160;Alternative namesJohann Melchior Ernst StickelbergerDescription Swiss painter Date of birth/death21 February 183114 September 1903Location of birth/deathBaselidemWork locationBern, Antwerp, Munich, Rome, Zurich, Basel, Sisikon UR (Urnersee)Authority control VIAF: 74648745 LCCN: nr95005764 GND: 118756206 ULAN: 500009186 ISNI: 0000 0001 1071 1613 WorldCat
context_page_description: The Tellskapelle is located on the Tellsplatte or Tellenplatte on the shore of Lake Lucerne at the foot of the Axenberg cliffs, in the Sisikon municipality, canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is across the Bay of Uri from the Rütli, some 4.3 km away.
  The Catholic chapel marks the site where according to legend, William Tell during a storm leapt from the boat of his captors and escaped, allowing him to assassinate the tyrant Gessler and initiate the rebellion that led to the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The Tellenplatte is first mentioned in 1470 in the White Book of Sarnen, as Tellen blatten.
  The current chapel was built in 1879. It is decorated with four frescos by Ernst Stückelberg, realized in 1880-1882.
context_section_description: The Tellskapelle ("Tell's chapel") is located on the Tellsplatte or Tellenplatte ("Tell's slab") on the shore of Lake Lucerne at the foot of the Axenberg cliffs (an offshoot ridge of Glärnisch, 1,022 m),  in the Sisikon municipality, canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is across the Bay of Uri (Urnersee) from the Rütli, some 4.3 km away.
  The Catholic chapel marks the site where according to legend, William Tell during a storm leapt from the boat of his captors (the Tellensprung "leap of Tell") and escaped, allowing him to assassinate the tyrant Gessler and initiate the rebellion that led to the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The Tellenplatte is first mentioned in 1470 in the White Book of Sarnen, as Tellen blatten.
  The current chapel was built in 1879. It is decorated with four frescos by Ernst Stückelberg, realized in 1880-1882.
caption: Tell's leap (Tellensprung) from the boat of his captors at the Axen cliffs, fresco by  frescos by Ernst Stückelberg, 1880-1882.
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