Bürglen

Bürglen is a place in Uri whose significance in the play joins a precise dramatic setting to the remembered home of Wilhelm Tell: it is named at the entrance to Schächental and identified in an annotation as Tell’s birthplace and residence.

Setting in the Play

In a scene addressed to Hedwig, Bürglen is located in the land of Uri, just at the entrance to Schächental. The reference fixes the encounter in a named landscape rather than an unspecified Swiss setting, placing the characters at a threshold between the settlement and the valley beyond.

Connection to Wilhelm Tell

An accompanying note identifies Bürglen as both the birthplace and residence of Wilhelm Tell. The place therefore carries a personal association with Tell’s origins and home, grounding the play’s central figure in a particular locality.

The House Site and Memorial

The note adds that a chapel erected in 1522 remained on the spot formerly occupied by Tell’s house. The site links the remembered domestic setting to a later landmark: the house itself is described as former, while the chapel marks its location.