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It is considered a mythical cradle of Switzerland: the Rütli on Lake Lucerne, where Werner Stauffacher of Schwyz, Walter Fürst of Uri and Arnold von Melchtal of Unterwalden were sworn in the formation of the Old Cooperative
. to be complete again when the federal president Alain Berset (46 years old) will speak in front of 1,500 people for the national holiday. But otherwise, it's lonely there. The days when everyone has taken at least one school trip to Rütli are over.
"Only a meadow with cow dung"
The cradle of Switzerland is losing its appeal. This also has to do with the fact that you can not do anything on the Rütli meadow. Finance Minister Ueli Maurer (67) summarized the president of the SVP eleven years ago. According to Maurer in 2007, the Rütli is "only a meadow with cow dung".
"After ten minutes you saw the meadow," admits Lukas Niederberger, managing director of the Schweizerische Gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft (SGG), the managed Rütli. "Most people go to the restaurant at the latest."
Museum and Interactive Play
The SGG wants to change that. "We want to improve the Rütli to increase its popularity, especially for younger generations," says Niederberger.
The "Sqwiss" app, which will be launched at the end of the month of August, will help. The search and knowledge game works like "Pokémon Go". Only with more depth, promise the manufacturers.
With the help of the mobile phone camera, the player can attract the marmots from their caves and ask them questions about Swiss history and culture. Hundreds of these puzzles must be distributed throughout the country. Some on the Rütli
The SGG also wants to attract Rütli with more events. Cinematographic and theatrical performances, concerts and Jass championships. Even a butcher can imagine the Rütli-stewards. The first major event of the summer 2020 will be the performance of the Opera "Wilhelm Tell" by Gioachino Rossini
The Rütli will not be a Disneyland
The Federal President Berset will open on Wednesday the "Grütli Museum ". In the future, exhibitions on history and culture will be shown there.
But nobody should worry about Rütli becoming a kind of Disneyland. "We eat the meadow at homeopathic doses," says Niederberger. "The Rütli should always be a contemplative, calm place."
Posted on 31.07.2018 | Updated at 00:21
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