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LAKE LUZERN

S G V Winter Timetable
Wednesday 10th November 2004
Rütlischiessen

*P R O V I S I O N A L*
There are no Paddle Steamers advertised to operate timetabled sailings on this day
	PS Stadt Luzern
sailing number	sp
	special
Luzern	04:40
Weggis	05:15
Vitznau	05:30
Bouchs	05:50
Beckenried	06:05
Gersau	06:22
Treib	06:39
Rütli	06:51	click here for an early morning photo feature by Alexander Dietz
Brunnen	07:00

then at Rütli pier	floating restaurant all day
next sailing	sp
	PS Stadt Luzern

	PS Stadt Luzern
sailing number	sp	August 1, 1291 was the day representatives from the three original cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden met together on the Rütli, a meadow overlooking Lake Luzern, and swore lasting allegiance to one another. The Swiss Confederation was born. To commemorate this historical occasion, the riflemen's association of Luzern organized the Rütli rifle match in 1862. It is not held on August 1, however, but on the Wednesday before Martinmas. At about five o'clock in the morning, a special ship sails from Luzern, with stops in between, to the Rütli. Shortly thereafter, more than a thousand competitors from all over Switzerland begin to fire their fifteen shots at the fortyeight targets arranged on a cliff. After a substantial meal, enhanced by specialties donated by the competitors from all regions of Switzerland, the meeting of the riflemen's association takes place. A prominent speaker addresses the group, the national anthem is sung and the match results are announced. As the music association band plays the final march, this patriotic celebration ends on a note of comradeship.
	return special
Rütli	17:05
Brunnen	17:15
Treib	17:24
Gersau	17:42
Beckenried	18:01
Bouchs	18:16
Vitznau	18:39
Weggis	18:56
Luzern	19:32
next sailing	-
	PS Stadt Luzern
This timetable shows the paddle steamers normally planned to operate the sailings, but steamer rosters are liable to alteration on a day by day basis