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Altdorf, known as the " City of Spires," [92c] is the current capital city of the Empire, the capital of the Electoral Province of Reikland and an independent Imperial principality in its own right.
Sep 11, 2024 · Altdorf is one of the Empire's oldest cities, built upon the site of the ancient Unberogen settlement, but has not always been the capital. For example, Emperor Mandred Skavenslayer made his capital at Middenheim after becoming Emperor in ' 1124 IC, and Magnus the Pious had his capital at Nuln.
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As a native german speaker I am always in disbelief when hearing the terrible pseudo medieval german names given to places within the empire, especially its capital: Altdorf. Altdorf literally means old village in german and reading this in lore feels like if they announced: "Lazytown just nuked Canada" on the news.
The Altdorf Press was given tax-exempt status by Mattheus II in exchange for launching a daily news-letter called the Altdorf Spieler for those citizens who were able to read. This was one of the few successful acts that the late Emperor was able to institute in his failed bid to bring more “democracy” to the Empire.
Altdorf is best known as the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head. This act by tradition happened on the market-place, where in 1895, at the foot of an old tower (with rude frescoes commemorating the feat), there was set up a fine bronze statue (by Richard Kissling of Zurich) of Tell and his son.
in 557 I.C., the Imperial court moved from Altdorf. Though no longer the seat of Imperial power, Altdorf continued to prosper as both the seat of the Reikland Elector and the centre of the cult of Sigmar. Now known as the Grand Theogonist, Yorri II invited Dwarf engineers in 934 I.C. to lead the building of the first Grand Cathedral in Altdorf.
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Altdorf bei Nürnberg (/ ˈ ɑː l t d ɔːr f /, [source?] German: [ˈʔaltdɔʁf baɪ ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk] ) is a town in south-eastern Germany. It is 25 km east of Nuremberg, in Nürnberger Land. Its name literally means “Altdorf near Nuremberg”, to differentiate it from other Altdorfs.
