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- Bergier, Jean-François. Wilhelm Tell: Realität und Mythos. München: Paul List Verlag, 1990.
- Potter, G. R. The English Historical Review 85.335 (1970): 393.
- Stump, Philipp, H. Speculum 70.1 (1995): 215–217.
- Tell Museum. Führer durch das Tell-Museum in Bürglen am Klausenpass.
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