Arnold von Melchtal, also spelt Melchthal and otherwise Arnold von der Halden, was one of the three Eidgenossen, the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland. He represented the Canton of Unterwalden at the Rütlischwur.George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopaedia (1861) 364
Aegidius Tschudi in his Chronicon Helveticum tells Arnold's story as follows:Aegidius Tschudi, Chronicon Helveticum
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