You are standing in a historical place. To the right, Direction Lake, you find the “Kanonenmätteli” (canon-meadow), to the left, on the fountain, the statue of Adrian von Bubenberg and in front of you the town, which he defended successfully in 1476, when Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, besieged the town. As long as there is a drop of blood is in our veins, we shall not surrender, was the war cry of the Swiss. Temporally step back into the medieval age.

In front of the gate stands a guardian and whoever wishes to go to town, must say the right password. Next to you, a traveller waters his horse. Together you watch what is happening:

Suddenly a peasant approaches the guardian. The guardian says “6” and the peasant answers “3”.

He is allowed to enter.     Shortly after, a vegetable monger turns up, the guardian yells “12”, the woman slows down and after a very short while she answers “6”. She too, can enter the town.

Eventually a monk comes along and asks for entrance. “6” says the guardian again – “3” is the reply of the cleric and the door opens also for him.  The traveller laughs and says: That’s so easy – he unclamps his horse and walks to the door. “4” says the guardian and the traveller answers with “2”. The guardian whistles alarm and the traveller is being chained and lead away.