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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms of Uri date from the early 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest known seal dates from 1249, but is probably older. It shows already a bull's head with a ring. | The arms of Uri date from the early 13<sup>th</sup> century. The oldest known seal dates from 1249, but is probably older. It shows already a bull's head with a ring. | ||
The bull was probably a canting symbol. The oldest Germanic tribes to settle in the area named the area Ur (wilderness). The land was inhabited by a kind of bulls, known as Urochs (<I>Bos primigenus</I>), the ancestor of our present cows. | The bull was probably a canting symbol. The oldest Germanic tribes to settle in the area named the area Ur (wilderness). The land was inhabited by a kind of bulls, known as Urochs (<I>Bos primigenus</I>), the ancestor of our present cows. | ||
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The arms of the canton thus have basically not changed since. | The arms of the canton thus have basically not changed since. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Uri2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The first seal (used from 1249) | |||
File:Uriz1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The second seal (used from 1258) | |||
File:Uriz2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The third seal (used from 1353) | |||
File:Uri3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The fourth seal (used from 1489) | |||
File:Uri1576.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms in a manuscript from 1576 | |||
File:Uri16.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Uri.hes.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
File:Uric1.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms on a 1569 coin | |||
File:Uric2.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms on a 1610 coin | |||
File:Uric3.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms on a 1726 coin | |||
File:Uric4.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|The arms on a 1811 coin | |||
File:uri1.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:uri2.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
File:uri.hagch.jpg|alt=Wappen von Uri/Arms (crest) of Uri|Variation of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Switzerland|'''Literature''']] : Mühlmann, L. : Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz, Bühler Verlag, Lengnau, 1977 and 1997. | |||
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[[Category:Swiss Cantons]] | [[Category:Swiss Cantons]] | ||
[[Category:Uri]] | [[Category:Uri]] | ||