URI, Canton, Switzerland

ooˈrē, canton (1993 pop. 35,500), 415 sq mi (1,075 sq km), central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons. Altdorf is the capital. The most sparsely populated of the Swiss cantons, Uri is an Alpine region of glaciers and pastures, with forests and meadows in the Reuss River valley. Its inhabitants are German-speaking and Roman Catholic. The region became (853) a fief of the Fraumünster convent at Zürich. It was incorporated into the Holy Roman imperial bailiwick of Zürich after 1098. Under Emperor Frederick II it was granted (1231) the status of a dependency of the emperor. The scene of the events of the William Tell legend, Uri in 1291 formed with Schwyz and Unterwalden the league that became the nucleus of Switzerland. It rejected the Reformation and in 1845 joined the Catholic Sonderbund.

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A Short History of Switzerland
Book by E. Bonjour, H. S. Offler, G. R. Potter; Clarendon Press, 1952
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...lake Lucerne in central Switzerland: Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...anticipation the forest cantons. 1 Though great landowners...serfs in these valleys, Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...many of the peasants of Uri owed their freedom to...officially in 1309. The term canton to denote a member of...
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Switzerland
Book by Doré Ogrizek, J. G. Rufenacht; Whittlesey House, 1949
Subjects: Switzerland--Description And Travel--Guide-Books
...leads to Andermatt in the canton of Uri, via the Rhone glacier...to Interlaken in the canton of Berne. From Brig...days in their tour of Switzerland. A street in a Valaisan...the other end of the canton from Brig lies Martigny...
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History of Switzerland, 1499-1914
Book by Wilhelm Oechsli, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul; Cambridge University Press, 1922
Subjects: Switzerland--History
...from the attack upon Switzerland. Thugut, mistrusting...about 70,000 men in Switzerland. Consequently a popular...almost the whole of Switzerland, from the Canton of Appenzell to the...Lugano. It was only in Uri, the Upper Valais...
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The Federal Government of Switzerland
Book by George Arthur Codding Jr.; Houghton Mifflin, 1961
Subjects: Switzerland--Politics And Government
...administration of the canton was executed. Three cantons, Zurich, Basle...five democracies of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden...In several rural cantons, one part was subject...to more than one canton. Some areas in western Switzerland, for instance...property of all cantons except Appenzell...
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Civic Training in Switzerland: A Study of Democratic Life
Book by Robert Clarkson Brooks; The University of Chicago Press, 1930
Subjects: Citizenship--Switzerland, Education--Switzerland, Nationalism--Switzerland, Political Parties--Switzerland, Switzerland--Politics And Government, Switzerland--Social Conditions
...or not, a Landsgemeinde in Uri, having failed twice to construct...authorized the Landamman of the canton to enter into negotiations to...Chandelin-Saviese above Sion in Canton Valais. A bas-relief above...On the escutcheon of Canton Uri the bulls head, which so often...
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journal articles on: Uri Canton Switzerland  - 8 results

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Bedeviled by Boredom: A Voegelinian Reading of Dostoevsky's Possessed
Journal article by Richard G. Avramenko; Humanitas, Vol. 17, 2004
Subjects: Pascal, Blaise--Political activity, Poetry--Political aspects, Publishing industry--Political aspects, Publishing industry--Rankings, Smoking cessation programs--Political aspects, Smoking cessation--Political aspects, Voegelin, Eric--Political activity
...be Russian" (p. 235). (89) Ibid., 242. Stavrogin had gone abroad and taken up citizenship in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. (90) Ibid., 414. (91) There are two versions of this chapter: one, in which a portion of the confession...
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Dead Souls among the Devils'
Journal article by C. J. G Turner; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 41, 1999
Subjects: Dostoevski, Fedor Mikhailovich (1821-81), Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Gogol, Nikolai, Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich (1809-52), History & criticism, Literary criticism, Novels, Russian literature, Writers
...because multiple directions are open to him but none can draw him. Even his citizenship of the canton of Uri cannot lure this shell of a man to Switzerland. He complains that everyone expects something of him, but "my desires are too weak"-and...
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Decentralized Taxation and the Size of Government: Evidence from Swiss State and Local Governments
Journal article by Lars P. Feld, Gebhard Kirchgassner, Christoph A. Schaltegger; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 77, 2010
Subjects: Local government--Management, Local government--United States, Public sector--Management
...from canton to canton, but even in rather centralized cantons communes are not...taxes between the cantons for the year 2006...weighted average for Switzerland is 100; whereas, the canton Obwalden reaches...extent. As some cantons in Switzerland are attractive...For example, a canton with higher value...
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Staging Act 5 of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell
Journal article by Timothy Richard Wutrich; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von--Works, Wilhelm Tell: Ein Schauspiel. Zum Neujarhrsgeschenk auf 1805 (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...play in Interlaken, Switzerland, attract wide audiences...unite the three cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...Austria and not the Swiss cantons. Rudenz, at this early...fortress in Uri, his home canton, he resists making...from the three Forest Cantons meet and swear the oath...Hungary, asking the Swiss cantons not to furnish help...
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The Urner Tellenspiel of 1512: Strategies of Early Political Drama
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Urner Tellspiel (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...was "performed in Uri" as Friess title...market town of the canton and legendary birthplace...for late medieval Switzerland, as are other games...dramatic text evolved in Uri, complete with an...three original Forest Cantons, Uri, Schwytz, and Unterwalden...Luzern, the next canton to join the Confederation...
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magazine articles on: Uri Canton Switzerland  - 3 results

 
 
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Multi-Lingual Switzerland
Magazine article by Norman Berdichevsky; World and I, Vol. 23, February 2008
Subjects: Multilingualism--Military aspects, Multilingualism--Political aspects, Multilingualism--Social aspects, Swiss foreign relations, Switzerland--Social aspects
...experiences, Switzerland qualifies as...reasons made Switzerland the natural choice...speaking "forest cantons" of Schwytz, Uri and Unterwalden...emigrants to Switzerland. Much closer...German speaking cantons of Uri, Schwyz and...
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Black Sheep, White Sheep: The Swiss and Immigration
Magazine article by Michael Nash; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Spring 2008
Subjects: Blocher, Christopher--Political activity, Blocher, Christopher--Powers and duties, Immigration policy--Interpretation and construction, Politicians--Political activity, Politicians--Powers and duties, Swiss foreign relations--Political aspects, Swiss foreign relations--Social aspects, Switzerland--Foreign policy, Switzerland--Political aspects
...About two-thirds of Switzerland is German-speaking...includes the heartland of Switzerland, the forest cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, where...that the President of Switzerland gives a keynote speech...heartlands and those cantons next to Austria, than...couple, living in the canton of Neuchatel, when...
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Mountains and Minarets: Switzerland's Recent Vote to Ban the Building of Minarets Drew Widespread Criticism. Natasha Proietto Looks at the Historical Background to That Decision, the Result of a Typically Swiss Mixture of Conservatism and Democracy
Magazine article by Natasha Proietto; History Today, Vol. 60, April 2010
Subjects: Freedom of religion, Minarets--Laws, regulations and rules, Political history, Switzerland--History
...European nations, Switzerland has remained firmly...emanates from birth in Switzerland, a land fit neither...Swiss state in 1291. Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden, three cantons at the heart of modern-day Switzerland, formed a defensive...


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newspaper articles on: Uri Canton Switzerland  - 2 results

 
 
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Switzerland Sets out Stall to Woo Wealthy from London
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 10, 2009
...to the Swiss influx. Cantons, which can set their...be mulling a move to Switzerland. Jarrett of Baker McKenzie...said French-speaking cantons such as Geneva, Vaud...drive while another canton, Uri, is said to have circulated...said. Those living in Switzerland said that apart from...
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PEAK PERFORMERS; Lodge Life: Chalets in Maloja, Switzerland, Which Remains in Demand for Year-Round Sporting Activities
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 26, 2008
Subjects: Real estate industry
...compared to France and Switzerland, is growing in popularity...through Erna Low. Switzerland continues to be popular...the French-speaking cantons handy for Geneva have...launch a project in the Uri area near Lake Lucerne...than the pricey Valais canton, says Andy Hawkins...resort in south-east Switzerland, is far from the so...


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encyclopedia articles on: Uri Canton Switzerland  - 11 results

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Uri , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URI , canton, Switzerland oo re, canton (1993 pop. 35...sq km), central Switzerland, one of the Four Forest Cantons . Altdorf is the...Swiss cantons, Uri is an Alpine region...became the nucleus of Switzerland. It rejected the...
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Ticino , Canton, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TICINO , canton, Switzerland teche no, Fr. and Ger. Tessin, canton (1993 pop. 294,100...2,813 sq km), S Switzerland, on the southern slope...until 1798 by Schwyz and Uri cantons and became a Swiss canton in 1803...
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Four Forest Cantons, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOUR FOREST CANTONS, THE Ger. Die Vier...Waldstatten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden , Schwyz , Uri , and Lucerne , the...Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri) formed the League...of an independent Switzerland. They were joined...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...two members from each canton and one from each half canton, and the 200-seat...four-year terms. Switzerland frequently employs the...change. Switzerlands 20 cantons and 6 half cantons remain...mountainous localities of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...who in 1499 granted Switzerland virtual independence...
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RÜtli
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or Grutli grut le, meadows, Uri canton, central Switzerland, on the shore of the Lake of...William Tell , representatives of Uri , Schwyz , and Unterwalden met...written alliance of the three cantons, dated Aug. 1, 1291, has...
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