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		Wappen der Schweiz Armorial de la Suisse - Swiss Civic Heraldry URI Origin/meaning: The arms of Uri date from the early 13th century. The oldest known seal dates from 1249, but is probably older. It shows already a bull's head with a ring. The seal from 1249. 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 (Bos primigenus), the ancestor of our present cows. The arms of the canton thus have basically not changed since. Seal of Uri used from 1489-1548 Literature : Mühlmann, L. : Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz, Bühler Verlag, Lengnau, 1977 and 1997.

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