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|align="center"|[[File:uri3.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Uri used from 1489-1548 | |align="center"|[[File:uri3.jpg|center]] <br/>Seal of Uri used from 1489-1548 | ||
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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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|align="center"|[[File:uri2.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>Variations of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | |align="center"|[[File:uri2.hagch.jpg|center]] <br/>Variations of the arms in the [[Kaffee Hag Wappen der Schweiz|Kaffee Hag albums]] 1914-1960 | ||
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