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Unterwalden,
translated from the
Latin inter silvas ("between the forests"), is the old name of a forest-canton of the Old
Swiss Confederacy in central...
- (German: Länder) – Uri,
Schwyz (which
became eponymous of the confederacy),
Unterwalden, Glarus,
Appenzell – and
eight urban states (German: Städte) – Zürich...
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Together with Nidwalden,
Obwalden was part of the
forest canton of
Unterwalden, one of the
three parti****nts in the
foundation of the Old
Swiss Confederacy...
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Federal Charter of 1291
among the
rural communes of Uri, Schwyz, and
Unterwalden has been
considered the
founding do****ent of the confederacy. The early...
- full
banner was not
available for display,
although there is overlap;
Unterwalden and
Solothurn share the same colours, as do
Basel and Appenzell, and...
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November 1315, when
troops of Schwyz,
supported by
their allies of Uri and
Unterwalden,
ambushed an
Austrian army
under the
command of
Leopold I, Duke of Austria...
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treaty of
alliance from 1291
between the
cantons of Uri,
Schwyz and
Unterwalden, the
Charter is one of a
series of
alliances from
which the Old Swiss...
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Together with Obwalden,
Nidwalden was part of the
forest canton of
Unterwalden, one of the
three parti****nts in the
foundation of the Old
Swiss Confederacy...
- Rütlischwur (Rütli Oath)
between the
three founding cantons Uri,
Schwyz and
Unterwalden,
which traditionally dates to 1307. In
modern usage, Eidgenossenschaft...
- by the
representatives of the
three founding cantons, Uri,
Schwyz and
Unterwalden. It is
named after the site of the oath taking, the Rütli, a
meadow above...
