Unterwalden
Americannoun
noun
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Six hundred and fifty years before, representatives of the three "forest cantons" of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden had gathered in the same glade to light a fire symbolizing their confederation against the house of Habsburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
The traveller who visits the canton of Unterwalden to-day finds its mountains sublime, its valleys beautiful, its waters limpid and living, as of old.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
They had certain intelligence that Unterwalden intended to escort her landvogt to Baden with an armed force.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
Lucerne, Uri Schwytz, Zug, Unterwalden took the lead against the reformed cantons, the foremost of which was Zurich, where Zwingle lived.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
Surprised that they dared take the offensive, Charles was alert to the harsh cries of the "bull" of Uri and the "cow" of Unterwalden, which were heard across the woods.
From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth
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