24 practice questions with answers and explanations on the authorities, history, geography and culture of Uri. The app has all 405 questions on Uri and Switzerland.
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Correct answer: C – Landrat
The Uri parliament is called the Landrat. It is the representative legislative authority of the canton and exercises oversight over the authorities. The government is called the Regierungsrat.
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Correct answer: D – 64
According to the cantonal constitution, the Landrat consists of 64 members. The seats are distributed among the municipalities, and the term of office is four years.
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Correct answer: B – the voters of each municipality
In Uri the voters of each municipality elect their Landrat members, so the municipalities are the constituencies. In municipalities with five or more seats, proportional representation applies. Voting takes place at the ballot box.
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Correct answer: D – 7
The Regierungsrat consists of the Landammann, the Landesstatthalter and five further members, seven people in total. It is the leading and supreme executive authority of the canton, and its members are elected by the people.
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Correct answer: B – Landammann
The Uri government is headed by the Landammann, whose deputy is the Landesstatthalter. Both are elected directly by the people for a term of two years.
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Correct answer: B – 2 years
In Uri the term of office of cantonal authorities is four years, but the Landammann and the Landesstatthalter serve two-year terms. Both are elected by the people.
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Correct answer: D – with Schwyz and Unterwalden
Uri, together with Schwyz and Unterwalden, is one of the three original cantons (forest cantons). The Federal Charter is dated early August 1291 and is regarded as the founding document of the Confederation, which is why 1 August is the national holiday.
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Correct answer: C – in the canton of Uri
The Rütli lies on Lake Uri and belongs to the Uri municipality of Seelisberg. According to legend, representatives of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden swore the alliance there. The Rütli is regarded as the 'cradle of Switzerland'.
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Correct answer: A – William Tell
According to legend, William Tell had to shoot an apple off his son's head with his crossbow in Altdorf. The Tell Monument on the town hall square commemorates this. Winkelried is linked to Sempach, Niklaus von Flüe to Obwalden.
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Correct answer: C – the Tell Monument
The Tell Monument by sculptor Richard Kissling was inaugurated in 1895. It shows William Tell with his crossbow and his son Walter and is a well-known symbol of Switzerland.
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Correct answer: A – 1980
The Gotthard road tunnel between Göschenen (Uri) and Airolo (Ticino) opened in 1980 and is about 17 kilometres long. The railway tunnel opened in 1882 and the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016.
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Correct answer: D – the world's longest railway tunnel (57 km)
The Gotthard Base Tunnel connects Erstfeld (Uri) with Bodio (Ticino) and is about 57 kilometres long. It opened in 2016 and is the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is the centrepiece of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA/NEAT).
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Correct answer: A – Altdorf
According to the cantonal constitution, Altdorf is the capital of Uri and also its most populous municipality. The government, the Landrat and the administration are based here. Andermatt is in the Urseren valley.
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Correct answer: B – about 39,000
At the end of 2025 about 38,600 people lived in the canton of Uri (provisional figure). This makes Uri one of the least populated cantons in Switzerland. Most of the population lives in the lower Reuss valley.
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Correct answer: D – the Reuss
The Reuss rises in the Gotthard area and flows through the Urseren valley and the Schöllenen gorge into the Reuss valley. Near Flüelen it flows into Lake Uri; it leaves Lake Lucerne again in Lucerne.
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Correct answer: B – Lake Uri (Urnersee)
Lake Uri is the southernmost arm of Lake Lucerne. Flüelen, Sisikon and the Rütli lie on its shore. Lakes Sarnen and Lauerz are separate lakes in Obwalden and Schwyz respectively.
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Correct answer: C – Dammastock (3,630 m)
At about 3,630 metres the Dammastock is the highest mountain in Uri and in all of Central Switzerland. It lies on the border with Valais. The canton's lowest point is Lake Lucerne at 434 metres.
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Correct answer: D – the Gotthard Pass
The Gotthard Pass links the Urseren valley with the Leventina in Ticino. Since the Middle Ages it has been one of Europe's most important north-south routes. The Klausen Pass, by contrast, leads to Glarus.
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Correct answer: B – Roman Catholic
Uri is a traditionally strongly Catholic canton; in 2023 about 69 percent of the population aged 15 and over were Roman Catholic – one of the highest shares in Switzerland (FSO). Churches and chapels shape the landscape. The national churches are recognised in the constitution.
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Correct answer: B – German
The official language of Uri is German; in everyday life people speak Uri German. For naturalisation Uri requires German at level B1 oral and A2 written. Italian is spoken only south of the Gotthard in Ticino.
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Correct answer: D – Because Uri has weak financial resources and, as a mountain canton, bears high burdens.
Uri has low resource potential, i.e. a low tax capacity, and as a mountain canton bears high costs, for example for roads and protection against natural hazards. That is why Uri receives money from resource equalisation and from geographical-topographical cost compensation. In addition, the important north-south axis over the Gotthard runs through the canton.
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Correct answer: A – tourism, hydropower and forestry
Important economic sectors in Uri are tourism, hydroelectric power generation and forestry, plus some manufacturing companies. The mountains and passes strongly shape the economy.
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Correct answer: B – Dätwyler
The Dätwyler Group is headquartered in Altdorf and is one of the canton's most important employers. Its roots lie in the Swiss Wire and Rubber Works in Altdorf, which Adolf Dätwyler ran from 1915 and later took over. Schindler is based in Ebikon (Lucerne), Nestlé in Vevey.
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Correct answer: A – 'Wilhelm Tell' by Friedrich Schiller
Since 1899, Friedrich Schiller's drama 'Wilhelm Tell' has been performed in Altdorf by amateur actors in a dedicated Tell theatre. Schiller wrote the play in 1804 without ever visiting Switzerland.
Source: tellspiele-altdorf.ch · Checked October 2026
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