diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsCapabilities.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsCapabilities.cs
index 9e152a7e..f11baf30 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsCapabilities.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsCapabilities.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ using Avalonia;
 
 namespace MapControl
 {
-    public class WmtsTileMatrixSet(string identifier, string supportedCrsId, IEnumerable<WmtsTileMatrix> tileMatrixes)
+    public class WmtsTileMatrixSet(string identifier, string supportedCrsId, string uriTemplate, IEnumerable<WmtsTileMatrix> tileMatrixes)
     {
         public string Identifier => identifier;
         public string SupportedCrsId => supportedCrsId;
+        public string UriTemplate => uriTemplate;
         public List<WmtsTileMatrix> TileMatrixes { get; } = tileMatrixes.OrderBy(m => m.Scale).ToList();
     }
 
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ namespace MapControl
         private static readonly XNamespace xlink = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";
 
         public string Layer { get; private set; }
-        public string UriTemplate { get; private set; }
         public List<WmtsTileMatrixSet> TileMatrixSets { get; private set; }
 
         public static async Task<WmtsCapabilities> ReadCapabilitiesAsync(Uri uri, string layer)
@@ -113,13 +113,12 @@ namespace MapControl
                     .FirstOrDefault(s => s.Element(ows + "Identifier")?.Value == tileMatrixSetId) ??
                     throw new ArgumentException($"Linked TileMatrixSet element not found in Layer \"{layer}\".");
 
-                tileMatrixSets.Add(ReadTileMatrixSet(tileMatrixSetElement));
+                tileMatrixSets.Add(ReadTileMatrixSet(tileMatrixSetElement, uriTemplate));
             }
 
             return new WmtsCapabilities
             {
                 Layer = layer,
-                UriTemplate = uriTemplate,
                 TileMatrixSets = tileMatrixSets
             };
         }
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ namespace MapControl
             return uriTemplate;
         }
 
-        public static WmtsTileMatrixSet ReadTileMatrixSet(XElement tileMatrixSetElement)
+        public static WmtsTileMatrixSet ReadTileMatrixSet(XElement tileMatrixSetElement, string uriTemplate)
         {
             var identifier = tileMatrixSetElement.Element(ows + "Identifier")?.Value;
 
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ namespace MapControl
                 throw new ArgumentException($"No TileMatrix elements found in TileMatrixSet \"{identifier}\".");
             }
 
-            return new WmtsTileMatrixSet(identifier, supportedCrs, tileMatrixes);
+            return new WmtsTileMatrixSet(identifier, supportedCrs, uriTemplate.Replace("{TileMatrixSet}", identifier), tileMatrixes);
         }
 
         public static WmtsTileMatrix ReadTileMatrix(XElement tileMatrixElement, string supportedCrs)
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileLayer.cs
index 03bd3fbd..569a86d0 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileLayer.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ namespace MapControl
         public static readonly DependencyProperty CapabilitiesUriProperty =
             DependencyPropertyHelper.Register<WmtsTileLayer, Uri>(nameof(CapabilitiesUri));
 
-        public static readonly DependencyProperty UriTemplateProperty =
-            DependencyPropertyHelper.Register<WmtsTileLayer, string>(nameof(UriTemplate));
-
         public static readonly DependencyProperty LayerProperty =
             DependencyPropertyHelper.Register<WmtsTileLayer, string>(nameof(Layer));
 
@@ -51,19 +48,9 @@ namespace MapControl
             set => SetValue(CapabilitiesUriProperty, value);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The Uri template string used for the UriTemplate property of WmtsTileSource instances.
-        /// Usually set internally from WmtsCapabilities requested by a Loaded event handler.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string UriTemplate
-        {
-            get => (string)GetValue(UriTemplateProperty);
-            set => SetValue(UriTemplateProperty, value);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The Identifier of the Layer that should be displayed.
-        /// If not set, the value is defined by WmtsCapabilities.
+        /// If not set, the first Layer defined in WMTS Capabilities is displayed.
         /// </summary>
         public string Layer
         {
@@ -131,7 +118,7 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
             else if (UpdateChildLayers(tileMatrixSet.TileMatrixes))
             {
-                var tileSource = new WmtsTileSource(UriTemplate, tileMatrixSet);
+                var tileSource = new WmtsTileSource(tileMatrixSet);
                 var cacheName = SourceName;
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheName))
@@ -218,7 +205,6 @@ namespace MapControl
                     var capabilities = await WmtsCapabilities.ReadCapabilitiesAsync(CapabilitiesUri, Layer);
 
                     Layer = capabilities.Layer;
-                    UriTemplate = capabilities.UriTemplate;
 
                     foreach (var tms in capabilities.TileMatrixSets
                         .Where(tms => !TileMatrixSets.ContainsKey(tms.SupportedCrsId) ||
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
index 985917c3..3fb372c0 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileSource.cs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public class WmtsTileSource : UriTileSource
     {
-        private readonly IList<WmtsTileMatrix> tileMatrixes;
+        private readonly List<WmtsTileMatrix> tileMatrixes;
 
-        public WmtsTileSource(string uriTemplate, WmtsTileMatrixSet tileMatrixSet)
+        public WmtsTileSource(WmtsTileMatrixSet tileMatrixSet)
         {
-            UriTemplate = uriTemplate.Replace("{TileMatrixSet}", tileMatrixSet.Identifier);
+            UriTemplate = tileMatrixSet.UriTemplate;
             tileMatrixes = tileMatrixSet.TileMatrixes;
         }