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Liechtenstein and Switzerland signed a treaty under which Switzerland assumed the representation of Liechtenstein's interests at the diplomatic and consular level in countries where it maintains a representation and Liechtenstein does not. [33] [34] Liechtenstein adopted the Swiss franc in 1920 and the two countries entered a customs union in 1924.
Liechtensteiner Americans in the United States number at 1,244. [8] The first recorded Liechtensteiner to move to America was a man named Joseph Batliner. In 1846, a flood followed by a famine caused 250 Liechtensteiners to move to America; this was the first large wave of emigration from Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein (/ ˈ l ɪ k t ən s t aɪ n / ⓘ, LIK-tən-styne; [13] German: [ˈlɪçtn̩ʃtaɪn] ⓘ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, [ˈfʏʁstn̩tuːm ˈlɪçtn̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n] ⓘ), [14] is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south ...
Pages in category "History of Liechtenstein" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Approximately 2000 people demonstrating in front of the Liechtenstein government house on 28 October 1992. The 1992 Liechtenstein constitutional crisis culminated on 28 October 1992 when Hans-Adam II called for a referendum regarding Liechtenstein's accession to the European Economic Area to be held before the corresponding referendum in Switzerland, against the countries' custom union and the ...
Through the centuries, the dynasty acquired vast swathes of land, predominantly in Moravia, Lower Austria, Silesia, and Styria, though in all cases, these territories were held in fief under other more senior feudal lords, particularly under various lines of the Habsburg family, to whom several Liechtenstein princes served as close advisors.
The Liechtenstein Institute started to work on digitizing the two volumes in September 2016 in accordance with the Liechtenstein government. The technical concept for implementing this project was based on a MediaWiki solution. It has been available online since 13 November 2018 and printed additions are no longer planned.
The country has an international dispute with Czech Republic and Slovakia concerning the estates of its princely family in those countries. After World War II, Czechoslovakia, as it then was, acting to seize what it considered to be German possessions, expropriated the entirety of the Liechtenstein dynasty's hereditary lands and possessions in the Czech regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia.