Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The area that is now Liechtenstein was part of the Roman province of Rhaetia. [2] A Roman road crossed the region from south to north, traversing the Alps by the Splügen Pass and, following the right bank of the Rhine at the edge of the floodplain, was uninhabited for long lengths of time because of periodic flooding.
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 ...
The Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein) is an encyclopedia on the history of Liechtenstein, first published in 2013 and available for free on the internet since 2018.
The monarchy of Liechtenstein is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of Liechtenstein. The current monarch is Prince Hans-Adam II . [ 1 ]
The family originates from Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria (near Vienna), which the family possessed from at least 1136 to the 13th century, and from 1807 onwards.. The progenitor Hugo von Liechtenstein (d. 1156) built Liechtenstein Castle around 1122-36 on a fief that he received from the Babenberg margraves of Austria.
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906–1989 in Grabs), the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death; lived full-time in the principality; Aurelia Frick (born 1975) a Liechtenstein politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture. Carl von In der Maur (1852 in Wiener Neustadt – 1913), government official
History of Liechtenstein by topic (6 C, 1 P) History of Liechtenstein by period (5 C) D. Defunct organizations based in Liechtenstein (2 C) E. Historical events in ...
Vaduz Castle (German: Schloss Vaduz) is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. [1] The castle gave its name to the town of Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, which it overlooks from an adjacent hilltop. [2] [3]