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The historical lexicon contains thematic articles, geography, general history and biographical articles relating to Liechtenstein. As of its publication, it has 1142 pages which contains 2600 articles, 510 photos and 232 other illustrations. [2]
The music of Liechtenstein has produced an internationally renowned composer in Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901), who was mentor to Engelbert Humperdinck and a friend of Franz Liszt. The national anthem of Liechtenstein is " Oben am jungen Rhein ", which was written in 1850 by Jakob Josef Jauch [ it ] to the tune of " God Save the King ", the ...
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 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.
Franz Josef Schurte (5 January 1907 – 6 January 1989) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1962 to 1966. [1]He worked as a farmer and blacksmith in Triesen and was a member of the supervisory board of the National Bank of Liechtenstein from 1955 to 1967.
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