Fürstentum Liechtenstein

violetquits: 500px / Photo “Castle of Vaduz” by Pilar Azaña auf...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:34 -0400

violetquits:

500px / Photo “Castle of Vaduz” by Pilar Azaña auf We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/31295273

I think we’ve had this angle, but I don’t know if we’ve had that weather.

Other things the principality is not the same as

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:01:34 -0400

Liechtenstein (note spelling) is a European microstate located in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997; note spelling) was a popular American artist.

moscowist: Vaduz Castle, the official residence of the Prince...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:01:00 -0400

moscowist:

Vaduz Castle, the official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein

apparently there was at least one angle besides directly above that we hadn’t gotten yet.

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, by the tags.

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:01:28 -0400

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, by the tags.

It's fine! I completely understand. It's always good to have the right facts. So viele Geschichtsbücher haben falsche Information, Neigungen, usw. Es ist ganz traurig. Es ist immer einen Schatz, wenn man ein Gute hat.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:39:00 -0400

da hast du recht; die Bücher, in denen ich meine Information über Liechtenstein finde, sind David Beatties Liechtenstein: A Modern History und Pierre Ratons Liechtenstein: History and Institutions of the Principality (erst auf Französisch als Doktorthese geschrieben).

Hi! I'm one of the mods of fyeaheuropeanhistory and I found your blog when you pointed out the mistake in the post about Liechtenstein's 81st "friend." Admittedly, I know nothing about Liechtenstein, but I'd like to remedy that, so sorry if I stalk your blog!! Are you from Liechtenstein? Sprichst du deutsch?

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:39:00 -0400

I am not from Liechtenstein, just an American aficionado of the Principality with some books on hand. ich kann Deutsch, bin aber kein Muttersprachler.

I apologize for being short — I find that one story so frustrating, because it’s a great, charming little moment in history and then people have to go change everything about it for no apparent reason.

ich nehme aus, dass es irgendwo eine Erzählung der Geschichte gibt, in der es „Italiener“ und „1886“ oder so was sagt; ich wünsche mich, ich könnte diese Erzählung korrigieren, aber leider nicht.

History Fun Fact

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:20:03 -0400

captainseverusblackheart:

genderbentunicorn:

zachingoff:

In Liechtenstein’s last military engagement, in 1886, none of its 80 soldiers were killed. In fact 81 returned, including a new Italian “friend.”

Yep, more came home than left. I don’t think that has been done any other time in history.

This is one of my favourite points in history

It’s so funny omfg

that’s even funnier than the time Switzerland accidentally invaded Liechtenstein and apologized afterward

FY European History, you should be ashamed. fact-check before you post.

bergsmotiv: principality of liechtenstein. castle vaduz,...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:01:47 -0400

bergsmotiv:

principality of liechtenstein.

castle vaduz, residence of ruling prince franz.joseph II.

a) that is a questionable photoshop job putting those flowers in
b) the current Sovereign Prince is Hans-Adam II, whose son Prince Alois is currently exercising executive power; Franz Joseph II died in 1989.

subtilitas: Architektur Pitbau - Täscherloch Kindergarten,...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:01:27 -0400

subtilitas:

Architektur Pitbau - Täscherloch Kindergarten, Triesenberg 2007. Photos (C) Barbara Bühler.

moderne Architektur sieht mir immer seltsam aus, aber es scheint, man mag sie.

kurwayeahpolandball: Liechtenstein is of nice. this is not...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:01:09 -0400

kurwayeahpolandball:

Liechtenstein is of nice.

this is not what happened.

whoslefty: Liechtenstein, the inaugural winner of the Weirdest...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:01:32 -0400

whoslefty:

Liechtenstein, the inaugural winner of the Weirdest Shaped Shit Award

boundaries dating from the medieval period —> crazy modern boundaries.

although if you think the Liechtenstein’s municipal exclaves are weird, you should see Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands).

also, a quick note re your tags — Liechtenstein’s subdivisions are called “communes” (Gemeinden), not “cantons”, which is Switzerland.

subtilitas: Martin Häusle & Stefan Tenhalter - Parsonage...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:00:47 -0400

subtilitas:

Martin Häusle & Stefan Tenhalter - Parsonage library of the Liechtenstein institute, located in a former rectory, Bendern 1995. Photos (C) Barbara Bühler.

Bendern, Gamprin, Liechtenstein.

actsofdaringlight: I just read that in Liechtenstein (which is a small country located between...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:01:20 -0400

actsofdaringlight:

I just read that in Liechtenstein (which is a small country located between Austria and Switzerland) women didn’t get suffrage until 1984. A referendum was held (which was limited only to male voters) and d’you know how women won the vote in Liechtenstein? Because the number of votes FOR suffrage was 2.6% higher than the number of votes AGAINST, which pushed it into a majority vote of 51.3% FOR. And I thought France were slow for only getting suffrage after world war 2. I had no idea that there were places in Europe where women couldn’t vote until as late as the 70s and 80s.

Switzerland had it pretty bad too — 1971 at the federal level, but the last canton didn’t get there until 1991. But yeah, 1984 is pretty much unacceptably late to have gotten on the bandwagon.

Interestingly, in the first referendum on the subject in 1968, the only of the three referenda on the subject where women’s and men’s votes were tabulated separately, only 25 more women voted in favor of suffrage than voted against (1,266 for and 1,241 against).

Women are still only 6 of the 25 Members of the Landtag, which is actually still a better rate of representation than in the US Congress (24% vs. 18.1% in the US), but still not great.

Also interestingly, at least according to David Beattie, one of the reasons men voted against women’s suffrage was that they were concerned if it were allowed women would try to illegalize divorce again.

Liechtenstein has a very unusual political history. (See also: the 2012 referendum.)

I feel like at this point the only angle from which we have not...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:01:21 -0500

I feel like at this point the only angle from which we have not seen Vaduz Castle on this blog is straight above.

citiescitiescities: Cozy Liechtenstein (by J-Fish) Vaduz,...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:01:31 -0500

citiescitiescities:

Cozy Liechtenstein (by J-Fish)

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

nice picture of Vaduz. (see that symmetry?)

seriously thank you for this blog. ever since my five hours in vaduz, i am in love with this country.

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:50:41 -0500

you’re very welcome! I apologize for how inactive it’s been recently; that’s likely to continue, but I may try to start pulling things out of the tag again.

kolstorybro: so is it really true that an Italian befriended the army of Liechtenstein in 1868 or...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:19:21 -0500

kolstorybro:

so is it really true that an Italian befriended the army of Liechtenstein in 1868 or not??

because I’ve seen differing info?????

the spirit of the story is true, but not the details. during the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, Liechtenstein was reluctant to involve itself directly (despite the Principality’s close ties to Austria). as a compromise, the Principality sent its army (80 men) down to watch the border with Italy. David Beattie (Liechtenstein: A Modern History) summarizes:

The contingent saw no action and, indeed, no enemy. Eighty men sent out; eighty-one returned in September to general rejoicing, having been joined by an Austrian soldier who was looking for work.

so there you have it.

Liechtenstein won’t debut in 2013

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:01:16 -0500

Liechtenstein won’t debut in 2013:

schwiizophiiliia:

…There are two reasons, lack of interest and inability to participate the contest. 1FL TV is not an active member of European Broadcasting Union which is required for participating the song contest. The broadcasting company is relatively new, it was formed in 2008 and its one target is to become full member of EBU, according to CEO Peter Kölbe. However, they are not hurrying with it at the moment and even if they’d file an application now, they would be able to participate in 2014 at the earliest.

I already knew they weren’t going to debut, but I still needed to see the official notice. I kept on checking up on this news since Eurovision 2012 ended up until August despite being supposed to be confirmed by the end of June or July. Then college happened and I completely stopped paying attention to this but apparently this official announcement came out the end of September.

What disappointing pre-Christmas news either way, especially the lack of interest of even wanting to join now…

sad times!

Liechtenstein

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:00:22 -0400

arctic-stars-locked-by-land:

Read on the internet that once in 1866 (Liechtenstein’s last military engagement) none of the 80 soldiers sent were injured, and that in fact 81 returned, including a new Italian ‘friend’

XD

wrong.

(well, misleading and inaccurate, but.)

Do you know anything about how the borders of the communes came to be? Tried researching it on the internet before and came up empty.

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:42:00 -0400

To be perfectly honest, I have no idea. My best guess would be that it’s a result of lots of land sales in the pre-modern era, as happened with Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau in Belgium and the Netherlands.