#velotweet #rhein #rheindamm #buchssg #schweiz #liechtenstein #bewegung #fitness (hier: Rheinbrücke Buchs/Schaan)
so fun story about the Rhein in Liechtenstein. in the late ’20s (IIRC), the Rhein burst its banks and caused (relatively speaking, anyway) a lot of damage in the Principality, which led to one of the first organized international non-governmental (that is, not organized by national governments*) relief efforts, with volunteers coming from a number of other European countries and I believe also further afield to assist in the rebuilding efforts.
I’ll try to remember to check this again when I’m back with my books and fill it out a bit more.
Yup, I remember Mexico being one of the countries who had sent help. Forgetting which one of the 2 books that went further into detail about this incident.
that sounds right, yeah.
I appreciate that there’s another Liechtenstein nerd here and I also appreciate that there are pretty much just the two books so I know which ones you mean.
#velotweet #rhein #rheindamm #buchssg #schweiz #liechtenstein #bewegung #fitness (hier: Rheinbrücke Buchs/Schaan)
so fun story about the Rhein in Liechtenstein. in the late ’20s (IIRC), the Rhein burst its banks and caused (relatively speaking, anyway) a lot of damage in the Principality, which led to one of the first organized international non-governmental (that is, not organized by national governments*) relief efforts, with volunteers coming from a number of other European countries and I believe also further afield to assist in the rebuilding efforts.
I’ll try to remember to check this again when I’m back with my books and fill it out a bit more.
Cathedrale St. Florin, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
fun facts: Kathedrale St. Florin has only been a cathedral since 1997; for most of its history, Liechtenstein was part of the Diocese of Chur (centered in Switzerland), but John Paul II created the Archdiocese of Vaduz on 2 December, 1997 and elevated the church to cathedral status.
eine-amerikanerin asked: 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?
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.
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.
(Source: media.lonelyplanet.com)
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.)
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.
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
(well, misleading and inaccurate, but.)
cloudsinmyhead-deactivated20130 asked: 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.
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.
