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In Maria Enzersdorf, ganz in der Nähe von Mödling und Wien. "Die Fürsten von Liechtenstein, nach denen das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (Vaduz) benannt ist, haben hier ihren Stammsitz. Sie errichteten die Burg um 1130, verloren sie jedoch im 13. Jahrhundert, kauften sie 1808 zurück und restaurierten sie im Stil der Neoromanik." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein Castle in Maria Enzersdorf, a few steps from Mödling and very close to Vienna. The Princes of Liechtenstein, after whom the Principality of Liechtenstein is named, have their seat here. They erected the castle in 1130, lost it in the 13th century, bought it back in 1808 and restored it in the Neo-Romanesque style.
Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. The castle gave its name to the town of Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, which it overlooks from an adjacent hilltop. When we visited the place in 2018, the sky wasn't the best for photography, but we have tried to make some photos anyway.
Even though Liechtenstein is quite tiny, it boasts its own ski resort, Malbun.
Хотя Лихтенштейн и крохотный по территории, у него есть свой собственный горнолыжный курорт, Мальбун.
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With only about 37,000 people in roughly 62 square miles, Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in the world. (The sixth-smallest, to be exact.) Here are just a few fascinating facts about the alpine microstate:
- Liechtenstein’s capital city, Vaduz, has a population of around 5,425, but its largest city is the mostly unheard-of town of Schaan, barely eking out a victory with about 583 more people than Vaduz.
- Liechtenstein has one of the world’s lowest crime rates, with its last murder occurring in approximately 1997 and its prison holding very few inmates. Citizens who are given prison sentences longer than two years are transferred over to Austria.
- Switzerland unintentionally invaded Liechtenstein in March 2007, when about 170 Swiss infantry soldiers wandered across the unmarked border for more than a mile into Liechtenstein before realizing their mistake.
- It's the world's leading manufacturer of false teeth accounting for 20 percent of the total sales worldwide.
- Once a year, all the residents are invited to party in a castle. On Liechtenstein’s national holiday, His Serene Highness Prince Hans-Adam II, the head of state, and his son, His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois, invite the residents of their tiny principality to have a beer in the garden of Vaduz Castle, the princely ancestral residence.
- In 2011, you could rent the whole country of Liechtenstein for $70,000 a night.
- Liechtenstein’s national anthem is sung to the same melody as “God Save the Queen,” which meant that the same tune was played twice in a row when Northern Ireland and Liechtenstein competed for a UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Euro 2004 qualifier game.
- The country is not only landlocked but double - landlocked.
Both of the countries that border Liechtenstein—Austria to the north and east and Switzerland to the south and west—are themselves landlocked.
Landscape photo of house with yellow grape leaves and Vaduz Castle in the back. Photo taken on a tripod while walking around.
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Gutenberg Castle (German Burg Gutenberg) is a preserved castle in the town of Balzers, Liechtenstein, the centre of the municipality of Balzers. Gutenberg is one of the five castles of the principality and one of two that have survived preserved until the present day. Unlike Vaduz Castle in Vaduz, Gutenberg Castle does not serve as a residence of the princely family of Liechtenstein and is open to the general public as a museum.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Castle
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