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Government Quarter, Vaduz

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1. Historic Old Town of Maienfeld – Jenins Village and Church loop from Buchs SG

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2. View of Vaduz Castle – Rhine Bridge at Sevelen loop from Bad Ragaz

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3. Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen – Government Quarter, Vaduz loop from Sargans

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Paul

September 2, 2021

Government District, Vaduz

Southern town center of Vaduz at the foot of the hillside of the castle forest, bordered by the English building on the north side and the Vaduz parish church of St. Florin on the south side.

In the late Middle Ages, on this section of the Reichstrasse Lindau–Milan below Vaduz Castle, there was a manorial court, the manorial (own) chapel of St. Florin with court chaplaincy buildings, the so-called Tschaggaturm (→residential towers) and a small customs house; The court sessions and the Landammann elections for the County of Vaduz took place near the nearby lime tree. Poeschel suspects that this is the center of the gaugrave's, later Werdenberg's, possessions in the Vaduz area. Since the 16th century, the area, which was originally located away from the village, has developed into the so-called official quarters (today the government district) through the settlement of manorial and later state authorities.

In 1585 the erection of a «Cantzley» building is mentioned for the first time, which may have been the Landvogtei or today's Rheinbergerhaus. The latter is occupied as an office building in 1617/19, in the 18th/19th In the 19th century it was the office and residence of the pension master, later the seat of the princely domain administration; since 1968 it has housed the Liechtenstein Music School. The bailiff, also mentioned in 1617/19, was the residence (with interruptions in the 18th century) until 1918, and until 1865 also the official seat of the bailiff (or the provincial governor from 1848). The Estates Parliament also met in this building, known as the Verweserhaus, from 1818 to 1862. Until the 19th century, between the Verweserhaus and the Rheinbergerhaus, there was the former manorial courtyard with the «Schellahüsli», which served as a prison.

The Verweserhaus is attached to the former stately tavern that was built around 1500. This also served as a customs building from 1637 and as a government building from 1865 to 1905. The Liechtenstein National Museum has been located here since 1972. To the north of it, the Estates House was built in 1866-67 as a meeting place for the state parliament, which also housed the offices of the regional courts, judges' apartments and a prison bar. It was used as a secondary school from 1905, as a state library from 1961 and demolished in 1970. Between 1903 and 1905, today's government building with the state parliament hall was built between the administrator's house and the parish church built in 1872 (also the cathedral since 1997). Other official buildings in the government quarter are the Schädlerhaus (today, among other things, the registry office), the Liechtensteinische Landesbank (1952), the state archive (1962) and the post office and administration building (1975).

A project by the Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi, which emerged from an urban planning ideas and project competition (1984-87) to redesign the entire area between the English building and the parish church, was rejected in a referendum in 1993. The new state parliament building planned by Hansjörg Göritz (Hanover) was built in 2002-07 between the administration building and the government building, adopting Snozzi's basic urban planning idea (hillside development). The extension of the State Museum (1999-2003) by the architects Brunhart, Brunner, Kranz (Balzers) and the new construction of the archive and administration building (2006-09) by the architects Keller and Brander (Vaduz) complete the hillside development.

Author: Michael Pattyn

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Paul

May 19, 2022

Vaduz

Vaduz was first mentioned in a document in 1150 AD. In 1719, Emperor Charles VI. Vaduz with the rule of Schellenberg and raised the area to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Today Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the seat of the authorities and the state parliament, and a princely residence since 1939. It was first mentioned in a document in 1150. The county of Vaduz, which encompasses the main part of today's principality, arose from the old court district of Vaduz in 1342 through the division of the Sargans- Werdenberg estates.

Vaduz Castle, which was built around 1300, was ruled by the Counts of Werdenberg zu Vaduz, the Barons of Brandis from Emmental, the Counts of Sulz from Klettgau in Baden and the Counts of Hohenems from Vorarlberg. In 1592 Vaduz was granted market rights by Emperor Rudolf II.

In 1712 Prince Johann Adam von Liechtenstein acquired the County of Vaduz and seven years later Emperor Charles VI united it. with the rule of Schellenberg and raised the area to the imperial principality. Vaduz became the capital and Vaduz Castle has been the permanent residence of the Princes of Liechtenstein since 1939.

The Principality of Liechtenstein is an independent country in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria and covers an area of 160 km2. Vaduz is located on the east bank of the Rhine, at the foot of the Three Sisters massif. The former farming village, which was known for its excellent wine, has become a busy residential town with banks, commercial buildings and service providers.

Text / Source: Municipality of Vaduz

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Königsborner

March 27, 2019

From the Rhine cycle path over the old wooden bridge along the stadium you drive directly into Vaduz. Very nice city center invites you to linger.

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Government Quarter, Vaduz

1. Historic Old Town of Maienfeld – Jenins Village and Church loop from Buchs SG

2. View of Vaduz Castle – Rhine Bridge at Sevelen loop from Bad Ragaz

3. Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen – Government Quarter, Vaduz loop from Sargans

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