Schellenberg
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History
Early history
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The Lordship of Schellenberg was purchased by the Counts of Vaduz in 1437 and the two states have been united in fact ever since. After the Swabian War in 1499, both came under Austrian suzerainty. Different dynasties of counts bought and sold them, until their purchase in the early 18th century by the Liechtenstein dynasty, which had been granted princely status in 1706, but which needed to acquire a territory with imperial immediacy in order to vote in the Diet of the Princes of the Empire. The emperor formally united Vaduz and Schellenberg in 1719 as the Principality of Liechtenstein.[3][4]
World War II
The Russian Monument, located in Hinterschellenberg, in the municipality commemorates the asylum given to Russian soldiers during the Second World War.[5] Near the end of World War II, Liechtenstein granted asylum to approximately five hundred soldiers of the First Russian National Army, a collaborationist Russian force within the German Wehrmacht. This act was no small matter, as the country was poor and had difficulty feeding and caring for such a large group of refugees.[6] Eventually, Argentina agreed to resettle the asylum seekers permanently.[7] In contrast, the British repatriated the Russians who fought on the German side to the USSR.
Administration
Schellenberg is administered by the mayor and a 9-person municipal council, elected every four years since 1975. The incumbent mayor is Dietmar Lampert, since 2023.[8]
List of mayors (1864–present)
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| Johann Hassler | 1864–1867 | style="background:Template:Party color" rowspan="10" | | — Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| Josef Kaiser | 1867–1870 | |||
| Meinrad Marxer | 1870–1873 | |||
| Josef Kaiser | 1873–1876 | |||
| Meinrad Marxer | 1876–1885 | |||
| Elias Oehri | 1885–1888 | |||
| Meinrad Marxer | 1888–1891 | |||
| Matthäus Wohlwend | 1891–1894 | |||
| Ludwig Elkuch | 1894–1909 | |||
| Andreas Hassler | 1909–1915 | |||
| Karl Kaiser | 1915–1927 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Adolf Goop | 1927–1933 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Philipp Elkuch | 1933–1945 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Urban Rederer | 1945–1954 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Georg Oehri | 1954–1960 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Hugo Oehri | 1960–1972 | |||
| Hermann Hassler | 1972–1979 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Edgar Elkuch | 1979–1987 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Walter Kieber | 1987–2003 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Norman Wohlwend | 2003–2023 | Template:Party name with color | ||
| Dietmar Lampert | 2023– | Template:Party name with color | ||
Geography
Schellenberg territory borders with the Liechtensteiner municipalities of Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren and Ruggell. It borders also with the Austrian municipality of Feldkirch, in the federal state of Vorarlberg.[9]
Transport
In Schellenberg there is a small road crossing to Austria, manned by Austrian and Swiss border guards.
Notable people
- Gisela Biedermann, physician and politician[10]
- Julia Hassler, Olympic swimmer.[11]
- Fabienne Wohlwend, motor racing driver.[12]
References
External links
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