Gamprin

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Gamprin ({{IPA|de|ɡamˈpʁiːn|-|De-Gamprin.ogg}}) is a municipality of Liechtenstein, on the Rhine on the border with the municipality of Sennwald, in Switzerland. It had 1,690 inhabitants in 2019. The municipality contains the village of Bendern and scattered hamlets and the Liechtenstein Institute and LGT Group.

History

Evidence of human settlement from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages have been found in Gamprin. Within the territory of the parish there is the archaeological site of Lutzengüetle (Lotzagüetle).{{cite web |last1=Merz |first1=Anna |title=Lutzengüetle (Lotzagüetle) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Lutzeng%C3%BCetle_(Lotzag%C3%BCetle) |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=de |date=2011}}

The name's toponymy is derived from Old Romansh camp Rin ("field on the Rhine"). It was first mentioned in about 1150 as Camporin, and in 1253 it was mentioned as Gamperin.

The church, dedicated to Mother Mary, was built in 1481, but has antecedents dating back to 1045. In 1499, the village was pillaged by the Swiss Confederates. The oldest preserved village charter from 1643 describes the rights and duties of the villagers to use pastures and forests. Lower Country men swore allegiance to the Prince in 1699 at Bendern.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Bendern ran one of the five ferries in the Liechtenstein section of the Rhine and connected it with {{ill|Haag, Switzerland|lt=Haag|de|Haag SG}} on the opposite side of the river, now in the Swiss municipality of Sennwald. A wooden bridge was built across the river in 1867–68.

Politics

Gamprin is locally administered by the mayor and a 8-person municipal council, elected every four years since 1975. The incumbent mayor is Johannes Hasler, since 2019.{{Cite web |last=Wanger |first=Harald |last2=Mayr |first2=Ulrike |last3=Schindler |first3=Jürgen |date=31 December 2011 |title=Gamprin |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Gamprin |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}

= List of mayors (1864–present) =

class="wikitable" \|+{{sronly\|List of mayors (1864–present)}} ! scope="col" \|Name ! scope="col" \|Term ! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" \|Party ! scope="col" \|{{Abbreviation\|Ref(s).\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" \|Johann Georg Näscher \|1864–1867 \| style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}" rowspan="11" \| \| rowspan="11" \|{{center\|—}} \| rowspan="22" \|{{center\|}}
Johann Georg Hasler \|1867–1868
Adam Hasler \|1868–1870
Franz Josef Hoop \|1870–1873
Johann Georg Näscher \|1873–1879
Sebastian Näscher \|1879–1885
Lorenz Kind \|1885–1891
Johann Georg Näscher \|1891–1894
Lorenz Kind \|1894–1900
Adolf Matt \|1900–1909
Johann Hasler \|1909–1915
Felix Gubelmann \|1915–1922\|\|{{Party name with color\|Progressive Citizens' Party\|rowspan=3}}
Wilhelm Büchel \|1921–1930
Wilhelm Näscher \|1930–1936
Josef Marxer \|1936–1945\|\|{{Party name with color\|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}
Martin Näscher \|1945–1954\|\|{{Party name with color\|Progressive Citizens' Party\|rowspan=2}}
Johann Georg Hasler \|1954–1963
Alois Öhri \|1963–1975\|\|{{Party name with color\|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}
Lorenz Hasler \|1975–1991\|\|{{Party name with color\|Progressive Citizens' Party\|rowspan=2}}
Maria Marxer \|1991–1995
Donath Öhri \|1995–2019\|\|{{Party name with color\|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}
Johannes Hasler \|2019–\|\|{{Party name with color\|Progressive Citizens' Party}}

class="wikitable"

|+{{sronly|List of mayors (1864–present)}}

! scope="col" |Name

! scope="col" |Term

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scope="row" |Johann Georg Näscher

|1864–1867

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| rowspan="11" |{{center|—}}

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Johann Georg Hasler

|1867–1868

Adam Hasler

|1868–1870

Franz Josef Hoop

|1870–1873

Johann Georg Näscher

|1873–1879

Sebastian Näscher

|1879–1885

Lorenz Kind

|1885–1891

Johann Georg Näscher

|1891–1894

Lorenz Kind

|1894–1900

Adolf Matt

|1900–1909

Johann Hasler

|1909–1915

Felix Gubelmann

|1915–1922||{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party|rowspan=3}}

Wilhelm Büchel

|1921–1930

Wilhelm Näscher

|1930–1936

Josef Marxer

|1936–1945||{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}

Martin Näscher

|1945–1954||{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party|rowspan=2}}

Johann Georg Hasler

|1954–1963

Alois Öhri

|1963–1975||{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}

Lorenz Hasler

|1975–1991||{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party|rowspan=2}}

Maria Marxer

|1991–1995

Donath Öhri

|1995–2019||{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}}

Johannes Hasler

|2019–||{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party}}

Geography

Gamprin, with an area of 6.188 km², lies in the hilly landscape west of Eschnerberg and consists of the villages Gamprin and Bendern.{{cite web|url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Gamprin|title=Gamprin|website=Historisches-Lexicon|language=German| accessdate =24 October 2022}} It is a scattered settlement, and contains the old hamlets of Au, Bühl, Badäl, Salums and Gölla. To the south, Gamprin borders on the Rheinau-Tentscha exclave of the municipality of Eschen as well as on Vaduz and Schaan, to the east lies the municipality of Eschen, and to the north Schellenberg and Ruggell.{{cite web|url=https://www.image-maps.de/shop/liechtenstein-gemeinden/|title=Liechtenstein Gemeinden|publisher=Image-maps.de|accessdate=24 October 2022}} In the west, the Rhine forms the border with the municipality of Sennwald in Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://www.schweiz-navigator.de/sennwald-9466.html|title=Sennwald|website=Schweiz-navigator.de|accessdate=24 October 2022}}{{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps/place/47%C2%B013'00.0%22N+9%C2%B030'00.0%22E/@47.2435781,9.4761687,10005m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xec8bb24a63085c4c!8m2!3d47.216667!4d9.5?hl=en | accessdate =24 October 2022}}

File:ETH-BIB-Bendern (Überschwemmung 1927) v. W.-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-005710.tif

Gamprin has an exclave with the so-called Nendler Berg western slope of the Dreischwestern Massif. It is 72.38 ha of communal forest above Nendeln and Schaanwald. Another communal forest of 40.52 ha is located on the Eschnerberg.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

The municipality contains the {{convert|2.6|ha|abbr=on}} Gampriner Seele, the only lake in Liechtenstein.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liechtenstein.li/land-und-leute/geografie/gewaesser/|title=Gewässer, Fluss, See, Bach – Fürstentum Liechtenstein|website=www.liechtenstein.li|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233626/https://www.liechtenstein.li/land-und-leute/geografie/gewaesser/|url-status=dead}} It was created by a flood of the Rhine with enormous erosion in 1927.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fischen.li/CFDOCS/cms/cmsout/index.cfm?GroupID=210&meID=100&WatermarkMenuEntriesObjectID=1399|title=Fischereiverein Liechtenstein - Gampriner See|website=www.fischen.li|access-date=24 October 2022}}

Coat of arms

Until 1950 the municipality of Gamprin didn't have a coat of arms nor an official flag. The council of Gamprin established a committee to design a flag and a coat of arms for the municipality. The yellow ribbon symbolises the Rhine and the roses were from the coat of arms of the knight "Rüdiger von Limbach", who had his residence in Gamprin in the Middle Ages. In 1958 the new flag and coat of arms were adopted by the municipality of Gamprin.{{cite web|url=https://www.mapnall.com/de/Karte-Gamprin_1105024.html|title=Karte Gamprin|website=Mapnall.com|accessdate=24 October 2022|language=German}}

Landmarks

The municipality contains the Liechtenstein Institute and LGT Group. There is a winery in the municipality named Zaungässler Weine.{{cite web|url=https://www.zaungaessler.li/wein/|title=Wein|website=zaungaessler.li|accessdate=24 October 2022|language=German}}

Notable people

Wilhelm Büchel (1873–1951), farmer and politician (FBP), member of the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Wilhelm Näscher (1892–1948), farmer and politician (FBP), member of the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Johann Georg Hasler (1898–1976), farmer and politician (FBP), member of the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Ernst Büchel (1922–2003), lawyer and politician (FBP), member of the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Armin Meier (1941–1999), remedial teacher and politician (FBP), member of the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Otmar Hasler (born 1953), teacher and politician (FBP), head of the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Tina Weirather (born 1989), alpine skier.
Matthias Kaiser (born 1991), motor racing driver.

; Connected to the municipality

Georg Gstöhl (1925–1999), teacher and politician (VU), member of the Liechtenstein Parliament, was a teacher, organist and conductor in Gamprin
Elfried Hasler (born 1965), financial analyst, asset manager and politician (FBP), member of the Liechtenstein Parliament, grew up in Gamprin
Marina Nigg (born 1984), ski racer, started for the SV Gamprin

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20190616141149/https://www.gamprin.li/ Official website]
[http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-staat-staat/fl-staat-gemeinden/fl-staat-gemeinden-gamprin.htm Liechtenstein Portal on Gamprin/Bendern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104002221/http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-staat-staat/fl-staat-gemeinden/fl-staat-gemeinden-gamprin.htm |date=2008-01-04 }}

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