schellenberg
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Schellenberg
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Gasthaus Auf der Egg.Fresch.Schellenberg.jpg
| image_caption = Schellenberg in early-June 2007
| imagesize =
| image_flag = Flag of Schellenberg Liechtenstein-1.svg
| flag_size = 30px
| image_shield = Wappen Schellenberg.svg
| shield_size = 100px
| image_map = {{hidden|Location of Schellenberg|{{infobox mapframe|frame-width=250|frame-height=240}}}}
| image_map1 = Schellenberg in Liechtenstein.svg
| mapsize = 150px
| map_caption1 = Schellenberg within Liechtenstein
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
| subdivision_type1 = Electoral district
| subdivision_name1 = Unterland
| subdivision_type2 = Villages
| subdivision_name2 = Hinterschellenberg
| coordinates = {{coord|47|14|0.98|N|9|32|53.01|E|region:LI-08|display=inline,title}}
| leader_party = VU
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Dietmar Lampert
| area_total_km2 = 3.5
| population_total = 1,107
| elevation_m = 626
| population_density_km2 = {{#expr: 1029 / 3.5 }}
| population_as_of = 31-12-2019
| population_footnotes = {{Cite web | url=https://www.llv.li/files/as/bevolkerungsstatistik-30-juni-2017.pdf | title=Bevölkerungsstatistik | language=de | trans-title=Population statistics | website=www.llv.li}}
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 9488
| area_code = 7011
| iso_code = LI-08
| website = [http://www.schellenberg.li www.schellenberg.li]
| footnotes =
}}
Schellenberg ({{IPA|de-CH|ˈʃɛlənˌbɛrɡ|-|De-Schellenberg.ogg}}; dialectal: Schällabärg){{cite web |title=Schellenberg |url=https://namenbuch.li/Ortsnamen/Schellenberg |website=Liechtensteiner Namenbuch |access-date=25 December 2024}} is a municipality in the lowland area of Liechtenstein, on the banks of the Rhine. {{As of|2019}}, it has a population of 1,107 and covers an area of {{convert|3.5|km2|abbr=on}}
History
=Early history=
{{see also|Lordship of Schellenberg}}
The area was first settled by Celts, then by Rhaetians. Rome conquered the area in 15 BC, and made it part of the province of Rhaetia. The Province later became a county (countship) under Charlemagne. The county was repeatedly divided among heirs.[http://www.schellenberg.li/files/medienarchiv/Schellenberg-history.pdf History of Schellenberg]
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.[http://states-world.com/state.php/1325 The Lordship of Schellenberg] on states-world.com
=World War II=
The Russian Monument, located in Hinterschellenberg, in the municipality commemorates the asylum given to Russian soldiers during the Second World War.{{Cite magazine |last=Monday |date=13 April 1953 |title=Last of the Wehrmacht |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818218,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222120252/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818218,00.html |archive-date=22 December 2008 |access-date=21 April 2023 |magazine=Time}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Tolstoy |first=Nikolai |title=The Secret Betrayal |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=1977 |isbn=0-684-15635-0 |language=English}} Eventually, Argentina agreed to resettle the asylum seekers permanently.{{Cite web |last=Wanger |first=Harald |date=31 December 2011 |title=Liechtenstein, Franz Josef II |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Liechtenstein,_Franz_Josef_II._von |access-date=15 June 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Biedermann |first=Klaus |last2=Mayr |first2=Ulrike |date=2023 |title=Schellenberg (Gemeinde) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Schellenberg_(Gemeinde)?marker=Schellenberg#Politische_Gemeinde.2C_Gemeindeboden |access-date=23 May 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 Hassler
|1864–1867 | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" rowspan="10" | | rowspan="10" |{{center|—}} |
|---|
| 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 |{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party}} |
| Adolf Goop
|1927–1933 |{{Party name with color|Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein)}} |
| Philipp Elkuch
|1933–1945 |{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party}} |
| Urban Rederer
|1945–1954 |{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}} |
| Georg Oehri
|1954–1960 |{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party|rowspan=2}} |
| Hugo Oehri
|1960–1972 |
| Hermann Hassler
|1972–1979 |{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}} |
| Edgar Elkuch
|1979–1987 |{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party}} |
| Walter Kieber
|1987–2003 |{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}} |
| Norman Wohlwend
|2003–2023 |{{Party name with color|Progressive Citizens' Party}} |
| Dietmar Lampert
|2023– |{{Party name with color|Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)}} |
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.{{OSM|r|1155946|Schellenberg}}
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{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2017 |title=Biedermann, Gisela |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Biedermann,_Gisela |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Historical Encyclopedia of the Principality of Liechtenstein |language=de}}
- Julia Hassler, Olympic swimmer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony |title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony |website=Olympic.org |date=2016-08-16 |access-date=2016-08-27 |archive-date=2019-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418151958/https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony |url-status=live}}
- Fabienne Wohlwend, motor racing driver.{{cite news|url=https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=vb&id=220853|title=Wohlwend hofft auf Startplatz in neuer Rennserie (in German)|publisher=Volksblatt.li|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009090127/https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=vb&id=220853|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Schellenberg}}
- {{Wiktionary-inline|de:Schellenberg|Schellenberg}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{Official website|http://www.schellenberg.li}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.schellenberg.li/pdf/geschichte.pdf |title= History of Schellenberg |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081122111151/http://www.schellenberg.li/pdf/geschichte.pdf |archivedate= 2008-11-22 }} {{small|(548 KiB)}} {{in lang|de}}
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