Gamprin is a municipality of

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German language, German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constit ...

, on the

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on the border with the municipality of Sennwald, in Switzerland. It had 1,690 inhabitants in 2019. The municipality contains the village of

Bendern Bendern is a village of Liechtenstein, together with the town of Gamprin it forms in the municipality of Gamprin. It is the third smallest in the country, with an area of 6,19 km2 and a total population of 1664 people (as of 2015). The villa ...

and scattered hamlets and the

Liechtenstein Institute The Liechtenstein Institute (German: ''Liechtenstein-Institut'') is a scientific research center and academic institution in Bendern, Gamprin, Liechtenstein. The institute carries out research into the history, politics, law, and economics of L ...

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. The name is derived from the 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 Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chri ...

, 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. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Bendern ran one of the five ferries in the Liechtenstein section of the Rhine and connected it with Haag 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.

Geography

Gamprin, with an area of 6.188 km², lies in the hilly landscape west of

Eschnerberg Eschnerberg, also ''Eschner Berg,'' Schellenberg, (especially used in the Austrian village of Feldkirch) is 698 m high (''Klocker'' close to Hinterschellenberg) mountain of seven peaks in the Rhine Valley, on the borderline of Liechtenstein and t ...

and consists of the villages Gamprin and

. 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 Vaduz ( or , High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' Hrsg. ...

and

Schaan Schaan () is the largest municipality of Liechtenstein by population. It is located to the north of Vaduz, the capital, in the central part of the country. it has a population of 6,039 making it the most populous administrative district in Lie ...

, to the east lies the municipality of Eschen, and to the north Schellenberg and

Ruggell Ruggell is a municipality of Liechtenstein. It is the northernmost and lowest elevated municipality. As of 2019, it has a population of 2,322. History The name is said to be from the Latin for "clearing the land" (roncale - ad roncalem). Most kno ...

. In the west, the Rhine forms the border with the municipality of Sennwald in Switzerland. 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 Nendeln is a village of Liechtenstein, located in the municipality of Eschen. History Prior to the establishment of the village, the Roman Empire had a presence here. Villas from that time period have been excavated at Nendeln. Geography The vil ...

and

Schaanwald Schaanwald is a village of Liechtenstein, located in the municipality of Mauren. History Prior to the establishment of the village, the Roman Empire had a presence here. Villas from that time period have been excavated at Schaanwald. Geography T ...

. Another communal forest of 40.52 ha is located on the Eschnerberg. The municipality contains the Gampriner Seele, the only lake in Liechtenstein. It was created by a flood of the Rhine with enormous

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is d ...

in 1927.

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 symolises 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.

Landmarks

The municipality contains the

and LGT Group. There is a winery in the municipality named Zaungässler Weine.

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 Marina Nigg (born in Vaduz on 24 April 1984) is a Liechtensteiner alpine skier who represented Liechtenstein at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

(born 1984), ski racer, started for the SV Gamprin

References

External links

Official website
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