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1862 Liechtenstein General Election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 24 November 1862. Twelve of the seats in the Landtag were indirectly elected by electors selected by voters. They were the first general elections held following the ratification of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein in September of the same year, in which the Landtag was established. Electors Electors were selected through elections that were held between 3 and 17 November. Each municipality had two electors for every 100 inhabitants. Results All 156 electors met on 24 November in Vaduz to elect 12 Landtag members and five substitute members. The Landtag members and their substitutes were elected in three ballots. Elected as members Elected as members on the first ballot * Josef Bargetze * * *Markus Kessler *Andreas Kieber *Franz Anton Kirchthaler *Karl Schädler *Johann Josef Schafhauser *Christoph Wanger *Franz Wolfinger Elected as members on the third ballot * * Johann Baptist Quaderer Elected as substitutes E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Liechtenstein General Election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 May 1866. Six of the seats in the Landtag were indirectly elected by electors selected by voters. Electors Electors were selected through elections that were held between 4 March and 22 April. Each municipality had two electors for every 100 inhabitants. Results The electors met on 3 May in Vaduz to elect six Landtag members and one substitute member. The Landtag members and the substitute were elected in three ballots. Of the 156 electors, 154 participated in the voting. Elected as members Elected as members on the first ballot * *Franz Wolfinger Elected as members on the second ballot * Josef Bargetze, declined his election and was replaced by Johann Baptist Quaderer *Johann Baptist Beck Elected as members on the third ballot * *Christoph Wanger Elected as substitute * Johann Baptist Quaderer, elected as substitute on the first ballot and later replaced Josef Bargetze as member Literature * Paul Vogt (1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schellenberg
Schellenberg (; dialectal: ''Schällabärg'') is a municipality in the lowland area of Liechtenstein, on the banks of the Rhine. , it has a population of 1,107 and covers an area of History Early history 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. 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 Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Liechtenstein
Elections in Liechtenstein take place at a national level within a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties. The Landtag of Liechtenstein has 25 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation in two multi-seat constituencies. The country also holds mayoral and municipal elections for four-year terms. The country replaced universal male suffrage with universal suffrage, following a national referendum. Electoral process A variation of the standard party-list proportional format is used to elect 15 members from the district of Oberland and 10 members from the district of Unterland. The highest-remainder method dictates each party’s seat total in a district based on their vote share (which will be covered in more detail) there. Elections in these two districts are essentially separate, and the individual municipal divisions technically play no role in determining the eventual winners. There are four parties currently registered in Liec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1862 In Liechtenstein
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official and general (b. 133) * Paccia Marciana, Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Schlegel
Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Wilhelm (name), disambiguation page for people named Wilhelm ** Wilhelm II (1858–1941), king of Prussia and emperor of Germany from 1888 until his abdication in 1918. * Mount Wilhelm, the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea * Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica * Wilhelm (crater), a lunar crater * Wilhelm scream, stock sound effect used in many movies and shows See also * Wilhelm scream, a stock sound effect * SS ''Kaiser Wilhelm II'', or USS ''Agamemnon'', a German steam ship * Wilhelmus, the Dutch national anthem * William Helm William Helm (March 9, 1837 – April 10, 1919) was an American Sheep-rearing, sheep farmer and among the early pioneer settlers of Fresno County, California, Fresno County, California. He was instrumental in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Baptist Quaderer
Johann Baptist Quaderer (31 October 1810 – 17 May 1875) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1862 to 1872. He was also the first mayor of Schaan, serving from 1862 to 1870. In the 1866 Liechtenstein general election General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 May 1866. Six of the seats in the Landtag were indirectly elected by electors selected by voters. Electors Electors were selected through elections that were held between 4 March and 22 April. ... Quaderer was elected as a deputy member of the Landtag, but succeeded Josef Bargetze as a full member the same year. He was the landlord of an inn and from 1840 worked as a part-time brewer. He married Anna Maria Näscher (25 May 1824 – 22 February 1854) on 13 June 1842 and they had three children together. He then went on to marry Maria Anna Stadelmann (12 May 1829 – 9 September 1858) on 23 November 1857. Finally, he married 13.2.1860 Katharina Falk (13 October 1827 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Wolfinger
Franz Josef Callistus Wolfinger (14 October 1820 – 20 March 1893) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1862 to 1882. He was also mayor of Balzers from 1867 to 1870. Wolfinger worked as a postmaster in Balzers of the Thurn-und-Taxis Post The Thurn-und-Taxis Post () was a private postal service and the successor to the Imperial Reichspost of the Holy Roman Empire. The Thurn-und-Taxis Post was operated by the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis between 1806 and 1867. The company wa ... from 1850, which he had taken over from his father. He was a judge in Balzers from 1860 to 1863. In the 1882 Liechtenstein general election, he refused his re-election to the Landtag. He married Regina Getzner (13 November 1820 – 18 May 1864) on 11 May 1846 and they had eight children together. He then went on to marry Carolina Thoma (1837 – Unknown) on 8 January 1866 and they had another two children together. His son from his second marriage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Schädler
Josef Karl Severin Schädler ( , ; 23 October 1804 – 30 January 1872) was a physician and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the first List of presidents of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1862 to 1870. He was a member of the Landtag from 1862 to 1871. A member of the prominent 19th-century Schädler family, he was a leading figure in the German revolutions of 1848–1849, 1848 Liechtenstein revolution and represented the country in the German revolutions of 1848–1849#National Assembly in Frankfurt, National Assembly in Frankfurt, which led to the liberalization of the country and he was the primary author of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein. Domestically, he worked as a physician and pioneered medical reforms and expansion in Liechtenstein. As president of the Landtag, he wrote several administrative laws for Liechtenstein but also came into conflict with Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann II over is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Bargetze
Josef Bargetze (20 April 1810 in Triesen – 9 February 1874) was a Liechtenstein politician. Bargetze was born to Josef Bargetze and his wife Anna Maria, née Beck. He was an innkeeper by profession when he was elected to the Liechtenstein Parliament in 1862. After the 1866 election, he resigned from parliament because a lottery had to determine whose term would run until 1866 or 1869. In the 1869 election, Bargetze was elected deputy to the Landtag A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence .... He married Maria Anna, née Kindle, and had five children with her, including Franz Xaver Bargetze. Literature * Paul Vogt: 125 Years of the Parliament. Published by the Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Vaduz 1987, 2nd edition. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. vom Historischen Verein für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Vaduz 1999, S. 430–435. is the capital of Liechtenstein and also the seat of the national parliament. The village, which is located along the Rhine, has 5,696 residents. The most prominent landmark of Vaduz is Vaduz Castle, perched atop a steep hill overlooking the village. It is home to the reigning prince of Liechtenstein and the Liechtenstein princely family. The village's distinctive architecture is also displayed in landmarks such as the Cathedral of St. Florin, Government House, Village Hall, the National Art Gallery, as well as the National Museum. Although Vaduz is the best-known village in the principality internationally, it is not the largest; neighbouring Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triesenberg
Triesenberg () is a Municipalities of Liechtenstein, municipality in Liechtenstein with a population of 2,636. Its area of makes it the largest municipality in Liechtenstein. The center of the municipality rests at an elevation of . History Triesenberg is noted for its distinct dialect, dating from the influence of Walser migrants in the Middle Ages, who arrived in the region early in the 14th century.P. Christiaan Klieger, ''The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World'' (2014), p. 41 This dialect is actively promoted by the municipality. The existence of this dialect is one evidence of remarkable linguistic diversity within the small Principality, as it is spoken alongside the Standard German and Alemannic German, Alemannic dialect common to the country. Geography The municipality includes eight villages: Gaflei, Malbun, Masescha, Rotenboden, Silum, Steg (Liechtenstein), Steg, Sücka and Wangerberg. Malbun is the only ski-resort village in the country, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
