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Schellenberg (other)
Schellenberg (; dialectal: ''Schällabärg'') is a Municipalities of Liechtenstein, 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 empero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between supporters of the French House of Bourbon, Bourbons and the Austrian House of Habsburg, Habsburgs. Charles had named as his heir Philip V of Spain, Philip of Anjou, a grandson of Louis XIV of France, whose claim was backed by Kingdom of France, France and most of Habsburg Spain, Spain. His Habsburg rival, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke Charles, was supported by the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), Grand Alliance, whose primary members included Habsburg monarchy, Austria, the Dutch Republic, and Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Significant related conflicts include the Great Northern War (1700–1721) and Queen Anne's War (1702–1713). Although by 1701 Spain was no longer the predominant European power, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swabian War
The Swabian War of 1499 ( (spelling depending on dialect), called or ("Swiss War") in Germany and ("War of the Engadin" in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg. What had begun as a local conflict over the control of the Val Müstair and the Umbrail Pass in the Grisons soon got out of hand when both parties called upon their allies for help; the Habsburgs demanding the support of the Swabian League, while the Federation of the Three Leagues of the Grisons turning to the Swiss '' Eidgenossenschaft''. Hostilities quickly spread from the Grisons through the Rhine valley to Lake Constance and even to the Sundgau in southern Alsace, the westernmost part of the Habsburg region of Further Austria.The main references used are Morard in general and Riezler for the detailed chronology in the section on the course of the war. Many battles were fought from January to July 1499, and in all but a few minor skirmishes, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Hassler
Hermann Hassler (30 March 1941 – 19 December 2013) was a cabaret performer and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1978 to 1993. He was also the mayor of Schellenberg from 1972 to 1979. Life Hassler was born on 30 March 1941 in Schellenberg as the son of Landtag member Alois Hassler and Hermina Meier as one of five children. He attended secondary school in Eschen before conducting an apprenticeship as a mechanical draftsman at Hilti in Schaan from 1957 to 1961. He then conducted an apprenticeship and worked as a graphic designer in Vaduz from 1962 to 1979. He was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council from 1969 to 1972 as a member of the Patriotic Union. He was the mayor of Schellenberg from 1972 to 1979. He was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1978 to 1993. During this time, he was a member of the finance, state and foreign affairs committees. He was also the Patriotic Union's spokesman in the Landtag from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Oehri
Georg Oehri (4 January 1905 – 20 October 1987) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1957 to 1970. He was also the mayor of Schellenberg from 1954 to 1960. He worked as a bricklayer and farmer. He was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council from 1945 to 1954 and was deputy mayor from 1951 to 1954. During his time as mayor he oversaw the planning of a new parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ... in the municipality. References Bibliography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oehri, Georg 1905 births 1987 deaths Liechtenstein farmers Liechtenstein bricklayers People from Schellenberg Mayors of Schellenberg Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1957–1962) Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1962� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Elkuch
Philipp Elkuch (15 May 1887 – 1 October 1956) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served as a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1932 to 1939 and again from 1945 to 1949. He was also the mayor of Schellenberg from 1933 to 1945. Life Elkuch was born on 15 May 1887 in Schellenberg as the son of mayor of Schellenberg Ludwig Elkuch and Maria Brendle as one of eight children. He worked as an insurance agent and a farmer and was a collector for Stadtwerke Feldkirch and then later for the Lawena power plant. Elkuch was considered a leading figure in the Progressive Citizens' Party. He was the mayor of Schellenberg from 1933 to 1945 and also the mediator of the municipality from 1931 to 1937. During his time as mayor, a new primary school and a sawmill were built in 1934. He was a member of the Liechtenstein state tax commission from 1931 to 1950. He was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1932 to 1939 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party. In 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Kaiser
Karl Kaiser (3 November 1866 – 21 February 1935) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1918 to 1932. He also served as mayor of Schellenberg from 1915 to 1927. Life Kaiser was born on 3 November 1866 as the son of the mayor Josef Kaiser and Elisabeth Elkuch. He worked as a farmer. He was the commander Schellenberg fire brigade 1892 to 1906. From 1903 to 1915 he was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council and then deputy mayor of the municipality from 1909 to 1915, when he succeeded Andreas Hassler as mayor upon his death in March 1915. He remained mayor until 1927. Kaiser was a founding member of the Progressive Citizens' Party in 1918. He was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Liechtenstein Local Elections
The 2023 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 5 March and 2 April to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven Municipalities of Liechtenstein, municipalities of Liechtenstein. Electoral system The municipal councils (German language, German: ''Gemeinderat'') are composed of an even number of Councillor, councillors plus the mayor (German: ''Gemeindevorsteher''). The number of councillors is determined by population count: 6 or 8 councillors for population 1,500, 8 or 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000, and 10 or 12 councillors for population over 3,000. Councillors were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the municipality's territory, using an open list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The mayors were elected in a two-round system. As two of the municipalities saw none of the candidates achieving a majority in the first round, a second round was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Keelhaul
Operation Keelhaul was a forced repatriation of Soviet citizens and members of the Soviet Army in the West to the Soviet Union (although it often included former soldiers of the Russian Empire or Russian Republic, who did not have Soviet citizenship) after World War II. While forced repatriation was mainly of Soviet Armed Forces POWs of Germany and Russian Liberation Army members, it included many other people under Allied control. Refoulement, the forced repatriation of people in danger of persecution, is a human rights violation and breach of international law. In addition many such POWs did not wish to return to the Soviet Union however they were forced to do so by various Allied soldiers, often at gun point or have been otherwise tricked into doing so. Thus Operation Keelhaul qualified as a war crime under Article 2 and 3 of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War and qualified as a breach especially regarding the many civilians forced into Soviet work camps, many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historisches Lexikon Des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
The Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein () is an encyclopedia on the history of Liechtenstein, first published in 2013 and available for free on the internet since 2018. History The project was heavily inspired by the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. In 1990 historian Arthur Brunhart became editor in chief of the project, then project manager from 2001 to 2013. Supported by a scientific advisory board that met twice a year, Brunhart was the sole editor responsible for implementing the project from 1990 onwards. He initiated four Liechtenstein seminars ranging from 1994 to 1996 held at the universities of Zurich, Freiburg, Innsbruck and Salzburg respectively dedicated to the development of the historical lexicon. As it became apparent that human resources were limited in the development of the project, it was transferred to the Liechtenstein government after the Landtag of Liechtenstein had approved to fund the project in 2000. From 2001 three historians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previously used term (''Reich Defence'') and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts to German rearmament, rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted. After the Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Nazi rise to power in 1933, one of Adolf Hitler's most overt and bellicose moves was to establish the ''Wehrmacht'', a modern offensively-capable armed force, fulfilling the Nazi regime's long-term goals of regaining lost territory as well as gaining new territory and dominating its neighbours. This required the reinstatement of conscription and massive investment and Military budget, defence spending on the arms industry. The ''Wehrmacht'' formed the heart of Germany's politico-military po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Russian National Army
The 1st Russian National Army was a Russian Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, pro-Axis army under Boris Smyslovsky, a Russian-Finnish aristocrat and former Tsarist military officer, during World War II. History Origins Before 1945, the Army was known as Sonderdivision Russland (), an organisation composed of White movement, White emigrants, who trained prisoners of war and defectors from the Red Army to obtain information about the Partisan (military), partisan movement, like the names of the main leaders and their locations. The group participated in anti-partisan operations in occupied Eastern Europe. Initially part of the Nazi German Wehrmacht, Smyslovsky's forces were elevated to the ''1st Russian National Army'' on 10 March 1945. On 4 April 1945 it received a status of the independent allied army. Liechtenstein was the only state which denied Soviet demands for the extradition of Russians who fought on the side of the Axis powers. Retreat and repatriation B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
