Hinterschellenberg is a settlement in

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, the ...

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

Geography

Hinterschellenberg is located in the town of

, a few kilometres away from its downtown core.

Main sights

Hinterschellenberg contains the Catholic Chapel of St. George (). It is home to Liechtenstein's Russian monument (), erected in 1980. Translated into English, the inscription on the monument reads as follows: The monument is marked on a map given out by the Liechtenstein tourist information service, available free in

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.'' ...

. The Wirtschaft zum Löwen Tavern is a small bar directly behind the monument. The Austrian border is about one hundred metres beyond the memorial stone.

Gallery

File:Russian-Monument-Liechtenstein.jpg, The monument to Russian soldiers File:Hinterschellenberg Kapelle.jpg, Chapel of St. George

References

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Austria–Liechtenstein border crossings Schellenberg World War II memorials 20th-century inscriptions Monuments and memorials in Liechtenstein German inscriptions Stone monuments and memorials {{Liechtenstein-geo-stub