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Rhine, opposite Swiss territory, between Sargans and Sennwald, while on the E. it also comprises the upper portion of the Samina glen that joins the See also:

Ill valley at Frastanz, above See also:

FELDKIRCH

Feldkirch. It is about 12 M. in length, and covers an See also:

AREA

area of 61.4 or 68.8 sq. in. (according to different estimates). Its loftiest point rises at the S.E. See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the state, in the Rhatikon range, and is named to Naafkopf or the See also:

ROTHE, RICHARD (1799-1867)

Rothe Wand (8445 ft.:); on its See also:

SUMMIT

summit the Swiss, See also:

VORARLBERG

Vorarlberg, and Liechtenstein frontiers join. In 1901 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 9477 (of whom 4890. were See also:

WOMEN

women and 4587 men). The See also:

capital is Vaduz (1523 ft.), with about r too inhabitants, and 2 M. S. of the Schaan railway station, which is 2 M. from Buchs (Switz.). Even in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Romonsch See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language was not extinguished in the state, and many Romonsch See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place-names still linger, e.g. Vaduz, Samina, Gavadura, &c. Now the population is See also:

German-speaking and Romanist. The constitution of 1862 was amended in 1878, 1895 and 1901.

All See also:

MALES

males of 24 years of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age are See also:

PRIMARY

primary See also:

ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors, while the See also:

DIET

diet consists of 12 members, holding their, seats for 4 years and elected indirectly, together with 3 members nominated by the See also:

prince. The prince has a See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant See also:

RESIDENT

resident at Vaduz, whence there is an See also:

APPEAL

appeal to the prince's See also:

court at See also:

Vienna, With a final appeal (since 1884) to-the supreme See also:

DISTRICT

district court at See also:

INNSBRUCK

Innsbruck. Compulsory military service was abolished in ,868, the See also:

army having till then been 91 strong. The principality forms ecclesiastically See also:

PART

part of the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

COIRE (Ger. Chur or Cur, Ital. Coira, Lat. Curia Raetorum, Romonsch Cuera)

Coire, while as regards customs duties it is joined with the Vorarlberg, and as regards postal and coinage arrangements with See also:

Austria, which (according to the agreement of 1852, renewed in 1876, by which the principality entered the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian customs See also:

union) must pay it at least 40,000 crowns annually. In 1904 the revenues of the principality amounted to 888,931 crowns, and its See also:

EXPENDITURE

expenditure to 802,163 crowns. There is no public See also:

DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt. The. See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Vaduz and the lordship of Schellenberg passed through many hands before they were bought in 1613 by the See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Hohenems (to the N. of Feldkirch). In consequence of See also:

FINANCIAL

financial embarrassments, that See also:

FAMILY

family had to sell both (the lordship in 1699, the county in 1713) to the Liechtenstein family, which had since the 12th century owned two castles of that name (both now ruined), one in See also:

STYRIA (German, Steiermark or Steyermark)

Styria and the other a little S.W. of Vienna. In 1718 these. new acquisitions were raised by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor into a principality under the name of Liechtenstein,. which formed part successively of the See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

EMPIRE

Empire (till 18o6) and of the German See also:

CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation (1815-1866), having been See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign 18o6-1815 as well as since 1866. See J. See also:

FALKE, JOHANN FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB (1823-1876)

Falke's Geschichte d.furstlichen See also:

HAUSER, KASPAR

Hauser Liechtenstein (3 vols., Vienna, 1868-I883); C. Heer, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein (Feldkirch, 1906); P.

Kaiser, Geschichte d. Furstenthums Liechtenstein (Coire, t847); 'F. Ilmlauft, Das Furstenthum Liechtenstein (Vienna, t891); E..Walder, Aur den See also:

BERGEN

Bergen (See also:

Zurich, 1896); A. Waltenberger, See also:

ALGAU, or ALLGAU

Algau, Vorarlberg, and Westtirol (Rtes.. 25 and 26) (loth ed., Innsbruck, 1906), (W. A. B.

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