Word: schellenburg
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...history of the country started in 1713, when the Liechtenstein family bought the fiefs of Schellenburg and Vaduz from the impecunious Graf von Hohenems, although the lordship was bought in 1699. In 1719, Emperor Karl VI of the Holy Roman Empire raised these territories to a Principality under the name of Liechtenstein. It remained a part of the Empire until 1806, when for nine years it was a Sovereign State in the Rhine Confederation. From 1815 to 1866 it was a part of the German Confederation, but since the last date it has been a Sovereign State...
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