Word: vaduz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Married. Prince Franz Josef II, 36, ruler of the half-pint-sized (65 sq. mi.) peaceful Principality of Liechtenstein, between onetime Austria and Switzerland; and Countess Gina Wilczek, 21, granddaughter of the late Viennese Count Hans Wilczek; in Vaduz, Liechtenstein...
Died. Andreas Kleiber, 95, snowy-bearded sentry who comprised the entire army of the tiny European principality of Liechtenstein; in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. He was the last survivor of the 58-man force sent by his country to Austria...
...neutral. Liechtenstein is 15 miles (beeline) of the upper Rhine Valley. It is a flag stop on the Paris-Budapest railway. The scenery is unbeatable; on the east side of the valley the Alps rise 8,441 ft. at the top of the Naafkopf. The biggest village is Vaduz (pop. 1,715), the capital. None of the others shelters more than 1,500. There are no jails. Three green-suited gendarmes keep order. The inhabitants of the mountainous, comic-opera principality are largely cattle raisers, farmers. Chief means of transport is the bicycle and the streets of the sleepy little...
Hydrogenation. While world-wide overproduction of oil exists, little demand is seen for the process of hydrogenation in which powdered coal is converted into oil. But last week it was evident that the great international hydrogenation patent pool is still active. The little town of Vaduz in the tiny principality of Liechtenstein (between Austria and Switzerland) was named as the home of a new company called International Hydrogenation Patents Co. which will develop the process outside of the U. S. and Germany. Another company to exchange patents will soon be formed in The Hague. Linked together by these deals...
...Europe." Last week, with nothing to conceal for the first time in at least a generation, Prince Franz von und zu Liechtenstein. Due de Troppeau, Prince et Due de Jägerndorf, celebrated in his castle by conferring upon his twice-wedded wife the proud title "Countess of Vaduz...