Word: vaduz
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...esteemed the House of Liechtenstein as one of the two or three in Europe of a lineage almost as pure and exalted as their own. Princesses of Liechtenstein had at least an even chance of espousing archdukes of Austria. Last week members of the few aristocratic families left in Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein, wished that they could refuse to believe their eyes and ears as they saw Prince Franz enter his castle in state with that woman, then heard his Grand Chamberlain present her to "every son and daughter of Liechtenstein" as "the new mother of our country, Princess Elsa...
...sons and daughters of Liechtenstein number only a little over 11,000. Correspondents estimated last week that at least 6,000 turned out to shout "Hail to our new mother!" Peasants had come trudging in to Vaduz from the remotest parts of a country slightly larger than Staten Island. They and the lowlier towns folk evidently thought that free beer and a barbecue at the castle made up for any little irregularities. Besides only sternest aristocrats would deny that in the case of Liechtenstein's ruler and Princess Elsa there are peculiarly extenuating circumstances...
With due and appropriate pomp Herr Administrator Hoop was installed in his executive mansion at the Capital of Liechtenstein, Vaduz...
Liechtenstein, except for the Principality of Monaco (8 square miles), and the Republic of San Marino (38 square miles.), is the smallest independent country in Europe, having an area of 65 square miles. The capital is Vaduz, where, it is said, cows graze in the main streets. Until 1868 the Principality maintained an army of 91, but in that year the army was abolished. The population, mostly of German extraction and Catholic in religion, is about 11,000. The budget in 1922 was balanced at 384,500 Swiss francs ($66,441), and there is no public debt. The language...
...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...