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Lichtenstein (Württemberg)
Liechtenstein is a country in Europe. Lichtenstein or Liechtenstein may also refer to: * House of Liechtenstein, the ruling family of Liechtenstein Places * Lichtenstein, Saxony, a town in Saxony, Germany. * Lichtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. * Lichtenstein Castle (Greifenstein), castle in Hesse, Germany. * Lichtenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), castle in Bavaria, Germany. * Lichtenstein Castle (Württemberg), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. * Liechtenstein Castle, in Lower Austria (after which the family and the country are named). * Lichtenstein (Osterode am Harz), a hill in Lower Saxony. Other uses * ''Lichtenstein'' (novel), an 1826 novel by Wilhelm Hauff * Lichtenstein (surname), shared by several notable people * Liechtenstein Museum or Liechtenstein collection, of the princely family * Lichtenstein radar The Lichtenstein radar was among the earliest airborne radars available to the Luftwaffe in World War II and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy headed by the prince of Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north. It is Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over and a population of 38,749 (). Divided into 11 municipalities, its capital is Vaduz, and its largest municipality is Schaan. It is also the smallest country to border two countries. Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked country between Switzerland and Austria. Economically, Liechtenstein has one of the highest gross domestic products per person in the world when adjusted for purchasing power parity. The country has a strong financial sector centred in Vaduz. It was once known as a billionaire tax haven, but is no longer on any offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Liechtenstein
The House of Liechtenstein, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by hereditary right over the principality of Liechtenstein. Only dynastic members of the family are eligible to inherit the throne. The dynasty's membership, rights and responsibilities are defined by a law of the family, which is enforced by the reigning prince and may be altered by vote among the family's dynasts, but which may not be altered by the Government or Parliament of Liechtenstein.Princely House of Liechtenstein. House Laws' History The family originates from Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria (near Vienna), which the family possessed from at least 1140 to the 13th century, and from 1807 onwards. Heinrich I von Liechtenstein (d. 1265) was lord of Nikolsburg, Liechtenstein and Petronell. Through the centuries, the dynasty acquired vast swathes of land, predominantly in Moravia, Lower Austria, Silesia and Styria, though in all cases, these territories were held i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein, Saxony
Lichtenstein is a town in the Zwickau district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 11 km northeast of Zwickau, and 22 km southwest of Chemnitz. It was owned by the House of Schönburg A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ... from 1286 until 1945. See also * References Zwickau (district) {{Zwickau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein, Baden-Württemberg
Lichtenstein is a municipality in the Tübingen administrative region in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura (plateau). History The municipality of Lichtenstein was created on 1 January 1975 by the merger of Honau, , and Unterhausen (which had in 1930 merged with Oberhausen). By the agreement made before this merger, Unterhausen changed its name to Lichtenstein, after the famous Lichtenstein Castle above the town. The towns of the municipality expanded substantially from 1975 to 1990 thanks to tourism. Lichtenstein expanded the most, first purchasing an old industrial site in 1979 to turn it into a new town center. Geography The municipality (''Gemeinde'') of Lichtenstein covers of the Reutlingen district, in the state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is physically located in the middle of the Swabian Jura, on the edge of the in the valley of the river Echaz. Elevation above sea level ranges from to Normalnull. The , , and Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein Castle (Greifenstein)
Lichtenstein Castle (german: Burg Lichtenstein) is a levelled spur castle on the hill of Burgberg Lichtenstein, , near the Greifenstein village of Holzhausen on the old military High Road, that ran from Frankfurt via Wetzlar to Cologne. The castle site is situated to the north of, and above, the Ulmbach Reservoir in the Hessian county of Lahn-Dill-Kreis. History The little castle on a hill spur was probably built around 1225 by the Lords of Lichtenstein, close relatives of the Lords of Greifenstein. This is not, however, clear from the records, because it is unclear, whether Conrad of Lichtenstein, who is named in deeds in 1225 and 1229, also belonged to the family of the Lichtensteins in Greifenstein. Many secondary sources deduce that the castle was first built around 1250 by the brothers, Werner and Kraft of Lichtenstein. Like Greifenstein, Lichtenstein was captured and destroyed in 1298 by Counts John of Nassau Nassau may refer to: Places Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein Castle (Lower Franconia)
Lichtenstein Castle (german: Burg Lichtenstein) is a high to late medieval hill castle, , about six kilometres north of Ebern in the Lower Franconian county of Haßberge in Bavaria. It is located in the municipality of Pfarrweisach. Of the originally four sub-castles of this great joint-fief or ''Ganerbenburg'' only one, the South Castle, is still occupied. The North Castle only survives as ruins. On the site of the now vanished third castle the Protestant Church of the Eternal Flame (''Zum Ewigen Licht'') was built in the Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ... era. In the southwestern part of the site lie the ruins of a fourth joint-vassal castle seat. Literature Castle history * ''Die Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Bayern III, 15, Bezirksamt Ebern'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein Castle (Württemberg)
Lichtenstein Castle () is a privately owned Gothic Revival castle located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany. It was designed by Carl Alexander Heideloff and its name means "shining stone" or "bright stone". The castle overlooks the Echaz valley near Honau, Reutlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The modern castle was inspired by Wilhelm Hauff's 1826 novel '' Lichtenstein'' and was built in 1840–1842. The ruins of an older medieval castle are a few hundred meters away. Geography The castle is located on an escarpment that marks the northwestern edge of the Swabian Jura. It is in the Reutlingen district and has an altitude of . and about above the Echaz river, a small tributary of the Neckar river. The ruins of Lichtenstein Castle's medieval predecessor, the Burg Alt-Lichtenstein, lies away. History Beginning around 1100, a castle belonging to a family of ministerials of the counts of Achalm and later counts of Württemberg, was located on the escarpment abov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liechtenstein Castle
Liechtenstein Castle (german: Burg Liechtenstein) is a privately owned castle near Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria, bordering Vienna. It is on the edge of the '' Wienerwald'' (Vienna Woods). The castle, originally built during the 12th century, was destroyed by the Ottomans in the siege of Vienna in 1529, and again in the Battle of Vienna in 1683, and it remained in ruins until 1884, when it was rebuilt with the help of architect Carl Gangolf Kayser. Liechtenstein (German for "bright stone") Castle is the place of origin of the House of Liechtenstein, the ruling family of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The family owned the castle from at least 1140 until the 13th century, and again from 1808 to the present. Today, the castle hosts the Nestroy Theatre Festival, which is held annually during the summer months. The 1969 film '' A Walk with Love and Death'', the 1971 film ''The Vampire Happening'', the 1979 film '' The Fifth Musketeer'', and the 1993 film ''The Three Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein (Osterode Am Harz)
The Lichtenstein is a hill, {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten, in the southwestern Harz Foreland. It rises near Osterode am Harz in the Lower Saxon county of Göttingen. There is a formation of Lower Bunter sandstone on the hill as well as the remains of Lichtenstein Castle. It is also the site of the Lichtenstein Cave. Geography Location The Lichtenstein rises southwest of the Harz mountains between Förste to the north, Osterode am Harz to the east-northeast, Ührde to the southeast and Dorste to the south-southwest; it belongs entirely to the Osterode borough, the town itself being 5.3 (as the crow flies) east-northeast of the summit. The Söse Söse is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and long. Geography The Söse rises on the plateau of ''Auf dem Acker'' in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Ge ... tributary, the ''Salza'', flows past the hill to the west. The hill's south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein (novel)
''Lichtenstein. Romantische Sage aus der wuerttembergischen Geschichte'' is a historical novel by Wilhelm Hauff, first published in 1826, the year before his early death. Set in and around Württemberg, it is considered his greatest literary success next to his fairy-tales, and, together with the work of the almost forgotten Benedikte Naubert, represents the beginning of historical novel-writing in Germany. Hauff follows Sir Walter Scott (and Naubert) by allowing an invented figure in a real family, Georg Sturmfeder, to witness the events during the struggle of Ulrich von Württemberg against the Swabian League under Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil, who plays the part of foil to the positively depicted Georg von Frundsberg. Hauff idealises Ulrich as a wronged man, who, in his moment of need, is restored to his rights through the efforts of his people, symbolised by the character of the Piper of Hardt. The historical Ulrich is remembered largely for his exorbitant taxes on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenstein (surname)
Lichtenstein is a surname shared by: Princely house *List of Princes of Liechtenstein *List of Princesses of Liechtenstein In arts and media * Alfred Lichtenstein (writer), German writer *Bill Lichtenstein, journalist and producer *David Lichine, born David Liechtenstein, Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer * Harvey Lichtenstein, American arts administrator * Roy Lichtenstein, painter In religion *Aharon Lichtenstein, Orthodox rabbi * Ignatz Lichtenstein, Hungarian rabbi (also Isaac L.) *Morris Lichtenstein, rabbi, founder of the Jewish Science In science and mathematics *Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein (1753–1816), German zoologist *Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), also known as Martin Lichtenstein, German botanist and zoologist *Leon Lichtenstein, Polish-German mathematician In other fields *Alfred Lichtenstein (philatelist), American philatelist *David Lichtenstein, American businessperson * Nelson Lichtenstein, labor historian *Warren Lichtenstein Warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liechtenstein Museum
The Liechtenstein Museum is a private art museum in Vienna, Austria. It contains much of the art collection of its owners, the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, rulers of the principality of Liechtenstein. It includes important European works of art, forming one of the world's leading private art collections. Its highlight used to be Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of ''Ginevra de' Benci'', which was acquired in 1967 by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The museum, which was originally open to the public from the early 19th century until the Anschluss of 1938, had various locations, including the Liechtenstein Garden Palace (''Gartenpalais'') at Fürstengasse 1 in Vienna's 9th District (Alsergrund), and the Liechtenstein City Palace (''Stadtpalais'') at Bankgasse 9 in Vienna's 1st District ( Innere Stadt). The museum was reopened on 29 March 2004 in the Garden Palace, but after battling with low visitor numbers, it was closed for regular visiting by the public in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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