County of Vaduz
County of Vaduz Grafschaft Vaduz | |||||||||
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1342 – 1719 | |||||||||
County of Werdenberg | 1342 | ||||||||
• Established | 1342 | ||||||||
• Acquired by Liechtenstein dynasty | 1719 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Liechtenstein |
The County of Vaduz (German: Grafschaft Vaduz) was a historic state of the Holy Roman Empire, now located in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Its capital was the town of Vaduz.[1]
Geography
Located south of the Lordship of Schellenberg, its area corresponds to the current electoral district of Oberland (German: Wahlkreis Oberland). The territory included the current municipalities of Balzers, Planken, Schaan, Triesen, Triesenberg and Vaduz.
History
The county was created in 1342, after the subdivision of the
In 1613 both territories, while remaining distinct, were sold to the counts of Hohenems. Ferdinand Karl von Hohenems (1650–1686), for undue appropriation and excessive witch-hunt, was deprived of his dominions in 1684 by the Emperor Leopold I. The emperor assigned Ferdinand Karl's former possessions to his younger brother, Count Jakob Hannibal III (1653–1730). To pay his debts and recover Hohenems itself, Jakob Hannibal was forced to sell the Lordship (in 1699), and the County (in 1712), to Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein.[2][3] With these territories, in 1719 the prince gained from the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI the right to found a single state, the present Principality of Liechtenstein.[4]
See also
References
- ^ The County of Vaduz on states-world.com
- ^ (in German) Purchase contract of the County of Vaduz, 1712
- ^ (in German) "290,000 gulden for the County of Vaduz" Archived 2017-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. Liechtensteiner Volksblatt, February 23, 2012
- ^ (in German) History of Liechtenstein
External links
- County of Vaduz (states-world.com)