Schellenberg

Schellenberg

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Herrschaft Schellenberg"
conventional_long_name = Lordship of Schellenberg
common_name = Schellenberg|
continent = Europe
region = Alps
country = Liechtenstein
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start = 9th century
year_end = 1719|
event_pre = Conquered by Rome
date_pre = 15 BC
event_start = County created by
Charlemagne
date_start =
early 9th century
event1 = Purchased by
Counts of Vaduz
date_event1 =
1437
event2 = Acquired, with Vaduz,
by Austria
date_event2 =
1499
event3 = Liechtenstein dynasty
acquired Princely status
date_event3 =
1706
event_end = Acquired by Liechtenstein
dynasty
date_end =
1719|
p1 = Province of Rhaetia
flag_p1 = RomeConstantine'sArch03.jpg
s1 = Liechtenstein
flag_s1 = Flag of Liechtenstein (1719-1852).svg|


|
capital = Schellenberg, Vaduz|
footnotes =

Schellenberg is a municipality in the lowland area of Liechtenstein, on the banks of the Rhine. As of 2005, it has a population of 952 and covers an area of 3.5 km².

The area was first settled by Celts, then by Rhaetians. Rome conquered the area in 15 BC, and made it part of the Province of Rhaetia. The Province later became a county (countship) under Charlemagne. The county was repeatedly divided among heirs.

The Lordship of Schellenberg was purchased by the Counts of Vaduz in 1437 and the two states have been united in fact ever since. After the Swabian War in 1499, both came under Austrian suzerainty. Different dynasties of counts bought and sold them, until their purchase in the early 18th century by the Liechtenstein dynasty, which had been granted princely status in 1706, but which needed to acquire a territory with imperial immediacy in order to vote in the Diet of the Princes of the Empire. The emperor formally united Vaduz and Schellenberg in 1719 as the Principality of Liechtenstein.

In the municipality, there is a monument at the border town of Hinterschellenberg that commemorates the asylum given to Russian soldiers [ [http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Liechtenstein/Schellenberg/Things_To_Do-Schellenberg-BR-1.html Schellenberg TravelGuide] on Virtual Tourist.com ] . At the close of World War II, Liechtenstein granted asylum to approximately five hundred soldiers of the First Russian National Army, a collaborationist Russian force within the German Wehrmacht. This act was no small matter as the country was poor and had difficulty feeding and caring for such a large group of refugees. Eventually, Argentina agreed to permanently resettle the asylum seekers. In contrast, the British repatriated the Russians who fought on the German side to the USSR.

In Schellenberg, there is a small road crossing to Austria that is manned by Austrian border guards.

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