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The small country of Liechtenstein.
By Mark on October 31, 2008
This is a landlocked state in the southern central of Europe, between Austria and Switzerland to the south of lake Constance. The river Rhine flows across the western border, while the Alpine peakes rise in the east and south of the country. The main peak is the Ratikon Massif, where the snow covered and forested slopes lye. The pictures below show where the small little state lyes, in Europe.
This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of the country Liechtenstein in central Europe between Austria, Germany and Swizterland.
This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of the small country of Liechtenstein in central Europe.
The economy of the state or country is not great at the moment due to the world’s financial problems, but it is still doing ok. The main industry in Liechtenstein is manufacturing industries of precision instruments, ceramics and textiles, as well as machinery, metals and chemical products. Banking is also a key role in the country and with having low business taxes, it as attracted many companies from around the world. Tourism is also has a key role in the economy. Alot of companies are based in the capital city of Vaduz. Below are some pictures of the capital city.
This is a satellite image taken from Google Earth of Vaduz the capital of Liechtenstein.
This is a picture taken from panoramio of the capital city of Liechtenstein,Vaduz.
This is another picture from panoramio of the capital of Liechtenstein, Vaduz.
The state of Liechtenstein was created around 1719, when two lords, one of Schellenberg and the other of Vaduz, joined together during the Holy Roman Empire. It wasn’t until 1806, when the country joined up with Rhine Federation and shortly after that in 1815, it joined the German Confederation and then became an independant state or country in the year of 1866. By 1921 unicameral parliament was formed, but Liechtenstein stilled remained as a monarchy, headed by the prince. The picture below show Vaduz Castle, where the monarchy live. Normally a certain amount of members will issue, certain legislations. The industries began after wold war two and by 1984, women were allowed to vote. In 2003 the liechtenstein people voted to give their prince full sovereign powers, but he later declared that he would give up politics and pass the rights on to his heir Prince Alois, even though Prince Hans Adam II, would stay as the head of state.
This is a picture taken from panoramio of the Schlossvaduz(Vaduz Castle) in Vaduz and this is where the prince of Liechtenstein lives.
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
12:44 pm on November 1st, 2008
Beautiful place. I live in the mountains, but nothing as breathtaking as those!