Border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland

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Border between Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Rhine bridge near Trübbach
Railway bridge over the Rhine ( Feldkirch – Buchs line )
Border marking on the old Rhine bridge Vaduz – Sevelen
Embankment with bunker on the Swiss side (Sevelen – Vaduz)

The border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland is 41 kilometers long.

It runs from the north (between Lienz and Bangs , 427  m above sea level ) along the Alpine Rhine southwards to the Ellhorn , then overland in an easterly direction to the highest point of the common border on the Vordergrauspitz ( 2599  m ) to the Austrian border on the Naafkopf ( 2570  m ).

Municipalities on the state border are (from north to south):

SWITZERLAND
Flag of Switzerland.svg 		LIECHTENSTEIN
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Canton local community Border
crossing 		Border
crossing 		local community Constituency
Austria
Coat of arms St. Gallen matt.svg
St. Gallen 		CHE Altstätten SG COA.svg Altstätten R
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Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
 Coat of arms Ruggell.svg Ruggell Unterland
Sennwald-coat of arms.svg Sennwald
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg

Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
 Gamprin.png Gamprin
Eschen.png Ash trees
Municipality of Buchs-coat of arms.svg Buchs SG
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
 Coat of arms Schaan.svg Schaan Oberland

Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
 Vaduz.png Vaduz
Sevelen-coat of arms.svg Sevelen
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
Triesen.png Triesen
Coat of arms Wartau.svg Wartau
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg


Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg

 Coat of arms of Balzers.png Balzers
Sargans-coat of arms.svg Sargans
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Coat of arms Graubünden matt.svg
Grisons 		Fläsch wappen.svg Bottle
Sign 392 - Customs office, StVO 1970.svg
Maienfeld wappen.svg Maienfeld
Triesen.png Triesen
Fläsch wappen.svg Bottle
Maienfeld wappen.svg Maienfeld
Coat of arms Schaan.svgSchaan ( Guschg )
Austria

Borderline Liechtenstein - Switzerland

Road traffic between the two countries is possible via the Rhine bridges and the St. Luzisteig .

Due to the common customs treaty of 1923, the border is completely open, Swiss customs controls take place near Feldkirch . After Switzerland joined the Schengen Agreement , the EU asked Switzerland to re-control the border with Liechtenstein as the Schengen external border, even though Liechtenstein only borders the Schengen countries Switzerland and Austria. The requirement became obsolete when Liechtenstein joined the Schengen area in 2011.

From 1939 to 1948 the border was guarded and controlled by Swiss army units. It could no longer be freely exceeded. Liechtenstein and Swiss citizens require a valid ID, foreigners a valid visa. In the event of an attack on Liechtenstein, the Swiss border guards that secured the border between Liechtenstein and Austria would have withdrawn behind the Liechtenstein-Swiss border. They had no mandate from Bern to defend Liechtenstein. During and after the Second World War, the border was massively expanded militarily on the Swiss side. Shortly behind the border between Balzers and St. Luzisteig , tank obstacles emerged that cordoned off the entire valley. Not far behind is a medieval barrier, which is still used today as a weapon station for the Swiss Army. Infantry bunkers were built on the flood protection dams on the Swiss side and mighty fortresses on the Swiss side of the Rhine, such as the fortresses Furggels , Tschingel , Schollberg and Magletsch .

See also

Web links

Commons : Border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Topography
  2. ↑ Liechtenstein-Switzerland border: 40 kilometers security gap
  3. ^ Peter Geiger, Second World War, Liechtenstein Historical Lexicon
  4. ↑ Secret underground bunker