Liechtenstein border guard
The Liechtenstein border guard was an armed police unit that was set up in 1919 to secure the borders of the Principality of Liechtenstein with Switzerland and Austria . It replaced the Austrian Financial Guard, which had secured the border from Liechtenstein to Switzerland since 1852. In 1924 the Swiss border guards took over the guarding of the Liechtenstein border with Austria.
history
Before the conclusion of the customs treaty between the Austrian Empire and Liechtenstein in 1852, there was no organized border control in Liechtenstein. The borders were only guarded in times of war. The Austrian financial watchdogs, popularly known as "financiers", operated from the Vorarlberg town of Feldkirch and since 1852 have secured the border with Switzerland. They were not particularly popular with the people of Liechtenstein, as they were also responsible for collecting consumption taxes on beer, wine, cider, meat, slaughter cattle and brandy and therefore operated throughout the country. Liechtenstein citizens could also perform this service and were also deployed in the neighboring Vorarlberg. As a result of the First World War , Liechtenstein terminated the customs treaty with Austria in 1919. The Liechtenstein government founded the Liechtenstein border guard, which had the task of securing the borders with Austria and Switzerland. The border guard had a staff of 30 men. After the conclusion of the customs treaty with Switzerland , the Swiss border guards took over the duties of the dissolved Liechtenstein border guards on January 1, 1924. The corps deployed 60 men stationed in Buchs .
Web links
- Gerda Leipold-Schneider: Border guard. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .