Mauren (Liechtenstein)

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Country: LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Principality of Liechtenstein
Constituency : Unterland
Municipality number : 7008
License plate : FL
Postal code : 9493
UN / LOCODE : LI MAU
Coordinates : 759 360  /  232 002 coordinates: 47 ° 13 '11 "  N , 9 ° 32' 34"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred fifty-nine thousand three hundred and sixty  /  two hundred and thirty-two thousand and two
Height: 472  m above sea level M.
Surface: 7.491  km²
Residents: 4404 (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 588 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : 38.1% (June 30, 2017)
Website: www.mauren.li
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Mauren ( dialect : Mura ) is a municipality in the lowlands of the Principality of Liechtenstein . The village of Schaanwald belongs to the municipality.

Surname

The name Mauren comes from the Old High German "Muor", which means something like standing water, moor, pond. "Muron" developed from this in the 12th century.

history

Bronze Age finds were made in the municipality , which point to a settlement around 1500 BC. Chr. Close. The Romans built a Roman road through the Schaanwald around 15 BC . As a result, Roman manors were built around 100 AD in Schaanwald and around 200 AD in Mauren. Another manor, which was even equipped with a bathing facility, was built around 200-300 AD in Schaanwald. After AD 400, the Roman settlements were abandoned.

Moors in the late 1920s. To the right of the church is the old school building that was demolished in 1980.

At the end of the 7th century a Christian church was built in Mauren. The simple hall building did not yet have an apse . This was not built until after the year 800. During this time the dead were buried east of the apse. Mauren was first mentioned in a document under the name Muron in 1178 , when it became the property of the St. Sebastian convent in Schänis . A second church was built on the site of the first around 1200.

By 1305 at the latest, Mauren was an independent parish and was subordinate to the Knights of Schellenberg. In 1317 they sold their property to the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg. In 1382 the St. Johann monastery in Feldkirch received the parish priests from Mauren. On July 22nd, 1396, King Wenzel declared Schellenberg and thus Moors to be imperial direct. The total renovation of the church began around 1500. The Romanesque apse was replaced by a Gothic chancel. The Romanesque nave was provided with larger Gothic windows. A wooden bell house with an octagonal broken pointed helmet was added to the tower in 1650 . In 1507, the Swabian family of counts von Sulz acquired Schellenberg and thus Moors through marriage. In 1610 the parish foundations were bought by Weingarten Monastery in Upper Swabia. In 1613, Count Karl Ludwig von Sulz sold the dominions of Vaduz and Schellenberg to Count Kaspar von Hohenems for 200,000 guilders. On January 18, 1699, Prince Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein bought the county of Schellenberg for 115,000 guilders.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Moors

The shield is divided diagonally to the left in black and gold. In front is a golden key with the beard pointing downwards with a cross incision to the right and an equally colored sword in the form of a St. Andrew's cross .

politics

Municipal election
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54.1%
(-3.3  % p )
35.0%
(+ 3.6  % p )
10.9%
(-0.3  % p )
2011

2015


Community leader is Freddy Kaiser (FBP). The council has ten seats: FBP with five, VU with four and FL with one seat.

Attractions

Sons and daughters of the church

photos

Web links

Commons : Moors  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Moors  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tables of population statistics. (XLS; 345  kB ) June 30, 2019. Statistical Office (AS), Principality of Liechtenstein, accessed on December 24, 2019 .
  2. population statistics. ( PDF ; 913  kB ) June 30, 2017. Statistical Office (AS), Principality of Liechtenstein, p. 15 , accessed on January 31, 2018 .
  3. ^ Municipality of Mauren: On the story. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ Government information and communication: Liechtenstein municipal elections. Accessed January 30, 2018 .