Mauren (Liechtenstein)
Moors | |
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banner | coat of arms |
Country: | Principality of Liechtenstein |
Constituency : | Unterland |
Municipality number : | 7008 |
License plate : | FL |
Postal code : | 9493 |
UN / LOCODE : | LI MAU |
Coordinates : | 759 360 / 232 002 |
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 |
Location map of Moors in the Principality of Liechtenstein |
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.
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
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
Community leader is Freddy Kaiser (FBP). The council has ten seats: FBP with five, VU with four and FL with one seat.
Attractions
- Parish Church of Peter and Paul
- Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus
- Rössle cultural center
- Bird paradise Birka
- Mura Museum
Sons and daughters of the church
- Peter Kaiser (1793–1864), educator, historian and politician
- Franz Josef Ritter (1847–1928), politician
- Emil Batliner (1869–1947), farmer, entrepreneur and politician
- Rudolf Matt (1877–1960), politician (VP, later VU)
- Rudolf Marxer (1904–1972), politician (FBP)
- Sepp Ritter (1912–1984), veterinarian and leading member of the VDBL
- Georg Malin (* 1926), artist, historian and politician
- Louis Jäger (1930–2018), graphic artist, painter and draftsman
- Egon Oehri (* 1940), middle-distance runner
- Birgit Heeb (* 1972), ski racer
- Sabine Monauni (* 1974), Ambassador to Brussels
- Nicole Klingler (* 1980), volleyball player, long-distance runner, duo and triathlete
photos
View of Moors, Kreuzberge in the background
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Moors
- Fabian Frommelt, Ulrike Mayr: Moors. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
- Arthur Brunhart: Moors (FL). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Tables of population statistics. (XLS; 345 kB ) June 30, 2019. Statistical Office (AS), Principality of Liechtenstein, accessed on December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ population statistics. ( PDF ; 913 kB ) June 30, 2017. Statistical Office (AS), Principality of Liechtenstein, p. 15 , accessed on January 31, 2018 .
- ^ Municipality of Mauren: On the story. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
- ^ Government information and communication: Liechtenstein municipal elections. Accessed January 30, 2018 .