Oberland (Liechtenstein)

Balzers Planks Schaan Triesen Triesenberg Vaduz

Municipalities of the Oberland

The Oberland is a region and an administrative division in Liechtenstein . The Oberland is made up of the municipalities of Balzers , Planken , Schaan , Triesen , Triesenberg and Vaduz . At the end of 2017, the Oberland had 24,375 inhabitants (64% of the Liechtenstein population) and an area of ​​125.5 km² (78% of the Liechtenstein national area).

history

View in south direction to Balzers, Triesenberg, Triesen and the Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland.

The Oberland is the southern part of Liechtenstein and comprises the territory of the former County of Vaduz . The terms Oberland and Unterland apparently only became common in the second half of the 19th century. Forerunners were the terms Upper and Lower Landscape by the early 18th century at the latest . The Oberland has had its own constituency since 1878.

Cultural

Belonging to one of the two parts of the country - as well as to a single municipality - was and is in part still creating identity for the population today. Clearly different dialects are spoken in both parts of the country ( → Liechtenstein dialects ). The large number of Unterländer family names in the Oberland municipalities suggests a one-sided direction of migration.

See also

 ●  Unterland (Liechtenstein)
 ●  Administrative division of Liechtenstein

swell

• Konrad Kindle: Oberland. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Liechtenstein in Figures 2019. Office for Statistics, Principality of Liechtenstein, January 2019 (PDF; 1.6 MB)