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	LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien
		Prince Franz Josef was born at Frauenthal Castle in Styria on 16 August 1906.
		In 1929 Prince Franz Josef graduated from the University as a forestry engineer and then devoted his attention to the administration of the vast estates in Czechoslovakia, which became his responsibility after the death of Prince Johannes II.
		Liechtenstein experienced a second grand event when the Prince married Countess Georgine of Wilczeck (daughter of count Ferdinand of Wilczeck and countess Nora Kinski, born in Graz on 24 October 1921, died in Vaduz on 24 October 1989) on 7 March 1943.
	www.liechtensteinmuseum.at /en/pages/1351.asp (392 words)

	Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HSH Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Franz Joseph Maria Aloys Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella, (August 16, 1906 - November 13, 1989) was the prince of Liechtenstein from 1938 until his death.
		He was widely credited with keeping Liechtenstein out of World War II, and he also oversaw the economic development of Liechtenstein from a poor agricultural backwater into one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world.
		Franz Josef handed over most of his powers to his son, Hans-Adam, in 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein (298 words)

	Encyclopedia: Liechtenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Principality of Liechtenstein (German: FÃ¼rstentum Liechtenstein) is a tiny, doubly-landlocked state in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east.
		Liechtenstein is situated in the Upper Rhine valley of the European Alps.
		Liechtenstein is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; i.e., a landlocked country surrounded by other landlocked countries.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liechtenstein (5469 words)

	Encyclopedia: Franz I of Liechtenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Franz I (1853 - 1938) was the prince of Liechtenstein between 1929 and 1938.
		He was the son of Alois II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky and succeeded his older brother Johannes II.
		Johann II (1840 – 1929) was the prince of Liechtenstein between 1858 and 1929.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Franz-I-of-Liechtenstein (365 words)

	Portal Principauté de Liechtenstein - Princely House - Prince Franz Josef II
		In 1929, Prince Franz Josef graduated from the university as a forest engineer and dedicated himself to the administration of the vast properties in Czechoslovakia, which became his responsibility after the death of Prince Johannes II.
		Franz I died on 25 July of the same year, and the designated Prince Regent took over the leadership of the affairs of the country.
		Liechtenstein experienced a second highlight when the Prince wed Countess Georgine of Wilczek (daughter of Count Ferdinand of Wilczek and Countess Nora Kinsky, born in Graz on 24 October 1921, died in Vaduz on 24 October 1989).
	www.liechtenstein.li /fr/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-fueh-fuerstenhaus/fl-fueh-fuersten/fl-fueh-fuersten-franzjosef2.htm (477 words)

	Liechtenstein News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Johann Adam of Liechtenstein purchased the Lordship of Schellenberg in 1699 and the County of Vaduz in 1712.
		The actual date that the Principality of Liechtenstein was formed is the 23rd January, 1719, being the date that Emperor Karl IV decreed that the County of Vaduz and the Lordship of Schellenberg become the immediate Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein in acknowledgement of services by Anton Florian of Liechtenstein.
		Franz Josef I, Reigning Prince from 1772 to 1781
	www.news.li /fam/fam.htm (140 words)

	Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prince of Liechtenstein has sweepingly broad powers; a referendum to adopt Hans-Adam's revision of the constitution to expand his powers passed in 2003.
		On August 15, 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Prince Alois, as a way of transitioning to a new generation.
		On July 30, 1967 at Vaduz, Liechtenstein he married his cousin Marie Aglaë, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (born 1940).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans-Adam_II_of_Liechtenstein (353 words)

	Franz Josef Land - Encyclopedia.com
		The deep freeze: wildlife photographer Louise Murray hitches a ride on a Russian icebreaker and embarks on a rare trip north of the Arctic Circle to the frozen outpost of Franz Josef Land.
		Franz Ferdinand are in tune with the New Seriousness...
		World, the protagonist of The Trial, Josef K., is transported to his own internal...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-364860.html (822 words)

	Fürstentum Liechtenstein
		Seit 1866 ist das Fürstentum Liechtenstein ein souveränes Staat, bildete von 1876 bis 1918 mit Vorarlberg ein gemeinsames Zoll- und Steuergebiet und war politisch eng mit der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie verbunden.
		Fürst Franz Josef I. Fürst Alois I. Fürst Johann I. Fürst Alois II.
		Der Putsch der "Volksdeutschen Bewegung in Liechtenstein" scheitert.
	www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de /liechtenstein.htm (495 words)

	Encyclopedia: Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HSH Princess Marie of Liechtenstein Her Serene Highness, Princess Marie AglaÃ« (born Countess Kinsky von Wchninitz und Tettau, de: GrÃ¤fin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau) is the wife of His Serene Highness Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein.
		On Liechtenstein Day 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Erbprinz Alois, as a way of preparing for the transition to a new generation.
		Her Royal Highness Hereditary Princess Sophie von und zu Liechtenstein (born October 28, 1967), née Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria is the wife of HSH Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Prince-Alois-of-Liechtenstein (1208 words)

	Liechenstein v. Germany - Certain Property - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 123 [2005] ICJ 1 (10 ...
		Liechtenstein disagrees with Germany’s interpretation of the jurisprudence applicable to this case. It argues that the temporal limitation expressed in Article 27 (a) of the European Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes “refers to the generating fact.
		Thus Liechtenstein submits that “[t]here is accordingly a legal dispute between Liechtenstein and Germany as to the obligations of the latter with respect to Liechtenstein property” and that “[i]t is this dispute which is the subject of the present Application” (ibid.
		Liechtenstein on the contrary claims that “Germany address[es] a case that is not the case before [the Court]”.
	www.worldlii.org /int/cases/ICJ/2005/1.html (8711 words)

	About Liechtenstein - Prince Franz Josef II von Liechtenstein profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Prince Franz Josef was born on 16 August 1906 in Frauenthal Castle in Styria as the first son of Prince Alois von Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.
		While the world was threatened by the turmoil of war caused by the Third Reich, this demonstration took on dual significance: the people impressively demonstrated their commitment to independence under the leadership of the new reigning Prince, Franz Josef II.
		Liechtenstein experienced a second highlight when the Prince wed Countess Georgine of Wilczek (daughter of Count Ferdinand of Wilczek and Countess Nora Kinsky, born in Graz on 24 October 1921, died in Vaduz on 24 October 1989).
	www.about-liechtenstein.co.uk /his/roy/f14.html (521 words)

	Portal des Fürstentums Liechtenstein - - Fürstenhaus - Fürst Franz Josef II.
		August 1906 wurde Prinz Franz Josef auf Schloss Frauenthal in der Steiermark als erster Sohn von Prinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein und Erzherzogin Elisabeth Amalie von Österreich geboren.
		Auf verschiedenen Schlössern Österreichs verbrachte Prinz Franz Josef eine unbeschwerte Jugend, und besonders der Aufenthalt auf Schloss Gross-Ullersdorf in Mähren (1911-1914) verdient hervorgehoben zu werden, weil der junge Prinz dort seine Liebe zur Natur entwickelte, die sein künftiges Studium bestimmte.
		aufbauenden Erziehung besuchte Prinz Franz Josef das Schottengymnasium in Wien, das er 1925 mit der Matura abschloss.
	www.liechtenstein.li /eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-fueh-fuerstenhaus/fl-fueh-fuersten/fl-fueh-fuersten-franzjosef2.htm?printout=1& (382 words)

	Prince Franz Josef II and Princess Gina - The Royal Forums
		Gina was a daughter of Graf Ferdinand von Wilczek and Gräfin Nora Kinsky, born in Graz on 24 October 1921, died in Vaduz on 18 October 1989).
		Here are some pics of Prince Franz Josef II and Princess Gina.
		Princess Gina died of cancer on 18 October 1989, closely followed by her bereft husband on 13 November 1989.
	www.theroyalforums.com /forums/f73/prince-franz-josef-ii-princess-gina-12575.html (1082 words)

	Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein: Prince Franz Josef II (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Prince Franz Josef was born on the 16th of August 1906 in the Frauenthal Castle in Styria as the first son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria.
		Prince Franz Josef spent an untroubled youth in several castles in Austria, and worth mentioning is especially the stay in the Gross-Ullersdorf Castle in Moravia (1911-1914), where the prince developed his passion for nature which influenced his further studies.
		According to an education based on Liechtenstein traditions, Prince Franz Josef attended the Schotten Grammar School in Vienna, where he graduated in 1925.
	www.fuerstenhaus.li /index.php?f_franz_josef_2&lang=en (132 words)

	World Peace Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Liechtenstein also hired Jewish laborers to tend its various Austrian estates, the Telegraph reported Friday.
		Franz-Josef II, who ruled Liechtenstein during the war, also bought factories and antiques that had been stolen from their Jewish owners under the Third Reich's "Aryanization" program, the commission found.
		Less than a tenth the size of Washington, D.C., Liechtenstein is located between Austria and Switzerland.
	www.wpherald.com /Human_Rights/storyview.php?StoryID=20050415-115901-4571r (155 words)

	International Law In Brief October 4, 2004
		On June 1, 2001, Liechtenstein filed a claim against Germany relating to a dispute concerning the treatment of property formerly owned by a Liechtenstein national.
		When this property, a painting by the seventeenth century Dutch artist Pieter van Laer, was lent to a museum in Germany in 1991, Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein brought a lawsuit in the German courts asking for the painting to be handed over to him.
		Liechtenstein argued that the facts or situations the dispute relates to are the decisions of the German courts, which were taken in 1995 and thereafter, that is after the crucial date of 1980.
	www.asil.org /ilib/2005/02/ilib050216.htm (2452 words)

	ipedia.com: Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes "Hans" Adam II Ferdinand Aloys Josef Maria Marko d'Aviano Pius, is the son of Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein and his wife Gina von...
		His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes "Hans" Adam II Ferdinand Aloys Josef Maria Marko d'Aviano Pius (born February 14, 1945), is the son of Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (1906-1989) and his wife Gina von Wilczek (1921-1989).
		As Prince of Liechtenstein he has sweepingly broad powers; a referendum to adopt his revision of the constitution to expand his powers passed in 2003: he had threatened to move to Austria if the referendum had failed.
	www.ipedia.com /hans_adam_ii_of_liechtenstein.html (182 words)

	View PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN TO BE AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE
		Born on Valentine's Day, 1945, the eldest son of Prince Franz Josef II and Princess Gina, Hans-Adam completed primary school in the Liechtenstein capital of Vaduz, before attending secondary schools in Austria and in Switzerland.
		The aging Franz Josef continued as head of state, but retained only a symbolic role.
		He has retained Franz Josef's tradition of inviting the principality's 32,000 subjects up to the castle for refreshments on Liechtenstein national day and is said to often jog barefoot in its surrounding woodland to relax.
	www.salve.edu /salvetoday/archives/view_archive_public.cfm?archive_ID=564 (659 words)

	Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein: Franz Josef II. (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		August 1906 wurde Prinz Franz Josef auf Schloss Frauenthal in der Steiermark als erster Sohn von Prinz Alois von und zu Liechtenstein und Erzherzogin Elisabeth Amalie von Österreich geboren.
		Auf verschiedenen Schlössern Österreichs verbrachte Prinz Franz Josef eine unbeschwerte Jugend, und besonders der Aufenthalt auf Schloss Gross-Ullersdorf in Mähren (1911-1914) verdient hervorgehoben zu werden, weil der junge Prinz dort seine Liebe zur Natur entwickelte, die sein künftiges Studium bestimmte.
		Nach einer auf den Traditionen des liechtensteinischen Geschlechtes aufbauenden Erziehung besuchte Prinz Franz Josef das Schottengymnasium in Wien, das er 1925 mit der Matura abschloss.
	www.fuerstenhaus.li /index.php?f_franz_josef_2&lang=en (127 words)

	TIME ARCHIVE: 1923 - Present
		Liechtenstein, the tiny, 253-year-old principality nestled between Austria and Switzerland, ranks near the bottom of the world's temporal powers.
		HISTORICALLY, the reigning princes ot Liechtenstein have chosen to live outside that hereditary principality, usually in their luxurious Austrian palaces Liechtenstein offers a prince neither size (it is one-seventeenth the size of Rhode Island, has only 16,000 people) nor scope.
		News was received that Prince John II of Liechtenstein recently celebrated the 65th year of his reign.
	www.time.com /time/searchresults?query=Liechtenstein&venue=time&search_date_range=all (1146 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Prince tells voters to hand over power in Liechtenstein
		High on a hill in a fourteenth century castle, Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein, Duke of Trappau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietburg, literally and figuratively looks down on his subjects.
		Clearly not amused with their shallow attempts at democracy, the prince wants his sovereign powers back and has asked the 17,000 voters of Liechtenstein to amend the 1921 constitution and allow him to become an absolute monarch again.
		If the family were to reign from there it would be nothing new: Hans Adam's father, Franz Josef II moved back to Liechtenstein in 1938, when Austria was annexed.
	www.observer.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,910554,00.html (665 words)

	TIMEeurope.com \| TIMEeurope.com \| Europe's Monarchies - 06/03/02
		But in some crucial respects Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein is unique among Europe's sovereigns.
		Liechtenstein's constitution gives the Prince broad emergency powers as well as the right of veto over all legislation.
		Whether Liechtenstein disappears or its reigning family chooses to leave, some things, like the Prince's castle in Vaduz, will surely survive.
	time.com /time/europe/magazine/2002/0603/monarchy/liechtenstein.html (596 words)

	Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein
		Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, more fully Johannes (Hans) Adam II Ferdinand Aloys Josef Maria Marko d'Aviano Pius, Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein (born February 14, 1945), is the son of Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein[?] (1906-1989) and his wife Gina von Wilczek (1921-1989).
		As Prince of Liechtenstein he had sweepingly broad powers; a referendum to adopt his revision of the constitution to expand his powers passed in 2003: he had threatened to move to Austria if the referendum had failed.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pr/Prince_Hans_Adam_II.html (135 words)

	Books: Liechtenstein - vitalstop.com Product Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In researching sources for information on Malta for a forthcoming excursion after the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto next year, I came across Tom Eccardt's "Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe." I not only found everything I needed to know about Malta, but was fascinated by his...
		Marcantonio Franceschini and the Liechtensteins : Prince Johann Adam Andreas and the Decoration of the Liechtenstein Garden Palace at Rossau-Vienna (Cambridge Studies in the History of Art)
		The development of Liechtenstein into a modern state: A tribute to the 50-year reign of HSH Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein
	www.vitalstop.com /amazon/type_browse/mode_4961 (195 words)

	Curt Herzstark and his Pocket Calculator CURTA ...
		Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein [12] was trying to convert his poor farming country into a modern industrial state.
		Franz Josef II celebrated his 50th anniversary as Liechtensteins head of state in 1988.
		Figure 11: Two zeroizing plates, at the left one from the 15-digit CURTA II, at the right one from the 11-digit CURTA I. Clearly visible are the curved tooth racks with an outer and and inner tooth ring.
	www.vcalc.net /cu-bckup.htm (9385 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Liechtenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A charming pastoral legend of old Liechtenstein and an account of the war-torn love affairs of an American airman stationed in the Midlands during the forties.
		They were: The Duke of Wester, the Duchess of Medinaceli, Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, the family Frescobaldi, the Marquis de Ganay and Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein.
		This is a wonderful exploration of the world of the nobleman and describes it with wit and verve, explaining the historic origins and his assessment of the aristocracy's ability to withstand the relentless advance of the meritocracy.
	awww.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Liechtenstein (1162 words)

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