Gamprin

Gamprin
Municipality

Flag
Coat of arms

Gamprin and its exclave in Liechtenstein
Coordinates: 47°13′N 9°30′E / 47.217°N 9.500°E / 47.217; 9.500Coordinates: 47°13′N 9°30′E / 47.217°N 9.500°E / 47.217; 9.500
Country  Liechtenstein
Electoral district Unterland
Villages Bendern
Area
 • Total 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Elevation 472 m (1,549 ft)
Population (30-6-2015)[1]
 • Total 1,664
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC)
Postal code 9487
Area code(s) 7009
ISO 3166 code LI-03
Website www.gamprin.li

Gamprin is a municipality of Liechtenstein with 1,635 inhabitants.

Geography

It contains Bendern which is among the most historic of Liechtenstein's communities. Lower Country men swore allegiance to the Prince in 1699 at Bendern. The community of Bendern also had ecclesiastical relevance going back to in least the fifteenth century. They have a church dedicated to Mother Mary that was built in 1481, but with antecedents dating back to 1045. The municipality contains the Liechtenstein Institute and LGT Group.

History

Emblem

Until 1950 the municipality Gamprin neither had a coat of arms nor an official flag. In this year on the national day the municipalities of Liechtenstein should present themselves. This caused a discussion about the flag of Gamprin, so the parliament of Gamprin decided to assign a committee in order to create a flag and a coat of arms for the municipality in 1957. The product was the new flag and coat of arms of Gamprin. The yellow ribbon symolises the Rhein, which is located in the west of Gamprin. The roses were from the coat of arms of the knight "Rüdiger von Limbach", who had his resident in Gamprin in medieval ages. In 1958 the new flag and the new coat of arms were adopted by the municipality Gamprin.

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ (in German) 2015 Statistics for Liechtenstein

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