Vaduz

Vaduz  is the  of Lightenstone and also the seat of the . The town, which is along the Rhine Stream, has about 5,429  as of 2015.

Although Vaduz is the best known town in the, it is not the ; neighbouring Shaan has a.

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Vaduz is said to be mentioned in 12th- as Farduzes. It is, however, believed to have been  1322 by the  of. In 1322 a name of the  is made, which was sacked by the Switzers in 1499 during the Swabish War. The entire town was also.

In the 17th the Liechtenstein  was seeking a seat in the, the . However, since they did not hold any that was  under the, they were  to meet the  to.

The yearned for the  a seat in the  would bring, and therefore sought to  lands that would be, or held without any  other than the  himself having rights on the land. After some time, the was  the  of the  Herrschaft ("Lordship") of  and  of Vaduz (in 1699 and 1712 ) from the Hohenems. Tiny and Vaduz  the : no  lord other than the.

Thereby, on 23, 1719, after purchase had been duly made,  VI,,  Vaduz and  were , and raised to the  of Fürstentum () with the name "Lightenstone" in  of "[his] true , Anton Florian of Lightenstone". It is on this that Lightenstone became a  of the . As a to the  of the, the  of Lightenstone did not set foot in their new  for over 120 years.