Schellenberg is a municipality in the lowland area of Liechtenstein, on the banks of the Rhine. As of 2005 it has a population of 952 and covers an area of 3.5 km². Image File history File links Download high resolution version (378x708, 15 KB) Summary Municipalities of Liechtenstein: Schellenberg Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Schellenberg ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

The area was first settled by Celts, then by Rhaetians. Rome conquered the area in 15 BC, and made it part of the Province of Rhaetia. The Province later became an earldom under Charlemagne. The earldom was continually divided up by inheritance. A Celtic cross. ... Raetia as province of the Roman Empire, ca. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC - 10s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s Years: 20 BC 19 BC 18 BC 17 BC 16 BC 15 BC 14 BC 13 BC 12 BC 11 BC 10 BC... Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great[1]; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. ...

The Lordship of Schellenberg was purchased by the Counts of Vaduz in 1437 and the two states have been united in fact ever since. After the Swabian War in 1499, both came under Austrian suzerainty. Different dynasties of counts bought and sold them, until their purchase in the early 18th century by the Liechtenstein dynasty, which had been granted Princely status in 1706, but which needed to acquire a territory with imperial immediacy in order to vote in the Diet of the Princes of the Empire. The Emperor formally united Vaduz and Schellenberg in 1719s the Principality of Liechtenstein. The city centre of Vaduz Vaduz Castle, one of the towns primary landmarks Vaduz (vädOOts) is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein. ... Events foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford. ... The Battle of Hard was the first major battle of the Swabian War. ... 1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused...