Liechtenstein
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine, German-speaking country with a population of 38,000, doubly landlocked by Switzerland and Austria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Vaduz and Schaan.
Vaduz
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Vaduz is the capital city of Liechtenstein and has a population of 5,700. It's home to the prince's castle and his museums, and thus the main point of interest for visitors to this small country.
Schaan
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Schaan is the largest municipality of Liechtenstein by population. It is located to the north of Vaduz, the capital, in the central part of the country.
Balzers
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Balzers is a municipality and village located in southern Liechtenstein. In 2024, the village had a population of 4,806. The main part of the village is situated along the east bank of the Rhine.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein and Liechtenstein National Museum.
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Museum
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The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is a state art museum in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The building by the Swiss architects Meinrad Morger, Heinrich Degelo and Christian Kerez was completed in November 2000.
Liechtenstein National Museum
Museum
Liechtenstein State Library
Library
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triesenberg and Triesen.
Triesenberg
Village
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Triesenberg is a mountain town and municipality of 2,600 in Liechtenstein. It also happens to be the country's largest municipality. The municipality is part of "The Most Beautiful Swiss Villages" association, which represents 48 villages in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Triesen
Village
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Triesen is the third largest municipality in Liechtenstein. It contains several historic churches dating from the fifteenth century. It also has a weaving mill from 1863 that is considered a historical monument. The population is around 5,275.
Planken
Village
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Planken is a municipality in Oberland, Liechtenstein. It has four exclaves, two enclaves and a population of 473. Thus by population it is the smallest municipality of Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein
- Type: Country with 39,200 residents
- Description: country in Central Europe
- Also known as: “FL”, “li”, “LI”, “LIE”, and “Principality of Liechtenstein”
- Language: German
- Neighbors: Austria, Switzerland, and Vorarlberg
- Categories: sovereign state, principality, unitary state, doubly landlocked country, state in the Confederation of the Rhine, microstate, and locality
- Location: Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.1486° or 47° 8′ 55″ northLongitude
9.5457° or 9° 32′ 45″ eastPopulation
39,200Area
160 km² (62 miles²)Elevation
730 metres (2,395 feet)Capital
VaduzCurrency
Franc (CHF)Phone code
.liInternet domain
423OpenStreetMap ID
node 3696525426OpenStreetMap feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
3042058Wikidata ID
Q347
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Liechtenstein” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Лихтенштеин”
- Achinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Afrikaans: “Liechtenstein”
- Akan: “Lektenstaen”
- Albanian: “Lihtenshtajn”
- Albanian: “Lihtenshtajni”
- Amharic: “ሊችተንስታይን”
- Amharic: “ሊክተንስታይን”
- Amis: “Liechtenstein”
- Angika: “लीख्टेनश्टाइन”
- Arabic: “ليختنشتاين”
- Aragonese: “Liechtenstein”
- Armenian: “Լիխտենշտայն”
- Armenian: “Լիխտենշտեյն”
- Arpitan: “Liechtenstein”
- Assamese: “লিচটেনষ্টেইন”
- Asturian: “Liechtenstein”
- Atayal: “Liechtenstein”
- Avaric: “Лихтенштейн”
- Awadhi: “लीख़्टेन्स्टाइन”
- Azerbaijani: “Lixtenşteyn”
- Balinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Bambara: “Lisɛnsitayini”
- Bashkir: “Лихтенштейн”
- Basque: “Liechtenstein”
- Basque: “Liechtestein”
- Bavarian: “Liachtnstoa”
- Bavarian: “Liechtnstâ”
- Belarusian: “Ліхтэнштайн”
- Belarusian: “Ліхтэнштэйн”
- Bengali: “লিচেনস্টেইন”
- Bengali: “লিশটেনস্টাইন”
- Betawi: “Lihtenstèn”
- Bhojpuri: “लिक्टन्सटाइन”
- Bishnupriya: “লিষ্টেনষ্টাইন”
- Bislama: “Liechtenstein”
- Bosnian: “Lihtenštajn”
- Breton: “Liechtenstein”
- Bulgarian: “Княжество Лихтенщайн”
- Bulgarian: “Лихтенщайн”
- Burmese: “လစ်တန်စတိန်း”
- Burmese: “လစ်တန်စတိန်းနိုင်ငံ”
- Burmese: “လစ်ရှ်တန်ရှတိုင်းန်နိုင်ငံ”
- Catalan: “Liechtenstein”
- Cebuano: “Liechtenstein”
- Central Bikol: “Liechtenstein”
- Central Kurdish: “لیختنشتاین”
- Chavacano: “Liechtenstein”
- Chechen: “Лихтенштейн”
- Cherokee: “ᎵᎦᏗᏂᏍᏓᏂ”
- Chinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Chinese: “列支敦士登”
- Chinese: “列支敦斯登 / 登列支敦士登”
- Chinese: “列支敦斯登”
- Chinese: “列支敦斯登亲王國”
- Chinese: “列支敦斯登公國”
- Chinese: “力喜騰斯坦因”
- Church Slavic: “Лихтєнщаинъ”
- Chuvash: “Лихтенштейн”
- Cornish: “Liechtenstein”
- Cornish: “Lightenstayn”
- Corsican: “Liechtenstein”
- Crimean Tatar: “Lihtenşteyn”
- Croatian: “Kneževina Lihtenštajn”
- Croatian: “Lihtenštajn”
- Czech: “FL”
- Czech: “Knížectví Lichtenštejnsko”
- Czech: “li”
- Czech: “LI”
- Czech: “Lichtenštejnské knížectví”
- Czech: “Lichtenštejnsko”
- Dagbani: “Liechtenstein”
- Danish: “Liechtenstein”
- Dhivehi: “ލީޝްތެންސްޓީން”
- Dimli (individual language): “Liechtenstein”
- Dotyali: “लिश्टेनस्टाईन”
- Dutch: “LI”
- Dutch: “LIE”
- Dutch: “Liechtenstein”
- Dutch: “Vorstendom Liechtenstein”
- Dzongkha: “ལིཀ་ཏནས་ཏ་ཡིན”
- Eastern Mari: “Лихтенштейн”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليختنشتاين”
- Erzya: “Лихтенштейн Мастор”
- Esperanto: “LI”
- Esperanto: “Liĥtenŝtejno”
- Estonian: “Liechtenstein”
- Estonian: “Liechtensteini Vürstiriik”
- Ewe: “Liechtenstein”
- Ewe: “Litsenstein nutome”
- Extremaduran: “Liechtenstein”
- Extremaduran: “Lístestain”
- Faroese: “Liktinstein”
- Fiji Hindi: “Liechtenstein”
- Finnish: “Liechtenstein”
- Finnish: “Liechtensteinin ruhtinaskunta”
- French: “la Principauté du Liechtenstein”
- French: “LI”
- French: “Liechtenstein”
- French: “principauté de Liechtenstein”
- Friulian: “Liechtenstein”
- Fulah: “Liechtenstein”
- Fulah: “Lincenstayn”
- Gagauz: “Lihtenşteyn”
- Galician: “Liechtenstein”
- Ganda: “Licitensitayini”
- Ganda: “Liechtenstein”
- Georgian: “ლიხტენშტაინი”
- Georgian: “ლიხტენშტეინი”
- German: “Fürstentum Lichtenstein”
- German: “Fürstentum Liechtenstein”
- German: “Liechtenstein”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Liechtenstein”
- Gilaki: “ليختناشتاین”
- Goan Konkani: “Liechtenstein”
- Goan Konkani: “लिंचेनस्टाइन”
- Gothic: “𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃”
- Greek: “Λιχτενστάιν”
- Greek: “Λίχτενσταϊν”
- Guarani: “Liechytenteĩ”
- Guianese Creole French: “Liechtenstein”
- Gujarati: “લીચેસ્ટેઈન”
- Gujarati: “લૈચટેંસ્ટેઇન”
- Haitian: “Lichtènstayn”
- Hakka Chinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Hausa: “Licansitan”
- Hausa: “Liechtenstein”
- Hawaiian: “Likenekaina”
- Hebrew: “ליכטנשטיין”
- Hindi: “लिकटेंस्टीन”
- Hindi: “लिक्टेन्स्टाइन”
- Hindi: “लिख्टेंश्टाइन”
- Hindi: “लियक़्टँस्टीन”
- Hungarian: “Liechtenstein Hercegség”
- Hungarian: “Liechtenstein”
- Iban: “Liechtenstein”
- Icelandic: “Liechtenstein”
- Ido: “Liechtenstein”
- Igbo: “Liechtenstein”
- Iloko: “Liechtenstein”
- Inari Sami: “Liechtenstein furstâkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Liechtenstein”
- Indonesian: “Liechtenstein”
- Indonesian: “Prinsipalitas Liechtenstein”
- Interlingua: “Liechtenstein”
- Interlingue: “Liechtenstein”
- Irish: “Lichtinstéin”
- Italian: “Liechtenstein”
- Italian: “Principato del Liechtenstein”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Liktenstain”
- Japanese: “リヒテンシュタイン”
- Japanese: “リヒテンシュタイン公国”
- Javanese: “Liechtenstein”
- Javanese: “Liktenstén”
- Kabardian: “Лихтэнштейн”
- Kabiyè: “Lisitɛnsɩtayɩnɩ”
- Kabyle: “Liechtenstein”
- Kalaallisut: “Liechtensteini”
- Kalmyk: “Лихтенштейна Нутг”
- Kannada: “ಲಿಚೆನ್ಸ್ಟೈನ್”
- Kannada: “ಲಿಚ್ಟೆನ್ಸ್ಟೀನ್”
- Kannada: “ಲೀಚ್ಟೆನ್ಸ್ಟೀನ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Lixtenshteyn”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Лихтенштейн”
- Kashmiri: “لِکٹیسٹیٖن”
- Kashubian: “Liechtenstein”
- Kazakh: “Лихтенштейн”
- Khmer: “លិចតិនស្ដាញ”
- Khmer: “លិចតិនស្តាញ”
- Kikuyu: “Lishenteni”
- Kinyarwanda: “Liyeshitensiteyine”
- Kirghiz: “Лихтенштейн”
- Komi-Permyak: “Лихтенштайн”
- Komi: “Лихтенштейн”
- Kongo: “Liechtenstein”
- Korean: “FL”
- Korean: “li”
- Korean: “LI”
- Korean: “LIE”
- Korean: “리히텐슈타인 공국”
- Korean: “리히텐슈타인”
- Kotava: “Liectensteina”
- Kurdish: “Liechtenstein”
- Kurdish: “Lîştinştayn”
- Kurdish: “لیختنشتاین”
- Ladin: “Liechtenstein”
- Ladino: “Liechtenstein”
- Lao: “ປະເທດລິກເຕນສະຕາຍ”
- Lao: “ປະເທດເລັກເຕນສະເຕນ”
- Lao: “ລິດເທນສະຕາຍ”
- Latgalian: “Liktenšteins”
- Latin: “Lichtenstenum”
- Latvian: “Fürstentum Liechtenstein”
- Latvian: “Lihtenšteina”
- Latvian: “Lihtenšteinas Firstiste”
- Lezghian: “Лихтенштейн”
- Ligurian: “Liechtenstein”
- Limburgan: “Liechtenstein”
- Lingala: “Liechtenstein”
- Lingala: “Lishɛteni”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Lictenstain”
- Literary Chinese: “列支敦士登”
- Literary Chinese: “列支敦士登大公國”
- Literary Chinese: “列支敦斯登大公國”
- Lithuanian: “Lichtenšteinas”
- Liv: “Liechtenstein”
- Livvi: “Lihtenštein”
- Lojban: “lictenctain”
- Lojban: “lixtenctain”
- Lombard: “Liechtenstein”
- Low German: “Liechtensteen”
- Low German: “Liechtenstein”
- Lower Sorbian: “Liechtensteinska”
- Luba-Katanga: “Lishuteni”
- Luxembourgish: “Liechtenstein”
- Macedonian: “Лихтенштајн”
- Madurese: “Liechtenstein”
- Malagasy: “Liechtenstein”
- Malagasy: “Liktenstaina”
- Malagasy: “Listenstein”
- Malay: “Liechtenstein”
- Malayalam: “ലിക്റ്റൻസ്റ്റൈൻ”
- Malayalam: “ലിച്ചൺസ്റ്റൈൻ”
- Maltese: “il-Liechtenstein”
- Maltese: “Liechtenstein”
- Maltese: “Prinċipat tal-Liechtenstein”
- Manipuri: “ꯂꯩꯆꯇꯦꯟꯁ꯭ꯇꯩꯟ”
- Manx: “Liechtenstein”
- Maori: “Rīkeneteina”
- Marathi: “लिक्टेनस्टाइन”
- Marathi: “लिश्टनस्टाइन”
- Mazanderani: “لیختن اشتاین”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Minangkabau: “Liechtenstein”
- Mingrelian: “FL”
- Mingrelian: “li”
- Mingrelian: “LI”
- Mingrelian: “LIE”
- Mingrelian: “ლიხტენშტაინი”
- Mingrelian: “ლიხტენშტაინიშ სათარო”
- Moksha: “Лихтэнштайн”
- Mongolian: “Лихтенштайн”
- Mongolian: “Лихтенштейн”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ليخطنشطاين”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ليشطنشطاين”
- Narom: “Liechtenstein”
- Nauru: “Riketentein”
- Navajo: “Tséłgaii Bineʼadziihii”
- Neapolitan: “Liechtenstein”
- Nepali: “लिकटेन्सटाइन”
- Nepali: “लिश्टेनस्टाईन”
- Nepali: “लिस्टेनटाइन”
- Nepali: “लिस्टेनस्टाइन”
- Nepali: “लीश्टेनस्टाईन”
- Newari: “लीश्टेनस्टाईन”
- Nigerian Pidgin: “Liechtenstein”
- North Ndebele: “Liechtenstein”
- Northern Frisian: “Liechtenstein”
- Northern Sami: “Liechtenstein prinsipáhta”
- Northern Sami: “Liechtenstein”
- Northern Sami: “Liechtensteina prinsipáhta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrstedømmet Liechtenstein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Liechtenstein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liechtenstein”
- Norwegian: “Liechtenstein”
- Novial: “Liechtenstein”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Categoria:Liechtenstein”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Liechtenstein”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܠܝܟܛܢܫܛܝܢ”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leohtenstan”
- Oriya: “ଲିକଟେନଷ୍ଟାଇନ”
- Oriya: “ଲିଚେଟନଷ୍ଟେଇନ୍”
- Oromo: “Liikteenistaayin”
- Ossetian: “Лихтенштейн”
- Pali: “लिक्टनस्टैन”
- Pampanga: “Liechtenstein”
- Pangasinan: “Liyestenstayn”
- Panjabi: “ਲਿਚੇਂਸਟਾਇਨ”
- Panjabi: “ਲੀਖਟਨਸ਼ਟਾਈਨ”
- Papiamento: “Liechtenstein”
- Pennsylvania German: “Liechtenstein”
- Persian: “لیختناشتاین”
- Persian: “لیختنشتاین”
- Persian: “لیکتنستین”
- Pfaelzisch: “Lichdeschdää”
- Pfaelzisch: “Liechtenstein”
- Picard: “Liechtenstein”
- Piemontese: “Lichtenstàin”
- Piemontese: “Liechtenstein”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Liktenstiin”
- Polish: “Księstwo Liechtensteinu”
- Polish: “Lichtenstein”
- Polish: “Liechtenstein”
- Pontic: “Λιχτενστάιν”
- Portuguese: “Lichtenstein”
- Portuguese: “Liechtenstein”
- Portuguese: “Listenstaine”
- Portuguese: “Principado de Liechtenstein”
- Pushto: “ليختن شتاين”
- Pushto: “ليختنشتاين”
- Pushto: “لیختن اشتاین”
- Pushto: “لیختن شتاین”
- Pushto: “لیختنشتاین”
- Quechua: “Liechtenstein”
- Romanian: “Liechtenstein”
- Romanian: “Principatul Liechtenstein”
- Romansh: “Liechtenstein”
- Rundi: “Lishyitenshitayini”
- Russia Buriat: “Лихтенштейн”
- Russian: “Liechtenstein”
- Russian: “Княжество Лихтенштейн”
- Russian: “Лихтенштейн”
- Rusyn: “Лихтенштайн”
- Rusyn: “Ліхтенштайньско”
- Sakizaya: “Liechtenstein”
- Samoan: “Liechtenstein”
- Samoan: “Likitenisitaini”
- Samogitian: “Lichtenšteins”
- Samogitian: “Lichtenštėins”
- Sango: “Liechtenstein,”
- Sanskrit: “लिक्टनस्टैन”
- Sardinian: “Liechtenstein”
- Saterfriesisch: “Liechtenstein”
- Scots: “Liechtenstein”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lichtenstein”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Liechtenstein”
- Serbian: “Lihtenštajn”
- Serbian: “Кнежевина Лихтенштајн”
- Serbian: “Лихтенштајн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lihtenštajn”
- Shan: “မိူင်းလိၵ်ႈတိၼ်ႇသတၢႆႇ”
- Shona: “Liechtenstein”
- Shona: “Rishenistayini”
- Sicilian: “Liechtenstein”
- Silesian: “Liechtenstein”
- Sindhi: “لچي ٽينسٽين”
- Sindhi: “لڪتنسٽائن”
- Sindhi: “لڪٽنسٽائين”
- Sinhala: “ලික්ටන්ස්ටයින්”
- Sinhala: “ලීච්ටන්ස්ටෙයින්”
- Sinhala: “ලීච්ටන්ස්ටේන්”
- Skolt Sami: “Liechtensteeiʹn fursttkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Liechtensteiʹnn”
- Slovak: “Lichtenštajnské kniežatstvo”
- Slovak: “Lichtenštajnsko”
- Slovenian: “Liechtenstein”
- Slovenian: “Lihtenštajn”
- Somali: “Lekhtanishtayn”
- Somali: “Liechtenstein”
- Somali: “Liyjtensteyn”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیختن ایشتاین”
- Spanish: “Liechtenstein”
- Spanish: “Principado de Liechtenstein”
- Sranan Tongo: “Liechtensteinkondre”
- Sundanese: “Liechtenstéin”
- Swahili: “Liechtenstein”
- Swati: “ILeshestani”
- Swedish: “Furstendömet Liechtenstein”
- Swedish: “Lichtenstein”
- Swedish: “Liechtenstein”
- Swiss German: “Liachtaschta”
- Tagalog: “Liechtenstein”
- Tajik: “Лихтенштайн”
- Tajik: “Лихтенштейн”
- Talysh: “Lixtenštejn”
- Talysh: “Lixtenşteyn”
- Tamil: “லிச்செண்ஸ்டெய்ன்”
- Tamil: “லீக்கின்ஸ்டைன்”
- Tamil: “லீக்டன்ஸ்டைன்”
- Taroko: “Liechtenstein”
- Tatar: “Лихтенштейн”
- Telugu: “లిక్టెన్స్టెయిన్”
- Telugu: “లిక్స్టెన్స్టెయిన్”
- Telugu: “లైచెన్స్టెయిన్”
- Tetum: “Listenstaina”
- Thai: “ประเทศลิกเตนสไตน์”
- Thai: “ประเทศลีชเทินชไตน์”
- Thai: “ลิกเตนสไตน์”
- Tibetan: “ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན།”
- Tibetan: “ལེག་ཏེན་ཚིན།”
- Tigrinya: “ሊችተንስታይን”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Likitenisitaini”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Likitenisiteini”
- Tosk Albanian: “Liechtenstein”
- Tsonga: “Liechtenstein”
- Tumbuka: “Liechtenstein”
- Tunisian Arabic: “ليختنشتاين”
- Turkish: “Liechtenstein”
- Turkish: “Lihtenştayn”
- Turkmen: “Lihtenşteýn”
- Udmurt: “Лихтенштейн”
- Uighur: “لىختېنشتېين”
- Uighur: “لىكتېنستېين”
- Ukrainian: “Ліхтенштейн”
- Upper Sorbian: “Liechtenstein”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wjerchowstwo Liechtenstein”
- Urdu: “لخٹنشتائن”
- Urdu: “لخٹنشٹائن”
- Urdu: “لیشٹنسٹائن”
- Uzbek: “Lixtenshteyn”
- Venetian: “Liechtenstein”
- Venetian: “Łiechtenstein”
- Veps: “Lihtenštein”
- Vietnamese: “Lich-ten-xtên (Liechtenstein)”
- Vietnamese: “Lich-ten-xtên”
- Vietnamese: “Liechtenstein”
- Vlaams: “Liechtnstein”
- Vlax Romani: “Liechtenstein”
- Volapük: “Ligtänstän”
- Võro: “Liechtenstein”
- Walloon: “Lîchtenstinne”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lestenstin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Liechtenstein”
- Welsh: “Liechtenstein”
- Western Armenian: “Լիխթընշթայն”
- Western Frisian: “Liechtenstein”
- Western Frisian: “Lychtenstein”
- Western Panjabi: “لخٹنشٹائن”
- Western Panjabi: “لیختنشٹاین”
- Wolof: “Liechtenstein”
- Wolof: “Liktensteyin”
- Wu Chinese: “列支敦士登”
- Xhosa: “Likhtensteyin”
- Yakut: “Лихтенштайн”
- Yiddish: “ליכטנשטיין”
- Yoruba: “Lẹṣitẹnisiteni”
- Yoruba: “Líktẹ́nstáìnì”
- Yue Chinese: “Fürstentum Liechtenstein”
- Yue Chinese: “Liechtenstein”
- Yue Chinese: “列支敦士登”
- Yue Chinese: “列支敦斯登大公國”
- Zeeuws: “Liechenstein”
- Zhuang: “Liechtenstein”
- Zhuang: “Luliilu”
- Zulu: “i-Liechtenstein”
- “Lichtenšteins”
- “Liechtenstein”
- “ma Lisensan”
- “लिक्टन्सटाइन”
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