{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> |name = Bendern |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = Brunnen, 1978-80, Bendern, Granit Cresciano gesch., 165x250cm.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Bendern fountain in 1978–1980 |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Liechtenstein |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Locator map of Bendern in Liechtenstein |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Liechtenstein}} |subdivision_type1 = Electoral district |subdivision_name1 = Unterland |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = 15px Gamprin |established_date = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 460 |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|47|13|N|9|30|E|region:LI_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 9487 |area_code = (+423) ... |blank_name = Demonym |blank_info = |website = <!--{{official|http://www ...}}--> |footnotes = }} '''Bendern''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbɛndɐn}}) is a village of Liechtenstein, together with the town of Gamprin it forms in the municipality of Gamprin. It is the third smallest in the country, with an area of 6.19 km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 1664 people (as of 2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archiv.llv.li/files/as/bevolkerungsstatistik-30-juni-2015.pdf|title=Bevölkerungsstatistik|date=3 June 2015|language=de|website=llv.li|access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> The village itself had about 470 residents (as of 2007).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Bendern_(Siedlung)|title=Bendern (Siedlung) – Historisches Lexikon|website=historisches-lexikon.li|language=de|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>
== History == The name is of Celtic origin.<ref name=":0" /> The place was first mentioned in 1045 as ''Beneduro''.<ref name=":0" /> During the Swabian War, the village was burned down by the Swiss. 1538–1636 Bendern hosted the Premonstratensians of St Luzi Abby in Chur, that fled the Reformation.<ref name=":0" /> The church hill of Bendern is an important place for the history of the country. On March 16, 1699, the men from Liechtenstein's lowlands pledged allegiance to the Prince of Liechtenstein on the church hill, after Lordship of Schellenberg was bought by the Prince of Liechtenstein.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1923|title=Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein|url=http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/object/000000453_23/1/|journal=Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein|volume=23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Die Kunstdenkmäler des Fürstentums Liechtenstein|last=Poeschel|first=Erwin|publisher=Birkhäuser|year=1950|location=Basel|pages=10}}</ref> The Bendern fountain was created to commemorate this.<ref name=":0" />
Over the years, important excavations have taken place.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003|title=Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein: Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein|url=http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/resolver?field=MD_OLDPURL_UNTOKENIZED&identifier=http://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/JBHV/2003/102/Die_Fundmuenzen_vom_Kirchhuegel_Bendern.html|journal=Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein|volume=102}}</ref> The history of the church can be traced back to Carolingian-Ottonian and Roman times. Older traces of settlement in the form of ceramics go back to prehistoric times.<ref name=":0" />
The baroque ''velum quadragesimale'' from the local church house Mariä Himmelfahrt, known as the Benderner Fastentuch in German is nowaday one of the treasures in the National Museum in Vaduz, the church possesses a copy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Fastent%C3%BCcher|title=Fastentücher – Historisches Lexikon|website=historisches-lexikon.li|language=de|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>
==Geography== The village is located by the river Rhine and the Eschnerberg, close to Gamprin, and next to the borders of Switzerland. It is linked with the Swiss village of {{ill|Haag (Sennwald)|lt=Haag|de|Haag SG}}, a hamlet of Sennwald, with a road bridge originally built in 1868.<ref name=":0" />
== Economy == There are about 100 businesses with more or less 2500 jobs in the municipality,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamprin.li/gemeinde/wirtschaft/standort-gamprin/|title=Standort Gamprin|date=2018-11-08|website=Gemeinde Gamprin|language=de|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> additionally the village is home to the Liechtenstein-Institut (LI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamprin.li/gemeinde/wirtschaft/institutionen/|title=Institutionen|date=2018-11-08|website=Gemeinde Gamprin|language=de|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> with a focus on research focused on the country and until 2017 it was the seat of the International Academy for Philosophy (IAP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Internationale_Akademie_f%C3%BCr_Philosophie_(IAP)|title=Internationale Akademie für Philosophie (IAP) – Historisches Lexikon|website=historisches-lexikon.li|language=de|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Bendern}}
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Category:Villages in Liechtenstein Category:Gamprin