Mauren

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mauren | settlement_type = Municipality | other_name = | native_name = Muura | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Mauren mit Alpstein.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = View of Mauren | image_flag = Flag_of_Mauren_Liechtenstein-1.svg | flag_size = 30px | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Wappen Mauren.svg | shield_size = 100px | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | mapframe = yes | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Liechtenstein}} | subdivision_type1 = Electoral district | subdivision_name1 = Unterland | subdivision_type2 = Villages | subdivision_name2 = Schaanwald | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_type = | leader_party = VU | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Peter Frick | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 7.49 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 31-12-2019 | population_footnotes = <ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Bevölkerungsstatistik – 30. Juni 2017 |url=https://www.llv.li/files/as/bevolkerungsstatistik-30-juni-2017.pdf |website=archiv.llv.li |access-date=9 July 2025 |archive-date=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609152444/https://www.llv.li/files/as/bevolkerungsstatistik-30-juni-2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 4,401 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_mi2 = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|47|13|N|9|32|E|region:LI-04|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = 453 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 9493 | area_code = 7008 | iso_code = LI-04 | website = [https://www.mauren.li/ www.mauren.li] | footnotes = }} '''Mauren''' ({{IPA|de-CH|ˈmaʊrən|-|De-Mauren.ogg}}; High Alemannic: ''Muura'') is a municipality in Liechtenstein that is situated in the north of the country. It has a population of 4,401.<ref name="auto"/> The Curta mechanical calculator was produced by Contina AG, in Mauren.<ref>[https://curta.li/00_main/03_curta1_2_production.html Curta Type 1 & 2 - overview production quantity]. curta.li. Retrieved on 2014-11-27.</ref>

==Geography== Mauren borders the Liechtenstein municipalities of Eschen and Schellenberg, as well as the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The municipality includes the hamlet of Schaanwald, which has the Schaanwald railway station on the Feldkirch-Buchs line. The forests of Bauwald and Maurerberg, east of Schaanwald, take up a third of the municipality's area.<ref name="hlfl"/>

==History== During antiquity, a Roman road (from Bregenz to Milan) crossed what is now known as Mauren. The location was already inhabited in these times.<ref name="hlfl"/>

It was first mentioned as "Muron" in documents from 1178.<ref name="hlfl"/> There is a memorial to the Liechtenstein educator and historian Peter Kaiser (1793–1864) located in the municipality.

Since 1905, Mauren has existed as a church community. It was the first municipality in Liechtenstein to receive electricity in 1906.<ref name="hlfl" />

== Politics == {{See also|List of mayors of Mauren}} Mauren is locally administered by the mayor and a 10-person municipal council, elected every four years since 1975. The incumbent mayor is Peter Frick, since 2023.<ref name="hlfl">{{Cite web |last=Frommelt |first=Fabian |last2=Mayr |first2=Ulrike |date=2023 |title=Mauren |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Mauren |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}</ref>

=== Last election === {{Further|2023 Liechtenstein local elections}}{{Election results|image=File:Mauren Municipal Council 2023.svg|party1=Progressive Citizens' Party|votes1=7143|seats1=6|sc1=+1|party2=Patriotic Union|votes2=5845|seats2=3|sc2=–1|party3=Democrats for Liechtenstein|votes3=1249|seats3=1|sc3=+1|total_sc=0|valid=1541|invalid=59|blank=31|electorate=2186|source=[https://www.gemeindewahlen.li/resultatgemeinde/14/5 Gemeindewahlen]|seats4=0|party4=Free List|votes4=1173|sc4=–1}}

== Notable people ==

* Gebhard Schädler (1776–1842), practising surgeon in Liechtenstein.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rheinberger |first=Rudolf |date=31 December 2011 |title=Schädler, Gebhard |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Schädler,_Gebhard |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}</ref> * Peter Kaiser (1793–1864), historian and statesman, prominent figure in the 1848 revolution in Liechtenstein. * Peter Büchel (1872–1958), civil servant and member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Büchel, Peter (1872–1958) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Büchel,_Peter_%281872–1958%29 |access-date=25 September 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}</ref> * Fritz Kaiser (born 1955), wealth management entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist * Dominique Hasler (born 1978), Liechtensteiner politician; government councillor from 2017 to 2025 who grew up in Mauren. * Jürgen Berginz (born 1989), bobsledder who competed for Liechtenstein at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Mauren}} *[http://www.mauren.li Official website] *[http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/home.htm Liechtenstein Portal]

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