State · 1806 – present
Liechtenstein
A state of 1806 – present — 220 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced German Confederation and Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein. The atlas records 8 things within it — famine and plague 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 220 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 6
- the Prince of Lichtenstein
- Most ground
- 100 km²
- in 1721
- Within it
- 8
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- German Confederation · replaces · 1815 – 1866
- Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein · replaces
Rulers
The line of Prince of Lichtenstein - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann I Joseph of Liechtenstein | 1805 – 1836 | 31 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Aloys II of Liechtenstein | 1836 – 1858 | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Johann II of Liechtenstein | 1858 – 1929 | 71 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Franz I of Liechtenstein | 1929 – 1938 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein | 1938 – 1989 | 51 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein | 1989 – in office | in office since 1989 | still in office | child |
6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1805 – 1989. Median reign 31 years. 0 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Carl von In der Maur | 1884 – 1892 |
| Josef Ospelt | 1921 – 1922 |
| Alfons Feger | 1922 – 1922 |
| Gustav Schädler | 1922 – 1928 |
| Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein | 1928 – 1928 |
| Josef Hoop | 1928 – 1945 |
| Alexander Frick | 1945 – 1962 |
| Gerard Batliner | 1962 – 1970 |
| Alfred Hilbe | 1970 – 1974 |
| Walter Kieber | 1974 – 1978 |
| Hans Brunhart | 1978 – 1993 |
| Markus Büchel | 1993 – 1993 |
| Mario Frick | 1993 – 2001 |
| Otmar Hasler | 2001 – 2009 |
| Klaus Tschütscher | 2009 – 2013 |
| Adrian Hasler | 2013 – 2021 |
| Daniel Risch | 2021 – 2025 |
| Brigitte Haas | 2025 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
100 km² in 1806. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedStaatswappen-Liechtensteins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · SVG Added Ramos 
flag, from 1921Flag of Liechtenstein · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1800 – 18992 rows
- Franz I of Liechtenstein · ruler · 1853 – 1938
- Johann II of Liechtenstein · ruler · 1840 – 1929
1900 – 19994 rows
- Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein · ruler · 1945 – present
- Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein · ruler · 1906 – 1989
- Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein · person · 1967 – present
- Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein · person · 1995 – present
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Liechtenstein · plague · 2020
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood220 years
stood longer than 65% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 0% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median31 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 85% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1784 – 2048, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1721, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q347 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.