Liechtenstein Municipalities

Liechtenstein is a strip of Rhine valley and the mountains above it, about 25 kilometres from end to end, wedged between Switzerland and Austria. It is one of the smallest countries in Europe and its eleven municipalities (Gemeinden) are the units its elections, schools and utilities are organised around. They cover the whole country without a gap.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: The Oberland and the Unterland
In the game: 11 municipalities

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What you are looking at

The eleven municipalities of today, named as they are written in German, which is how they are written in English too. The Rhine is the western border, and the municipalities line up along it from Balzers in the south to Ruggell in the north, with the high ground of Triesenberg and the small hill municipalities behind them on the east side.

The groups are the country's two electoral districts: the Oberland (upper country) in the south, with the capital, and the Unterland (lower country) in the north. People in Liechtenstein describe the two halves of the country by these names.

How to place one

Start with Vaduz. The capital sits in the middle of the Oberland, on the Rhine, with Schaan just to its north.
Go south along the river. Triesen is next, then Balzers at the southern tip, which touches both Switzerland and Austria.
Find the mountains. Triesenberg is the large municipality up the slope east of Vaduz and Triesen, and tiny Planken sits between it and Schaan.
Cross into the Unterland. Eschen and Mauren fill the middle of the north, Gamprin and Ruggell run along the river, and Schellenberg is the hill municipality on the east side.

Every municipality, by group

Oberland6 municipalities: Balzers, Planken, Schaan, Triesen, Triesenberg, Vaduz
Unterland5 municipalities: Eschen, Gamprin, Mauren, Ruggell, Schellenberg