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Vaduz , town (1996 pop. 5,017), capital of Liechtenstein, W Liechtenstein, on the Rhine River. It is a tourist center. A beautiful medieval castle (now an art museum) dominates the town. Vaduz was destroyed (1499) in the war between the Swiss and the Holy Roman Empire and was rebuilt in the early 16th cent.

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Vaduz, Liechtenstein Evolved from Valdutsch from the Latin vallis ‘valley’ and the Old German Dutsch ‘German’. It is situated in the Rhine valley and is the capital of Liechtenstein.

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