( 472 meters elevation )
Liechtenstein Institute
Bendern Church
Grotto of Mary (only place of worship of this type in Liechtenstein)
Gampriner Seelein nature reserve
Eschnerberg historical mountain path
airfield for model airplanes
Bruckmähder riding facilities

General information on Gamprin/Bendern
The municipality of Gamprin, which also includes the old settlement of Bendern, lies on the southernmost foothills of the Eschnerberg. The name Gamprin is of Roman origin (Camporin around 1150) and derives from "campus Rheni".
Due to its location, the church hill of Bendern on the southern tip of the Eschnerberg, already settled in earliest times, was recognized by the Romans (15 B.C. to ca. 500 A.D.) as an important point for domination of the valley, due to its location.
Bendern gained particular significance in the Middle Ages for ecclesiastic reasons. On the church hill of Bendern, the men of the Liechtenstein Lower Country swore allegiance to the Prince of Liechtenstein for the first time on 16 March 1699. Previously predominant agriculture was followed by the rapid development of industrialization. In the former parish stable on the Bendern hill, extensively renovated in 1998, the Liechtenstein Institute is now located. The Mary-Lourdes Grotto is located on the access road to Oberbendern (Upper Bendern), the only place of worship of this kind in Liechtenstein.

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Historical buildings and sites in Gamprin / Bendern

• St. Mary´s Parish Church in Bendern
  The founding of the first church in Bendern probably goes back to the era of the country’s Christianization (5th century). The church was first documented in 1045 in a royal certificate of Heinrich III and, with its benefice, belonged to the cloister of Schänis. The later owner, Sir Rüdiger von Kimpach, gave the church to the religious foundation of St. Luzi in 1194. The fathers of the Praemonstratensis order administered this branch church until 1816. Since then, non-monastic clergy have served in Bendern.
  Today’s Pilgrimage Church of the Mother of God in Bendern was built in 1481. It was considerably redesigned at the end of the 18th century. A total renovation was undertaken in the years 1999/2000.
• Old parish stable and former monastery
  Today’s Liechtenstein Institute was originally a stable, where the lords of Bendern and later the monk of St. Luzi in Chur (which is why it is called parish stable) kept their horses. For a while, the building also served as a governor’s office. The comprehensive renovations were completed in 1998.
  The neighboring corbie gable house was built as a monastery in 1538/39 by the monks of St. Luzi. They administered the parish until 1816. Afterwards, the house served as the home of the parish priest. It was renovated in 1977/78 and listed as a protected building.

The Old Parish Stable in Bendern
has a colorful history; it now
houses the Liechtenstein Institute

St. Mary's Parish Church was
built in 1481 and renovated in
1999/2000

On 16 March 1699, the people of
the Lower Country met on this
square to swear allegiance to
their new ruler, Prince Johann
Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein