The Hagenhaus is a 19th century farmstead located in the Liechtenstein
hamlet of Nendeln. The building complex has been a listed building since
1988 and is probably the best-preserved farmstead in Liechtenstein from
the first half of the 19th century. Where it now stands prominently on
one of the busiest roads in the Principality, the Hagenhaus was part of
the historic Lindau - Milan postal route in the 19th century.
The
Hagenhaus was built in 1837 by the Vaduz master builder Joseph Anton
Seger and was used by two families as a combined residential and
commercial building with adjoining agricultural outbuildings. From 1864
it housed the first K&K post office in the Liechtenstein Unterland. The
owner was Josef Alois Schlegel, who also acted as postmaster himself.
The post office existed until 1912.
Our special stamp “K&K Post
Office 1864-1912” (face value CHF 1.90) is Liechtenstein's contribution
to this year's SEPAC issue. Every year, the association of the twelve
smallest postal organizations in Europe issues a stamp on a common
theme; in 2025, the theme is “Architecture”.