Albert Schädler

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Albert Schädler
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
In office
January 1890 – December 1918
MonarchJohann II
GovernorCarl von In der Maur
Josef Ospelt
Leopold Freiherr von Imhof
Martin Ritter
Preceded byWilhelm Schlegel
Succeeded byFritz Walser
In office
January 1882 – December 1885
MonarchJohann II
GovernorCarl von In der Maur
Friedrich Stellwag von Carion
Preceded byWilhelm Schlegel
Succeeded byWilhelm Schlegel
Personal details
Born24 December 1848
Germany
Spouse
Albertine Berl
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(m. 1872; died 1899)​
Children2
Parent(s)Karl Schädler
Katharina Walser

Albert Schädler (/ˈʃɛdlər/, German: [ˈalbɛɐt ˈʃɛdlɜ]; 24 December 1848 – 17 June 1922) was a physician, historian and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein 1882 to 1885 and again from 1890 to 1918.

A member of the prominent 19th-century Schädler family, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in politics and healthcare in Liechtenstein's history.[1]

Early life

Schädler was born on 24 December 1848 in Vaduz to the son of politician and later President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein Karl Schädler and his mother Katharina Walser as one of nine children, including his brothers Karl Schädler and Rudolf Schädler.[1][2]

From 1859 to 1867 he attended secondary school in

Mehrerau and Schwyz. From 1868 to 1971 he studied medicine in the University of Vienna, Zürich and Giessen, where he received a doctorate in medicine. In addition, from 1879 he conducted language studies in Paris, Lyon and London until 1887, where he learned to speak French and English.[1]

Medical career and patronage

From 1872 to 1910, Schädler and his brother Rudolf ran the medical practice in Vaduz that they took over from their father.[1][3] In 1872, the two commissioned a new residential building in Vaduz with rooms for their practice by the Austrian architect Seraphin Pümpel.[4] From 1873 to 1890 he worked as a spa doctor in Bad Ragaz and Pfäfers. For this purpose, he wrote a book focused on the field in 1886 and obtained the Federal Concordat Diploma in 1877.[1]

From 1900 to 1910 the Liechtenstein government called on Schädler as a medical expert within the country, in which he was consulted in improving water supplies within the country and increased training for midwives. In 1914, temporarily replaced Felix Batliner as deputy state physicist while he was doing voluntary work in an Austrian hospital.[1]

Schädler frequently promoted and engaged in social life and culture in Liechtenstein. In 1879, together with his brother Rudolf, they organized Liechtenstein's first music festival, wrote poems and appeared as a public speaker in many public events within the country. In addition, from 1873 to 1878 he was an editor for Liechtensteiner Wochenzeitung, which was owned by his brother Rudolf. He was a co-founder of the Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein, in which he was its first president from 1901 to 1922. He published several works regarding the history of the country and in his will he left his collection of the country's historical files and documents, ensuring their preservation.[1]

Upon his brother Karl's death in 1907, Schädler and Rudolf inherited the Kurhaus Gaflei - a foundation in order to establish a school for housekeeping, though this did not come to fruition due to hyperinflation caused by economic devastation brought to the country during World War I.[1][3][5]

Political career

Schädler (front row, third from right) with members of the Landtag in 1908.

From 1882 to 1886 and again from 1890 to 1919 Schädler was a member of the

old-age pensions and disability insurance, though unsuccessful.[1]

In 1914, politician Wilhelm Beck formed an opposition group against Governor Leopold Freiherr von Imhof, which Schädler too became a target of due to his closeness with Imhof.[1][9] Schädler's ideas became the founding ideas of the Progressive Citizens' Party in 1918, though he himself opposed the formation of parties in the Landtag and remained an independent. In the 1918 Liechtenstein general election, he failed to reach the number of votes to be elected but was then appointed by Johann II instead.[1]

On the November 1918 Liechtenstein putsch, Wilhelm Beck, Martin Ritter and Fritz Walser proposed a motion of no confidence against Leopold Freiherr von Imhof. While the Landtag unanimously expressed its confidence in him it was decided, against the constitution and the princely appointed Landtag members, to transfer the power of governor to a Provisional Executive Committee led by Martin Ritter.[10] Schädler, along with the two other Landtag members appointed by Johann II resigned in protest to the coup.[1][11]

On 30 March 1919, he formally left the Landtag as he did not approve of the political developments within Liechtenstein, particularly of the country's constitutional revision.[1][12]

Later life and death

After leaving the Landtag in March 1919, Schädler moved to Munich to live with his daughter, where he died on 17 June 1922, aged 73 years old. A street in Eschen is named after him.[1] A plaque was set up in his honour.

Personal life and family

Schädler with his wife Albertine Berl in 1875.

Schädler married Albertine Berl (6 October 1847 – 2 March 1899), the daughter of Feldkirch postmaster Theodor Berl, on 16 April 1872 and they had two children together.[1]

His nephew

Alfred and Fritz Rotter in 1933. In 1938 he became a founder and leader of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^
    Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^
    Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  5. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Mitglieder - Präsidenten" (in German). 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  8. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  9. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. ^ Rupert, Quaderer. "Der 7. November 1918. Staatsstreich – Putsch – Revolution oder politisches Spektakel im Kleinstaat Liechtenstein?". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein. 93: 204–212.
  12. ^ Rupert, Quaderer. "Der 7. November 1918. Staatsstreich – Putsch – Revolution oder politisches Spektakel im Kleinstaat Liechtenstein?". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein. 93: 204–212.
  13. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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