Emil Batliner

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Emil Batliner (born April 19, 1869 in Mauren ; † June 11, 1947 there ) was a Liechtenstein farmer, entrepreneur and politician.

biography

Youth and job

Emil Batliner was born in 1869 as the fourth of ten children of Bartholomäus Batliner (1842–1912) and his wife Ursula (nee Meier). His father was a successful entrepreneur who made his living selling peat debris and ran his own distillery. Contemporaries he was considered the richest Unterländer.

Due to the poor economic situation in the late 19th century, Liechtenstein emigrated to America from 1882 onwards. Emil Batliner was also among the 200 or so emigrants. In 1890 he moved to Dubuque , Iowa . In 1893 he returned to Liechtenstein and married Emilie Walser from Schaan in the same year . The marriage resulted in twelve children, six daughters and six sons, including Eduard Batliner . Emil Batliner took over the schnapps distillery from his father.

Due to the economic crisis after the First World War , many Liechtensteiners lost their jobs and their savings. Emil Batliner was also badly hit by the crisis. Not only did it end the distillery's economic success, Batliner also lost most of his fortune and could no longer secure the livelihood of his family. As a result, four sons and one daughter emigrated to America in the 1920s. Only one son returned after a few years and continued to run his father's schnapps distillery in Mauren until it had to be closed in 1967 for reasons of profitability.

Political career

1909 Batliner became community leaders elected by Moors and held this position until 1918. In 1910 he was in the Landtag of Liechtenstein selected. In 1914 he was re-elected. In 1918 he failed to return to the state parliament. Batliner could have been deputy MP through a runoff election, but he did not. During his time as a member of parliament, he was, among other things, a member of the State Emergency Commission, which looked after the population during the First World War.

When there was a putsch against the decayed Leopold Freiherr von Imhof in November 1918 , the state parliament elected Martin Ritter as chairman of a provisional government. The lawyer Wilhelm Beck and Emil Batliner were elected members of the provisional government. However, Batliner declined the election because he did not want to belong to a government that had been set up without the prince's knowledge. On December 22, 1918, Batliner was one of the founding members of the Progressive Citizens' Party . From 1919 to 1921 he held the office of deputy district administrator. During his further political career he was deputy government councilor and member of the Liechtenstein negotiating delegation for the customs treaty with Switzerland . From 1922 to 1934 and from 1937 to 1940 he worked as an agent in Mauren . From 1924 to 1930 he again served as the mayor of Mauren. In 1926 he was re-elected to the state parliament and was a member of it until 1939. Batliner was Vice President of the State Parliament from 1926 to 1928, from 1932 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1938.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Liechtenstein Fatherland of June 14, 1947, page 3 (PDF; 331 kB)
  2. 200 years of community superiors von Mauren (1932; PDF; 573 kB)
  3. Fifty Years Customs Treaty Switzerland - Liechtenstein (PDF; 21.1 MB)