Gustav Schädler

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Gustav Schädler (born November 18, 1883 in Triesenberg ; † June 19, 1961 in Vaduz ) was head of government of the Principality of Liechtenstein from June 6, 1922 to June 15, 1928 .

biography

Schadler grew up as the son of Adolf and Maria (née Beck) together with four siblings in Triesenberg. The parents ran a farm and the father was active as a local councilor. After school he attended the teachers' seminar in Bad Saulgau and from 1906 to 1912 completed a teaching degree with a historical-linguistic orientation in Zurich, he was a member of the Liechtenstein student association "Rhenia". Since 1913 he was also a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Teutonia Friborg. In 1914 he began teaching at the state school in Vaduz. On December 16, 1918, he married Olga Real. The couple had two sons, Silvio (* 1919) and Mario (* 1923), with whom they moved into their own house in Vaduz in 1923.

In 1919 Schädler, who was considered a committed speaker, was appointed by the prince as a member of the state parliament. In 1920 he was given the honorary title of "Professor" by the Prince and, together with Wilhelm Beck, was involved in a constitutional revision. In the course of the discussion about the occupation of the post of land administrator, which was intended for Hofrat Peer, he acted as a note-taker and participant in the castle negotiations that led to the "castle agreements". As a result, Liechtenstein received a new constitution in 1921. When the state elections of March 2, 1922 brought a success for the social liberal People's Party , Schädler was elected to the government council. After his predecessor Josef Ospelt resigned, Prince Johann II appointed him the new head of government on June 10, 1922. Under his government fell the conclusion of the customs treaty with Switzerland (1923), the conclusion of the currency agreement with Switzerland (1924) and the Rhine distress after the Rhine dam collapsed on September 25, 1927. The savings bank scandal brought him into political disaster. As a result, the People's Party lost the July 1928 elections, and Schädler returned to school until 1945. Schädler was the Liechtenstein correspondent of the NZZ for many years and from 1943 to 1944, together with Otto Schaedler, editor of the Liechtensteiner Vaterland . In March 1943, Schädler took part in a conspiratorial VU-VDBL-SS conference in Friedrichshafen. This participation, and the fact that he had created articles for German clients for a fee during the war resulted in a sentence of six months imprisonment for illegal intelligence in 1946.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brief history of "Rhenia" ( Memento from February 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 25, 2009
  2. ^ Castle agreements ( memento of March 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 25, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Schadler, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liechtenstein politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Triesenberg
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1961
Place of death Vaduz