Albert Schädler

Albert Schädler (/ˈʃɛdlər/ SHED-lər, German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃɛːdlɐ]; 24 December 1848 – 17 June 1922) was a Liechtenstein politician, physician, and historian.

A member of the prominent 19th-century Schädler family, he was well regarded as a physician and politician, and influenced the country's politics for decades.

[1] From 1900 to 1910 the Liechtenstein government called on Schädler as a medical expert, consulting him about improving water supplies in the country; he also held continuing education courses for midwives.

A foundation to establish a school for housekeeping did not come to fruition due to hyperinflation caused by economic devastation brought to the country during World War I.

[1][6] He refused to accept his nomination to the 1886 Liechtenstein general election due to work in Bad Ragaz, instead becoming a substitute, and the position was held by Wilhelm Schlegel until he returned in 1890.

[1] Most notably, Schädler defended the freedoms granted by the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein, and when Governor Friedrich Stellwag von Carion attempted to decrease the power of the Landtag and imposed a temporary censorship on the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt in 1894, he opposed the actions and pushed for improvements in social legislation.

[1] In the November 1918 Liechtenstein putsch, Wilhelm Beck, Martin Ritter and Fritz Walser proposed a motion of no confidence against Leopold Freiherr von Imhof.

[6] 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.

Schädler (front row, third from right) with members of the Landtag in 1908
Schädler with his wife Albertine Berl in 1875