Rupert Quaderer (journalist)

Rupert Quaderer (9 May 1891 – 14 September 1975) was a politician and journalist from Liechtenstein.

Rupert Quaderer
Born9 May 1891
Died14 September 1975
Schaan, Liechtenstein
Spouse
Maria Thöny
(m. 1924; died 1974)
Children5, including Rupert Quaderer

Career

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Quaderer was born on 9 May 1891 in Schaan as the son of his father by the same name and Katharina Bargetze. He had an apprenticeship as a bookseller at the Franz Unterberger bookstore in Feldkirch. In 1919, he opened a bookstore in Schaan. He worked in the law firm Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte for several years.[1]

From 1924 to 1927 Quaderer was the Schaan municipal treasurer. He was a member of the local school board from 1938 to 1941 and from 1942 to 1948 a member of the Schaan municipal council as a member of the Patriotic Union.[1] In 1938, and again from 1939 to 1940, he was the editor of the Liechtensteiner Vaterland.[2] From 1946 to 1965 he was the head of the Liechtenstein Motor Vehicle Inspection Office.[1]

Personal life

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Quaderer married Maria Thöny (31 October 1899 – 27 July 1974) on 17 November 1924 and they had five children together.[1] His son, Rupert Quaderer is a Liechtenstein historian.[3]

He died on 14 September 1975 in Schaan, aged 84 years old.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Biedermann, Klaus (31 December 2011). "Quaderer, Rupert (1891–1975)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ Marxer, Wilfried (2015). "Liechtensteiner Vaterland". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ Editorial (6 November 2018). "Quaderer, Rupert (*1942)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Rupert Quaderer ✝". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 4 November 1975. Retrieved 22 May 2024.