Emil Batliner

Emil Batliner (19 April 1869 – 11 June 1947) was a Liechtensteiner entrepreneur and political figure who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1909 to 1918 and again from 1926 to 1939. He was Mayor of Mauren from 1909 to 1918 and again from 1924 to 1930.

Early life Batliner was born on 19 April 1869 in Mauren as the son of Bartholomäus Batliner and his mother Maria Ursula Meier as one of ten children. His father was a successful entrepreneur who earned his money by selling peat logs and running his own schnapps distillery. He worked as a farmer. Batliner refused to be a member of the committee and promptly resigned from the Landtag.

From 1926 to 1939 he was once again was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein. He was Vice President of the Landtag four times – from 1926 to 1928, 1932 to 1933, 1934 to 1935 and finally from 1937 to 1938. He was a member of the state aid commission after the Rhine collapse in 1927.

Personal life Batliner married Emilie Walser (26 October 1872 – 18 January 1955) on 27 September 1893 and they had twelve children together, four of whom emigrated to the United States and Brazil. He died on 11 June 1947, aged 78 years old.