Gustav Ospelt

Gustav Ospelt (6 August 1877 – 16 August 1934) was an entrepreneur and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1928 to 1930. He was previously the mayor of Vaduz from 1916 to 1921.

Life Ospelt was born on 6 August 1877 in Vaduz as the son of locksmith Christoph Ospelt and Sophie (née Konrad) as one of three children. He worked as a locksmith and farmer. In 1897, he took over his father's metalworking business, which he expanded.

He was a member of the Vaduz municipal council from 1909 to 1916 and was deputy mayor of the municipality from 1915 to 1916. During this time, he was a proponent for cultivating the Rhine meadows to lessen the food shortages created during World War I. He was also a judge at the regional, state and criminal courts. He was again a member of the Vaduz municipal council from 1921 to 1930. His son Gustav Ospelt took over his company and expanded it into an international manufacturing that would become .