Josef Gassner

Josef Gassner (9 June 1873 – 11 December 1943) was a farmer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as a government councillor from 1928 to 1932. A member of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), he previously served as mayor of Vaduz from 1921 to 1927.

Life Gassner was born on 9 June 1873 in Vaduz as the son of his father by the same name and Franziska (née Boss) as one of two children. He attended school in the municipality and worked as a farmer. He was also a forest ranger in Vaduz from 1900 to 1920. He was a long-time member of the Vaduz church choir.

He was a member of the Vaduz municipal council from 1906 to 1912 and again from 1915 to 1921. During this time, the villa district designed by Ernst Sommerlad and Erwin Hinderer began construction in 1926. In 1924, Gassner was nominated as mayor by the Christian-Social People's Party(VP), but was again a member of the FBP by 1928. He unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1922.

Gassner married Albertina Wolf (28 August 1875 – 13 January 1962) on 11 February 1901 and they had three children together.