# Florian Kindle

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**Florian Kindle** (25 November 1907 – 5 July 1994) was a politician from [Liechtenstein](/source/Liechtenstein) who served in the [Landtag of Liechtenstein](/source/Landtag_of_Liechtenstein) from 1939 to 1949.

## Career

Kindle was born on 25 November 1907 in [Triesen](/source/Triesen) as the son of his father by the same name and Amalie Futscher as one of nine children. He attended school in [Tyrol](/source/Tyrol_(state)). In 1932, he was a founding member of [FC Triesen](/source/FC_Triesen), and its first president from 1932 to 1936, 1941 to 1956, and finally from 1961 to 1964, where he obtained the nickname *Fussballtätta*. In addition, he was also a founding member of the [Liechtenstein Football Association](/source/Liechtenstein_Football_Association) and its first president from 1934 to 1954 and again from 1964 to 1966. From 1947 to 1951 he was a member of the board of directors at the Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke (LKW, Liechtenstein Power Stations).[1]

He was elected to the [Landtag of Liechtenstein](/source/Landtag_of_Liechtenstein) in [1939](/source/1939_Liechtenstein_general_election) as a member of the [Patriotic Union](/source/Patriotic_Union_(Liechtenstein)) as a part of the unified list between the party and the [Progressive Citizens' Party](/source/Progressive_Citizens'_Party) for the formation of a coalition government, where he served until 1949.[2][3] During this time, he was a member of the audit committee and was the municipal treasurer of Triesen from 1942 to 1948. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Kindle managed the distribution of food stamps in [Balzers](/source/Balzers), Triesen and [Triesenberg](/source/Triesenberg). He was later a mediator in Triesen from 1950 to 1962 and also a municipal councillor from 1957 to 1960.[1]

## Personal life and family

Kindle married Theresia Mitterer (10 August 1908 – 13 March 1984) on 26 May 1936 and they had six children together.[1] He died of a heart attack on 5 July 1994 in Triesen, aged 86 years old.[4]

His sister, [Medea de Novara](/source/Medea_de_Novara), was a Mexican actress who married Mexican film director [Miguel Contreras Torres](/source/Miguel_Contreras_Torres). The couple owned [Gutenberg Castle](/source/Gutenberg_Castle) in Balzers from 1951 to 1979.[5]

## References

1. Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). ["Kindle, Florian"](https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kindle,_Florian) (in German). *[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein](/source/Historisches_Lexikon_des_F%C3%BCrstentums_Liechtenstein)*. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

1. Vogt 1987.

1. Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). ["Stille Wahl"](https://historisches-lexikon.li/Stille_Wahl?marker=Wahl) (in German). *[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein](/source/Historisches_Lexikon_des_F%C3%BCrstentums_Liechtenstein)*. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

1. ["Florian Kindle, Triesen ✝"](https://www.eliechtensteinensia.li/viewer/image/000476564_1994/2626/#topDocAnchor) (in German). *[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt](/source/Liechtensteiner_Volksblatt)*. 2 August 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 12 May 2025.

1. Federspiel-Kieber, Loretta (31 December 2011). ["Kindle de Contreras Torres (de Reynolds), Hermine"](https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kindle_de_Contreras_Torres_(de_Reynolds),_Hermine) (in German). *[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein](/source/Historisches_Lexikon_des_F%C3%BCrstentums_Liechtenstein)*. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

## Bibliography

- Vogt, Paul (1987). *125 Jahre Landtag* (in German). Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

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