Ludwig Marxer

He founded his own law firm Marxer & Partner Rechtsanwälte in 1925, and as of 2023 this the largest law firm in Liechtenstein.^[3]

Marxer entered politics as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party and was briefly the president of the party. Following the January 1926 Liechtenstein general election a government crisis started as the governing Christian-Social People's Party refused to elect Marxer to government, which resulted in early elections being called and his resignation as party president.^[1]

Marxer had a friendship with Josef Hoop and was appointed to serve Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein on 4 August 1928.^[1][4] He resigned this position in 1933 due to his desire to focus on his law practice and was succeeded by Anton Frommelt.^[1][4] He remained a government advisor to Hoop for the rest of his premiership and officially resigned all government positions upon Hoop's resignation in 1945.^[1]

A number of his clients and business partners were Jewish, including Alfred and Fritz Rotter, which made him a target of attacks by the German National Movement in Liechtenstein (VBDL).^[1] On 16 June 1940 his house was the subject of a bombing attack.^[5] From 1937 he served in the Princely judicial council then in the Staatsgerichtshof from 1960.^[6]

Marxer married Maria Öhri (29 May 1907 – 17 March 1962), the daughter of Josef Peer, on 27 July 1932 and they had three children, including Peter Marxer who took over his law firm and was also a politician in the Progressive Citizens' Party.^[1][7] Marxer died of a stroke on 20 February 1962 at the age of 64 years old.^[1]

He found his final resting place at the Vaduz cemetery next to his parents and his older sister Isabella (1887-1935). His wife, his son Peter and Peter's son Ludwig (1962-2006), who also became a lawyer and crime writer, were later buried in the family grave as well.