Franz Wolfinger

{{Short description|Liechtenstein politician (1820–1893)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = 14 October 1820

| birth_place = Balzers, Liechtenstein

| death_date = 20 March 1893 (aged 72)

| death_place = Balzers, Liechtenstein

| spouse = {{marriage|Regina Getzner|1846|1864|end=died}}
{{marriage|Carolina Thoma|1866}}

| children = 10

| office = Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein

| term_start = 24 November 1862

| term_end = 1882

| birth_name = Franz Josef Callistus Wolfinger

| office2 = Mayor of Balzers

| predecessor2 = Johann Georg Büchel

| successor2 = Baptist Fritsche

| termstart2 = 1867

| termend2 = 1870

}}

Franz Josef Callistus Wolfinger (14 October 1820 – 20 March 1893) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1862 to 1882.{{Sfn|Vogt|1987}} He was also mayor of Balzers from 1867 to 1870.{{Cite web |last=Mayr |first=Ulrike |last2=Vogt |first2=Paul |author-link2=Paul Vogt (historian) |date=31 December 2011 |title=Balzers |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Balzers |access-date=24 November 2024 |website=Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein |language=de}}

Wolfinger worked as a postmaster in Balzers of the Thurn-und-Taxis Post from 1850, which he had taken over from his father.{{Cite web |last=Stahl |first=Oliver |date=31 December 2011 |title=Wolfinger, Franz Josef Callistus |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Wolfinger,_Franz_Josef_Callistus?marker=Franz+Wolfinger |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=31 December 2011 |title=Wolfinger, Josef Ferdinand |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Wolfinger,_Josef_Ferdinand |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} He was a judge in Balzers from 1860 to 1863. In the 1882 Liechtenstein general election, he refused his re-election to the Landtag.{{Sfn|Vogt|1987}}

He married Regina Getzner (13 November 1820 – 18 May 1864) on 11 May 1846 and they had eight children together. He then went on to marry Carolina Thoma (1837 – Unknown) on 8 January 1866 and they had another two children together. His son from his second marriage, Emil Wolfinger, also served in the Landtag.{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Wolfinger, Emil |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Wolfinger,_Emil |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}