Franz Moshammer

Franz Moßhammer (born August 12, 1882 in Laibach , † December 14, 1964 in Bischofshofen ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and employee of the ÖBB. He was a member of the National Council from 1927 to 1934 and a member of the Austrian Federal Council from 1945 to 1953 .

education and profession

Moßhammer was born in what was then Kronland Krain and attended elementary school in Bischofshofen. He then completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith in the Pongau town of Radstadt and became a journeyman locksmith. In the course he had learned, he also worked in Switzerland before he joined the Austro-Hungarian State Railways in Bischofshofen as a locomotive driver in 1900. From 1902 to 1904 he was a worker in Linz and from 1904 worked as a locomotive driver in Bischofshofen. From 1918 to 1933 he was machine master of the Austrian Federal Railways in Bischofshofen, from 1933 he worked as an innkeeper. Between 1934 and 1945 he was arrested several times.

Politics and functions

Moßhammer was a member of the community council of Bischofshofen from 1912 and directed the fortunes of the community between 1920 and 1934 and from 1945 to 1959 as mayor. He represented the Social Democratic Party from May 18, 1927 to October 1, 1930 and from December 2, 1930 to February 17, 1934 in the National Council. In 1945 he became a member of the provisional state party representation and on December 19, 1945 a member of the Federal Council. He belonged to this until June 8, 1953, where he was deputy chairman of the Federal Council from December 19, 1945 to June 30, 1946. Furthermore, Moßhammer was a member of the regional executive committee of the Social Democratic Party of Salzburg from 1946 to 1960 and its deputy chairman from 1946 to 1949. He also worked as chairman of the working group of socialist community representatives. Moshammer wrote numerous reports on his political activities.

In 1957, Moßhammer was made an honorary citizen of Bischofshofen for his services. In 1976 the local secondary school was named "Franz-Moßhammer-Hauptschule".

literature

• Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political and Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 32). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2 .

Web links

• Franz Moßhammer on the website of the Austrian Parliament