Ludwig August Bretschneider

Ludwig Bretschneider

Ludwig August Bretschneider (born August 22, 1860 in Vienna ; † August 4, 1929 there ) was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (SDAP).

education and profession

Ludwig August Bretschneider attended an arts and crafts school after primary school. He worked as a sculptor, editor of equality , the Arbeiter-Zeitung and the people's tribune .

Private

The son of a kit maker was born in one of those houses on the Rechten Wienzeile that later had to give way to the construction of the forward building .

Political functions

• Member of the executive committee of the Social Democratic Labor Party and party secretary
• 1907: Member of the Reichsrat
• 1918–1919: Member of the Lower Austrian Landtag
• October 21, 1918-16. February 1919: Member of the Provisional National Assembly
• March 4, 1919-9. November 1920: Member of the Constituent National Assembly
• November 10th-18th May 1927: Member of the National Council

Ludwig August Bretschneider was involved in the organization of the Hainfeld party congress. In 1890 he organized the May Day celebrations in place of the imprisoned Victor Adler . Since he was responsible for "equality" and the "Arbeiter-Zeitung", he was arrested by the police several times.

Commemoration

In 1930, Bretschneidergasse in the 19th district of Döbling was named after him in memory of Ludwig August Bretschneider .

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Bretschneider  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ludwig August Bretschneider on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Biographical data from Ludwig August Bretschneider in the Biographical Manual of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921
• Ludwig August Bretschneider. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)