Forstner, August#
b. Vienna, July 29, 1876, d. Tulln (Lower Austria), Feb. 14, 1941, social-democratic politician. From 1892 ran a transport business; 1899 founded and edited the magazine "Die Peitsche" (from 1904 "Das Zeitrad"). 1907-1918 member of the Reichsrat, 1918-1920 member of the Provisional and then the Constituent National Assembly, 1920-1934 member of the Nationalrat.
Literature#
A. Magaziner, Die Wegbereiter, 1975.