Gazette de Berne

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The Gazette de Berne was published from 1689 to 1798. The official name of the newspaper published in Bern was Nouvelles de divers endroits from 1689 to 1787 and Nouvelles politiques from 1788 to 1798 , but it was known as the Gazette de Berne .

Content

The Gazette de Berne wanted to familiarize the political circles in Bern with the most important foreign events. The main part is made up of correspondence from many parts of the world, with an emphasis on reporting from Paris and London. The Gazette took a critical position on French politics; it was only after the French Revolution that it sympathized with the new regime in the neighboring country. The French ambassador to Switzerland repeatedly complained to the Bern government about reports from the Gazette.

Politically harmless news from Bern or the Swiss Confederation was only published occasionally . This is also due to the fact that the censorship of the authorities intervened, especially in the case of unpleasant reports about events from their own territory. By printing event reports from correspondents from distant cities, there was usually a longer period of time between an event and its becoming known. In bad weather or difficult road conditions, the post office sometimes stayed away; In this case, the news arrived in Bern late. The editors also worked with news from foreign newspapers, which they rearranged.

Each issue was four or eight pages long. The reports bore the titles of the city they came from. In the 18th century, the newspaper contained individual advertisements aimed at the upper class. Offers for sale of houses, recommendations from inns or the announcement of new books appeared. After the French Revolution, the Gazette reported extensively on the events in Paris. The paper also reported repeatedly on the Enlightenmentists Rousseau and Voltaire .

history

When the patrician Beat Fischer received the concession to run a postal company from the state of Bern in 1675 , he was also commissioned to supply the authorities with newspapers from abroad. On this basis, Fischer entered the newspaper business and had newspapers printed in Bern himself. 1689 he presented a French Huguenots as editor of that produced the new newspaper, which appeared 1689-1798 twice a week.

Only about two thirds of the published editions are still scattered in different libraries. A total of 40,000 pages still exist today that have been digitized by the University Library of Bern .

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