Grazer Volksblatt

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Grazer Volksblatt was the title of an Austrian daily newspaper that appeared in Graz between 1868 and 1939 in the 2 ° format .

Politically, it had a Christian-social orientation and was the main organ of the Styrian Catholics. Its founders saw the newspaper as a counterattack against liberal and anti-clerical circles, which primarily meant the “Grazer Tagespost”. Until 1900 the motto was: "Love the truth, the daughter of God". Karl Schwechler was the newspaper's editor-in-chief for many years . Under his leadership from 1900 to 1927 the distribution and the number of subscribers could be increased considerably. Schwechler's predecessor as editor-in-chief was Franz Puchas , who succeeded Josef Zapletal in this position.

From January 1, 1868, it was initially published weekly, and from July 1, 1868, twice a day, except on Sundays and Mondays. From 1870 it was circulated once a day. From December 1901 the course of the publication changed again to twice a day. After the outbreak of war, the editorial of the Catholic newspaper was redesigned; it now mainly reported on war events and appeared three times a day between 1914 and 1918. From 1922 onwards there was again one issue per day, except on Mondays.

After the National Socialists came to power in Austria in 1938, the owner publishing house Styria was incorporated into the “ Südostdeutsche Zeitungsverlag ” in Munich and the Grazer Volksblatt was renamed the “Südostdeutsche Tageszeitung”. This finally stopped its publication at the end of 1939.

literature

  • Helmut W. Lang (Ed.): Austrian Retrospective Bibliography (ORBI). Row 2: Austrian Newspapers 1492–1945. Volume 2: Helmut W. Lang, Ladislaus Lang, Wilma Buchinger: Bibliography of the Austrian newspapers 1621–1945. AT THE. Edited at the Austrian National Library. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23384-1 , p. 315
  • Aschacher, Nora: Die Presse der Steiermark from 1918 to 1955. Vienna 1972. (Diss.)

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