Julius Adolph von Sons

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Title page of the first edition from January 15, 1609

Julius Adolph von Sons (*? † January 24, 1616 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a printer and newspaper editor in Wolfenbüttel.

Live and act

Von Söhne took over a printing company in Wolfenbüttel in 1605, which had existed there since 1539. He had received the title of court printer. In his office (printer's workshop), funeral sermons, occasional pamphlets and ordinances in particular were printed. Furthermore, he was the editor of the second oldest German-language newspaper , the " Aviso Relation or newspaper ", the first edition of which appeared on January 15, 1609 in Wolfenbüttel. Previously there had only been “handwritten newspapers”. In addition, the printed news reports came from correspondents from several German or European cities, such as Cologne, Antwerp, Prague, Vienna, Rome and Venice. However, there was no regional news.

Printing units (selection)

  • Franciscus Algermann: Grabschrifft / Auff the early fatal departure and Princely names / Des… Mr. Heinrichen Julii / des jungern / Hertzieh zu Braunschweigk vnd Lüneburgk / etc.: the on October 7th… to Grüningen / im Stifft Halberstadt / Anno & c. 1597. born / and ... the 11th July, Anno & c. 1606.… on the Princely Vestung Wolffenbüttel / blessedly different / Folgents also buried there on the 21st ejusdem…; And of the untimely death of the pious / and long life of the wicked / and their terrible end / From the 4th cap. of the book of whiteness. Wolffenbüttel 1606, OCLC 257587353 .
  • Aviso Relation or newspaper What has happened and has happened in Germany and Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, England, France, Ungern, Austria, Sweden, Poland and in all provinces in East and West India etc; so all here the ... arrived. Wolfenbüttel 1609-1624, OCLC 311715602 .

literature

  • Walter Schöne (Ed.): The Aviso of the year 1609. The German newspaper in the first century of its existence (1609–1700). Volume 1 (with facsimile print of the 1609 volume of "Aviso"), Leipzig 1939.
  • Wilhelm Hartmann: Wolfenbüttel as the printing site for the “Aviso” from 1609, the oldest periodically printed newspaper. In: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Volume 31, 1959.
  • Britta Berg: Newspapers and magazines from Braunschweig including Helmstedt (until 1810) and Wolfenbüttel (until 1918). In: Braunschweiger workpieces. Volume 93, Braunschweig 1995.
  • Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 657 .
  • Braunschweiger Zeitung Spezial: 400 years of Aviso. 400 years of newspapers in Germany. No. 1, Braunschweig 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Britta Berg: Sons, Julius Adolph von. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 657 .
personal data
SURNAME Sons, Julius Adolph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Editor of the second oldest German-language newspaper, the "Aviso, Relation or Zeitung"
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1616
Place of death Wolfenbüttel