Upper Austrian Volksblatt

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Upper Austrian Volksblatt
Logo of the Upper Austria. Volksblatt
description Austrian daily newspaper
publishing company Upper Austrian Media Data Distribution and Publishing GmbH
First edition January 2, 1869
Frequency of publication daily (except sunday)
Editor-in-chief Christian Haubner
editor Upper Austrian Media Data Distribution and Publishing GmbH
Web link volksblatt.at

The Upper Austrian Volksblatt (until September 2018 Neues Volksblatt , abbreviated Oö. Volksblatt ) is a Christian- social daily newspaper owned by the Upper Austrian People's Party . It is the oldest federal state daily newspaper in Austria (outside of Vienna), appears daily from Monday to Saturday in the Upper Austrian capital Linz, and its reporting serves the federal state of Upper Austria as well as parts of Lower Austria , Salzburg and Vienna .

history

1869 to 1945

The newspaper was launched on January 2, 1869 as the Linzer Volksblatt by the Catholic Press Association . This makes it the third oldest daily newspaper still in existence in Austria and the oldest in Upper Austria. The “Volksblatt” was founded as the mouthpiece of the Linz Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier (1811–1884) in the journalistic discussion of German liberalism and its “ Linzer Tages-Post ” established in 1865 . From 1869 to 1903 the newspaper was based in the house at Rathausgasse 5 where the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler lived during his Linz years (1612–1626) .

One of the most prominent “Volksblatt” readers was the Viennese poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), co-founder of the Salzburg Festival and author of the mystery play Jedermann, which has since been performed there . From his summer vacation in Bad Fuschl (Salzburg), the budding poet and playwright wrote to his colleague Arthur Schnitzler on July 13, 1891 : "I read Homer, Maupassant, the Linz Volksblatt, Eichendorff ..." and on July 18, 1915 Hofmannsthal from Bad Aussee sent the German Insel-Verlag documents for the application of the “Austrian Library”, of which he was the editor; on a list of the “oesterr. Provincial journals ”he referred to as“ the most important ones with x ”, and of course the“ Linzer Volksblatt ”is there.

On the night of March 11-12, 1938, the National Socialists stormed the newspaper's editorial offices. After Austria was annexed to Hitler's Germany , the “Linzer Volksblatt” was forcibly suspended by the new rulers on June 30, 1938. The Catholic Press Association had to cede the publishing house and the printing company to the Berlin Nazi publishing house “Die Standarte” for a fraction of the actual value. The domestic affairs editor was imprisoned, for some time in a concentration camp.

1945 until today

On October 8, 1945, the paper was re-established and until 1950 leased to the Upper Austrian People's Party as a party newspaper . Then the "Volksblatt" was published again as a regional Christian daily newspaper by the Catholic Press Association. In these post-war years, it became a popular publication platform for young authors. On December 7, 1946, the first literary publication by the Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), still under the name Helene Haushofer, appeared in the “Volksblatt”: the short story “Die bloutigen Tränen”. In 1953/54 the young poet Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) also published several early literary texts in the weekend features section of the “Volksblatt”, including for the first time and exclusively to this day the poem “January” (on January 5, 1954) and the short story “ The Fall of the West ”(July 17, 1954); The stories “From seven firs and from snow. A fairytale Christmas story ”(December 24, 1953, reprinted December 22, 2007) and“ The poor house of St. Laurin or the world at the door ”(March 13, 1954, reprinted January 5, 2007).

In 1971, the Upper Austrian ÖVP finally bought the “Volksblatt” from the owner at the time, Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag , in order to prevent it from being converted into a regional edition of the Grazer Kleine Zeitung . In the same year the Upper Austria edition was expanded to include a Lower Austria edition. After the “Niederösterreichische Volksblatt” was discontinued, the previous “Linzer Volksblatt” was renamed “Neues Volksblatt” on September 28, 1974, as it now contained not only the Upper Austrian but also some Lower Austrian pages. At the beginning of the 1970s, the circulation rose to a record high of around 50,000 copies, and the reach to around 125,000 readers. Since the switch from large to small format in 1993, there was also a cooperation with the Salzburger Volkszeitung until 2005 . Today the “Volksblatt” appears in four colors with a circulation of around 22,000 copies, supplemented by a Saturday magazine at the weekend.

Until 1938, only Catholic clergy held the office of editor-in-chief. The publishing house has been headed by Walter Dipolt since October 2005. The 18th editor-in-chief has been Christian Haubner since August 2013.

In mid-September 2018, the newspaper was renamed - along with a re-branding - to the current name "Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt".

The Neue Volksblatt is a partner of Life Radio (13.2982%), a cooperative member of the Austria Press Agency , a member of the Association of Austrian Newspapers (VÖZ) and is committed to the code of honor for the Austrian press .

Known (former) employees

  • Werner Rohrhofer (* 1949), editor-in-chief 2004–2013
  • Franz Rohrhofer (* 1938), editor-in-chief 1997-2004
  • Peter Klar (* 1932), editor-in-chief 1971–1995
  • Harry Slapnicka (1918–2011), editor-in-chief 1961–1970, historian
  • Hubert Feichtlbauer (1932–2017), later editor-in-chief "Kurier"
  • Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (1951–2016), composer and music critic
  • Fridolin Dallinger (* 1933), composer and music critic

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Just traveled through . Book accompanying the exhibition in the Stifterhaus in Linz. Linz 2009, ISBN 978-3-900424-74-9 .
  2. ↑ Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag (Hrsg.): Tradition as an obligation. 350 years of printing history from Johann Planck to the Upper Austrian state publisher . 1st edition. Landesverlag, Linz 1972, p. 83, 86 .
  3. ^ "Neues Volksblatt" gets a new editor-in-chief. Christian Haubner succeeds Werner Rohrhofer, who will retire in mid-2013. In: Der Standard, December 12, 2012.