Linz newspaper

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Linz newspaper
Linzer Zeitung 1846-02-02.jpg
language German
publishing company Printer of the Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government (Austria)
First edition 1676
Article archive Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Linzer Zeitung (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / lazfrom the years 1816–1818 and 1835–1846 (search term "LAZ")

The Linzer Zeitung is an Austrian magazine with an editorial office in Linz . With its first publication date in 1676, it is the second oldest published print medium in the world. In 1926 the current name Official Linzer Zeitung was introduced.

history

The oldest handwritten "Neue Zeitung" in Upper Austria dates from 1540 and is in the Freistadt city ​​archive. However, the state's first newspaper prints were made in the state capital Linz.

The printer Johann Planck (also called Johann Blanck or Hans Planck) from Erfurt received the first printing license in Upper Austria on February 13, 1615. In order to improve his financial situation, Planck wanted to earn money by printing newspapers. His request was rejected by the Upper Austrian estates on September 17, 1615.

The next attempt was made by the Linz printer, Crispinus Voytlender, who wrote a letter to the mayor, judge and council of Enns on July 16, 1630 . In it he announced that he “had recently been encouraged and approved by the laudable provincial governorate to print the weekly Ordinari newspapers”. He asked the officials mentioned to subscribe to the product and sent 30 copies for viewing. The existence of this Ordinari newspaper is documented by three receipts from the city ​​chamber of Freistadt from 1630. Although the number of printers based in Linz can be documented, copies of this magazine were subsequently lacking, which can be attributed to the chaos of war at the time, the poor paper quality, the low documentary interest and the short print runs.

1676 to 1925

The oldest completely preserved sheet of the Linzer Zeitung from May 11, 1677 (Upper Austria. State Library)

In 1674 Hanns Jakob Mayr migrated from Kempten in the Allgäu to Linz and was accepted as a printer on September 14th. He competed with Caspar Freyschmid's existing printing house by founding a second printing house in Linz. At the end of 1675 he received permission from the governorate to print the information sheets, which until then had only been handwritten . Mayr probably started printing the Linzer Zeitung at the beginning of 1676 , which is currently 1676 as the year it was founded. The Linzer Zeitung is the second oldest periodical in the world after the Haarlems Dagblad , and it is the official print medium with the longest history.

The Lintzerisch Extract-Blatl der Ordinari-Zeitung has been informing its readers twice a week since the 17th century, primarily with so-called post messages from Vienna, Munich or Frankfurt, in which the most important events of the world at that time were summarized. With the imperial privilege from 1694 and the strict censorship regulations, the Linzer Zeitung transformed into a court newspaper with the character of an official gazette.

At the turn of the year 1701, Franz Zachäus Auinger from Steyr opened the third printing company in Linz and at the same time acquired the right to produce the Linzer Zeitung. The Auinger printing company published the Linzer Zeitung continuously for 112 years.

In 1803 the newspaper was given the new name Linzer Zeitung and in 1814 it was reorganized into the main paper , the official gazette and an intelligence paper . The first section reported on events at home and abroad, the second section served to publish laws and ordinances of the state government, and in the third part commercial or private advertisements were placed.

In 1815 Friedrich Emanuel Eurich received a fifth printing license for Linz. The authorities refuted the protest of the local printers with the argument that Linz could use a fifth printer after the connection of the Innviertel to Upper Austria. Moreover, Eurich behaved excellently during the Franco-Prussian War and therefore deserves special support. The Eurich'sche Druckerei published the Linzer Zeitung for a total of 65 years.

After the revolutionary year of 1848, the Linzer Zeitung received not only freedom of the press, but also its most famous editor to date: Adalbert Stifter , who had previously written political leading articles, took over as press officer for the governor at short notice, from spring to October 1849, the editor of the paper and was then until on his death as a freelancer.

Ferdinand Krackowitzer , the first director of the Upper Austrian State Archives , wrote in his handwritten memorial book that Anton Ferdinand Ritter von Schwabenau, kk Kreiscommissär and Church President of the Upper Austrian Museal Association of 1863-1869, even after his retirement extremely rare, old vintages of Linzer newspaper in the paper ramming sent.

Official Linz newspaper

In 1926 the newspaper became the official gazette of the Upper Austria. State government with the name Official Linzer Zeitung . Although it is an official gazette for the whole of Upper Austria, the traditional title was retained. In order to avoid misunderstandings, however, the addition "Official Journal for Upper Austria" was added in 1931.

Header

Headline of the Linzer Zeitung from May 17, 1816
Headline of the Linzer Zeitung from January 2, 1931

The headlines reflect the position of the Linzer Zeitung as well as some important historical events.

The headline from 1677 makes it clear that the Linzer Zeitung gets its information mainly from another, at that time more important magazine, namely the Wiener Ordinari-Zeitung. These messages were tailored (extracted) for the Upper Austrian readership and supplemented with local information.

The imperial privilege of 1694 meant an upgrading of the Linzer Zeitung , but at the same time also the submission to the strict imperial censorship.

After the battle of Ebelsberg on May 3, 1809, the Linzer Zeitung had to take a short break. On May 22nd, the next edition of the Linzer Zeitung appeared with a different subtitle, namely with the approval of the Napoleonic governor instead of the emperor. The dictated reports praised the French ruler: "The victories of Napoleon the Great are not only the wonder and pride of the century, they are also the happiness and benefit of the nations".

In 1860, 12 years after the first patent on freedom of the press in the revolutionary year 1848, but before the final abolition of censorship in 1867, the subtitle with reference to the imperial privilege was dropped.

With the annexation to National Socialist Germany, the term Upper Austria was replaced by Upper Danube.

The name chosen in 1946 is the headline, which has remained unchanged for most of the 400-year history of the magazine.

The headings in detail:

  • 1630 Ordinari newspapers (permission from the governorate)
  • 1677 Lintzerisch Extract-Blatl of the Ordinari newspapers (permission from the governorate)
  • 1694 Lintzer: Mondays (Fridays) Ordinari newspapers (Cum speciali Gratia & Privilegio Sac. Cae. Maj.)
  • 1707 Lintzer: Mondays (Freytags) Ordinari-Zeitung (With Roman Kays. Majest. Most gracious Privilegio)
  • 1737 Lintzerische Mondays (Freytags) Ordinari-Zeitung (With Roman Kayserl. Majesty. Most gracious Freyheit)
  • 1758 Lintzerische Mondays (Freytags) Ordinari-Zeitung (with the Roman Emperor also to Hungarn and Böheim King !. Apostolic Majesty Most Gracious Frey)
  • 1772 Linzerische Mondays (Freytags) Ordinari-Zeitung (With the Roman Emperor also to Hungarn and Böheim Royal Apostolic Majesty Most Gracious Frey)
  • 1803 Linzer-Zeitung (with kk most gracious freedom)
  • 1809 Linzer-Zeitung (with license from His Excellency the Governor of Linz and Upper Austria)
  • 1810 Linzer Zeitung (with kk most gracious freedom)
  • (1815?) Imperial. Royal privileged Linzer newspaper
  • 1821 Imperial and royal privileged Linzer newspaper
  • 1860 Linzer newspaper
  • 1870 Linz newspaper
  • 1927 Official Linz newspaper
  • 1931 Official Linz newspaper. Official Journal for Upper Austria
  • 1938 (from August 5th) Official Linz newspaper. Official journal for Upper Danube
  • 1940 (from May 3) public gazette (formerly the official Linzer newspaper)
  • 1945 Upper Austrian Official Gazette
  • since 1946: Official Linzer Zeitung. Official Journal for Upper Austria

Printer / editor

The first Linz printers:

  • 1615–1626 Johann Planck
  • 1630–1634 Crispinus Voytlender, first editor of Ordinari newspapers in Linz
  • 1634–1640 Johann Paltauf, from 1640 the first book printer in Klagenfurt
  • 1640–1641 Gregor Kürner
  • 1641–1649 Maria Kürner, his widow
  • 1649–1670 Ulrich Kürner, their son
  • 1670–1671 Maria Elisabeth Kürner, his widow
  • 1671–1674 Caspar Freyschmid (Kaspar Freischmied), her husband

List of verifiable publishers of the Linzer Zeitung:

  • 1674–1678 Hans Jakob Mayr, founder of the second printing company in Linz
  • 1678–1682 the widow of Hanns Jakob Mayr
  • 1683–1701 Johann Rädlmayr (Johann Radlmayr)
  • 1702–1730 Franz Zachäus Auinger, founder of the third printing company in Linz
  • 1730–1779 Johann Adam Auinger
  • 1779–1814 Franz Xaver Auinger
  • 1815-1818 Wenzel Schlesinger
  • 1819–1851 Friedrich Emanuel Eurich, founder of the fifth printing company in Linz
  • 1851–1864 Alexander Eurich, Ferdinand Eurich, Barbara Eurich
  • 1864-1881 Alexander Eurich
  • 1881–1884 children of Alexander Eurich
  • 1884–1896 Jos. Feichtinger's heirs : Viktor Ritter von Drouot
  • 1896–1898 Eurichsche Druckerei: Eduard Werner
  • 1898-1906 Mareis
  • 1906–1918 Central printing company in Linz
  • 1918–1926 Catholic press association of the Diocese of Linz
  • since 1926 print shop of the office of the Upper Austria. State government

Preserved copies

Fragments from the years 1677, 1684 and 1688 in Upper Austria. State Library

The oldest surviving copy is issue no. 38 (XXXVIII) from May 11, 1677 and is in the Upper Austrian regional library . This edition contains news from Vienna on May 9th, from Strasbourg on May 4th, from Cologne on May 2nd, from Liege and Hague on April 30th, from Brussels on April 29th and from Copenhagen on April 22nd. The dating of the notes also allows conclusions to be drawn about the speed of news dissemination at the time.

So-called newspaper incunabula of old Linz newspapers from the 17th century have only been preserved in three archives. In many cases these are “book cover finds”, because the bookbinders used old newspapers, letters, calendars and files to create book covers. Individual sheets or fragments are in the Upper Austrian State Library from 1677–1690, in the Freistadt City Archive from 1680–1694 (since 1949 in the Upper Austrian State Archive) and in the Linz Municipal Collections from 1683. Entire sheets are from the years 1677-1680, 1684-1685, 1687, and 1693-1694.

From 1700 there are numerous surviving specimens, also outside of Upper Austria.

See also

literature

  • Franziska Thumfart: The history of the "Linzer Zeitung" from 1630 to 1952. Phil. Dissertation at the University of Vienna 1955, 212 sheets (typewriter).
  • Georg Grüll : Documentary contributions to the history of the Linz newspapers in the 17th century. In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1953. Linz 1954, pp. 467–474 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • Hans Commenda junior : New territory in newspaper history Upper Austria. I. The beginnings and the "Linzer Zeitung". II. Adalbert Stifter as a political publicist. In: The Austrian newspaper dealer. Year 7, Vienna 1964, No. 3, pp. 11-13 and No. 4, pp. 26-28.
  • Helmut W. Lang: The beginnings of the periodical press in Linz. In: Biblos. 18th year, 1969, pp. 224-238.
  • Else Bogel, Elger Blühm (Hrsg.): The German newspapers of the 17th century. An inventory with historical and bibliographical information , Studien der Publizistik 17, Bremen 1971 (supplementary volume 1985).
  • Office of the Upper Austrian State Government - Press Department (Ed.): The oldest periodical in the world. Festschrift. 350 years of the official Linzer Zeitung. Linz 1980, 76 pages, therein:
    Peter Baumgartner: The founding history of the Official Linzer Newspaper. Pp. 5-7.
    Peter Baumgartner: Historical events from the perspective of the Linzer Zeitung. Pp. 20-26.
    Peter Baumgartner: The ReichsPresseschaf. Pp. 27-29.
    Johann Lachinger: Adalbert Stifter as editor of the Linzer Zeitung. Pp. 71-73.
  • Peter Baumgartner : 1772, 1630 or 1667? How old is the “Linzer Zeitung”? In: From the treasure trove of knowledge to the place of learning. 235 years of “bibliotheca publica”. Ten years of Upper Austria. State Library. Festschrift. Linz 2009, pp. 85–90 ( PDF on landesbibliothek.at).

Web links

Commons : Linzer Zeitung  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grüll 1953, p. 467.
  2. ↑ Upper Austrian Provincial Archives: Museal archive. Linz 2004, p. 3, Sch./Fasz. 1, point 3 ("Linz prints by the landscape printer Johann Blanck (5 poetry volumes) including a poem for the wedding of Blanck 1617-21"; PDF file on landesarchiv-ooe.at).
  3. ^ A b c Ferdinand Krackowizer: The first Linz book printer Hans Planck and his successors in the 17th century. In: Archives for the History of the Diocese of Linz. Year 3, Linz 1906, pp. 134–190, here p. 10f ( digitized on landesbibliothek.at).
  4. ↑ a b Grüll 1953, p. 468.
  5. ↑ a b c Grüll 1953, p. 469.
  6. ↑ Grüll 1953, p. 470.
  7. ^ A b Rudolf Walter Litschel: Johann Planck, the first Linz printer. In: Tradition as an obligation. 350 years of printing history from Johann Planck to the Upper Austrian state publisher. Published for the 100th anniversary of the printing house of the Catholic Press Association of the Diocese of Linz. Linz 1972, pp. 41–52, here p. 56.
  8. ↑ Baumgartner 1980, p. 7.
  9. ↑ Baumgartner 2009, p. 90.
  10. ↑ Ferdinand Krackowitzer : From my life and my time. Memories from the years 1844–70 . Linz 1912/13, p. 370.
  11. ↑ Baumgartner 1980, p. 20.
  12. ↑ a b c Festschrift 1980, p. 8.
  13. ↑ a b c Manuel Schwembacher: Printer in Linz. on stifterhaus.at from May 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Peter Freyschmid" is a mistake on page 8 of the 1980 Festschrift.
  15. ↑ Issue No. 33 of April 24, 1677, which Grüll quoted (Grüll 1953, p. 470), is now considered lost.
  16. ↑ a b c d Grüll 1953, p. 471.