Mecklenburg monthly magazines

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Mecklenburg monthly magazines

language German, Low German
publishing company Hinstorff Verlag (until 1935) (Germany)
First edition 1925
Frequency of publication monthly (until 1943)
editor Johannes Gillhoff († 1930)

The Mecklenburg monthly magazine with the subtitle Zeitschrift zur Pflege Heimatlicher Art und Kunst was a local history magazine in Mecklenburg , which appeared from 1925 to 1943.

history

The writer and teacher Johannes Gillhoff moved back to his homeland in Ludwigslust in 1924 after his retirement . Originally he had planned to write a kind of continuation of his novel Jürnjakob Swehn der Amerikafahrer , but "now Hinstorff's request regarding the publication of the new monthly issues got in the way". The first issue of the Mecklenburg monthly issue appeared in January 1925 in the home publishing house of the Hinstorff'schen Hofbuchhandlung Ludwigslust , the Ludwigsluster branch of the Rostock Hinstorff publishing house , run by Otto Kärst . For financial reasons, Kärst sold the Ludwigsluster publishing shares on May 1, 1925 to Peter E. Erichson , who had already taken over the Hinstorff print shop in 1907. Kärst went to work at the new publishing house in Rostock and was responsible for the advertising part of the monthly issues. Johannes Gillhoff remained the editor in charge.

The monthly booklet contained a mixture of regional literature, local history articles, works on the nature and history of Mecklenburg as well as biographical texts. Studies on the Low German language by Richard Wossidlo and Hermann Teuchert appeared regularly . Works by well-known visual artists such as Carl Malchin , Fritz Koch-Gotha , Margarete Scheel and Ernst Barlach were presented. Gillhoff also placed high demands on the quality of paper and printing.

In 1930 Gillhoff died. The booklets were initially published under the direction of the art historian Oscar Gehrig .

After 1933, the monthly journals were increasingly brought into line by the National Socialist regime. Until September 1936 (12th year, 141st issue) they could still be published by Carl Hinstorffs Verlag in Rostock. After Erichson had made himself increasingly unpopular with the rulers, the monthly magazines had to appear from October 1936 (142nd issue) in the regime-loyal Niederdeutscher Beobachter publishing house in Schwerin, initially under the title Monatshefte Mecklenburg-Lübeck , 1937/38 as monthly magazines for Mecklenburg . Then the old title was reintroduced. In 1943 the magazine finally stopped its publication.

During the National Socialist era, the writer Friedrich Griese was the editor of the monthly magazine for a short time in 1936/37 . Griese took over the editorial office with great expectations on October 1, 1936 and gave it up again on April 1, 1937, deeply disappointed, as evidenced by letters from this period.

To his long-time friend Wilhelm Bolland , forest geometer and NSDAP member in Schwerin , Griese wrote: “The monthly books? I didn’t like to do that, Willem Bolland, I foresaw many swulses, some of which have already occurred and others will be happy to follow. Let's talk about that when you're here. The main thing in my work will be to prevent certain things and to bring in as much good as possible. This is only intended for you. "

Griese described his disappointment to a long-time friend, Paul Brockhaus , editor of the yearbook Der Wagen in Lübeck , towards the end of his time as a publisher: “I should be encouraged to turn a local magazine into a political one. At the time, I had all assurances given to me, but then all sorts of sub-organizations [of the NSDAP] that were sponsors intervened, and that was when the external and internal pressure began. From the start I did not give in in the slightest, but then the Gauleiter was brought in, and this dragged on the matter in an unbearable manner at times. Editor-in-chief Wilhelm Bartholdy worked in a rather hideous manner; and because I was then unable to do otherwise, I resigned from the editorial office. I also didn't have any more influence on the January / March issues and only left my name to the publisher in order not to let the noise become too obvious. A short note will appear in the April issue, which - again after a long struggle - I got through as it now looks. With that this matter is now closed; and I'm sorry about the matter, I had all sorts of good plans. Basically something very ridiculous: you start something on October 1st and hand it in again on April 1st; but if I didn't want to be 'unfaithful', I had to act like that. "

In the years 1956/57 there was a brief attempt at revival in the GDR as Neue Mecklenburgische Monatshefte . The series was discontinued after only eight issues.

Special issues

In the series of the Mecklenburg monthly issues numerous issues have appeared as thematic focus issues, referred to by the publisher as "special issues". Published:

The Mecklenburg Baltic Sea coast (June / July 1925); Röbel, On the 700th anniversary (June 1926); Mecklenburg's Hunt (August 1926); Rostock, the sea and Hanseatic city (November 1926); The state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (May 1927); Ludwigslust (September 1927); "House and Apartment" (November 1927); Hagenow (March 1928); Schwerin, the state capital (May 1928); Güstrow, the Vorderstadt (November 1928); Mecklenburg Switzerland (May 1928); Doberan, on the city's 50th anniversary (July 1929); The seaside town of Wismar (October 1929); State of Ratzeburg (June 1930); Around Mecklenburgs Seen (July 1930); “The Bread” (September 1930); The craft in Mecklenburg (November 1930); Radio and Mecklenburg (January 1931); Dargun, town, castle and monastery (March 1931); Neukloster (May 1931); Brunshaupten, the Baltic Sea resort (June 1931); Second Baltic Sea Issue (July 1931); Rehna (April 1932); Rühn Abbey (June 1932); “Mecklenburg Land and People” (July 1932); Bad Kleinen (February 1933); Sülze, the brine and mud bath (March 1933); Our home Mecklenburg (April 1933); 200 years of Neustrelitz (May 1933); The city of Warin (June 1933); Settlement - new formation of German peasantry (November 1933); The front town of Parchim (March 1934); The seaside city of Rostock (September 1936).

Front page

The magazine was entitled "Mecklenburgische Monatshefte" at the beginning and at the end of its publication. In the renaming in between, the part of the name “monthshefte ”turned out to be the only constant. The magazine was published as “Mecklenburgische Monatshefte” from January 1925 (1st volume, 1st issue) to September 1936 (12th volume, 141st issue) and then again from January 1939 (15th volume, 169th issue) to January 1943 (19th year, 205th issue). Between October 1936 (12th year, 142nd issue) and December 1936 (12th year, 144th issue) the title was "Monats-Hefte Mecklenburg-Lübeck". The three months from January 1937 (13th year, 145th issue) to March 1937 (13th year, 147th issue) brought an adjustment to the original spelling of the title in the first part of the name: "Monatshefte Mecklenburg-Lübeck". From April 1937 (13th year, 148th issue) to December 1938 (14th year, 168th issue), the magazine was entitled "Monthly Issues for Mecklenburg".

The subtitle “Zeitschrift zur Pflege Heimatlicher Art und Kunst” never adorned the title page and can only be found in the table of contents attached to the booklet by the publisher at the end of a year. Instead, under the title, from January 1925 (1st year, 1st issue) to February 1930 (6th year, 2nd issue) was the line "Edited by Johannes Gillhoff". After Gillhoff's death in January 1930, the subtitle of the March 1930 issue (6th year, 3rd issue) was changed to "Founded by Johannes Gillhoff". This subtitle lasted until September 1936 (12th year, 141st issue). From October 1936 (142nd issue) to March 1937 (13th year, 147th issue), the author Friedrich Griese was the editor in the subtitle. Under the name of the new publisher, a four-line notice now appeared “Official notifications for culture and homeland maintenance of the Mecklenburg-Lübeck Gauleitung of the NSDAP., Of the Gau Mecklenburg-Lübeck homeland service in the NS.-Kulturgemeinde Gau Mecklenburg-Lübeck, the Mecklenburg- Lübeck of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment a. Propaganda, the Mecklenburg State Ministry, the German Municipal Assembly, Mecklenburg State Office and the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck ”. With the April issue 1937 (13th year, 148th issue) the reference to the Lübeck Senate was omitted. From October 1937 (154th issue) to March 1938 (14th year, 159th issue) the monthly issues were published without any subtitles.

With the April issue 1938 (160th issue up to the 19th year, 205th issue) then the National Socialist Training Association eV, Schwerin, identified itself as the publisher in the subtitle. From April 1938 to May 1940 (16th year, 185th issue) the subtitle also included "permanent employees": Rudolf Ahlers (Schwerin), Georg von Arnswaldt (Schwerin), Willi Bastian (Schwerin), Robert Beltz (Schwerin), Carl von Bremen (Wustrow), Kurd von Bülow (Rostock), Carl August Endler (Schwerin), Willi Flemming (Rostock), Hans Franck (Frankenhorst), Johann Ulrich Folkers (Rostock), Bruno Hollmann (Schwerin), Walter Lehmbecker (Wismar ), Hugo Lübeß (Wismar, later Neubrandenburg), Walter Ebene ( Ludwigslust), Ernst Schlüter (Rostock), Friedrich Schmidt (Berlin, later Munich), Paul Steinmann (Schwerin), Georg Tessin (Schwerin), Richard Wossidlo (Waren). This group was later joined by: Gerhard Ringeling , Bad Doberan (from year 14, issue 161) as well as Julius Becker (Rostock), Johannes Gosselck (Rostock) and Ernst Meyer , Neustrelitz (from year 15, issue 172). With the death of Richard Wossidlo in 1939, his entry was dropped (with 15th year, 174th issue).

editor

The complete list of the editors named in the subtitle or in the legal notice of the monthly issues includes:

  • Johannes Gillhoff (1st year, 1st volume to 6th year, 2nd volume)
  • Oscar Gehrig with the participation of Ursel Brückner and Otto Kärst (6th year, 2nd issue to 11th year, 127th issue)
  • Oscar Gehrig and Otto Kärst (11th year, 128th issue to 12th year, 141th issue)
  • Friedrich Griese, Rethus bei Parchim (12th year, 142nd volume to 13th year, 147th volume)
  • National Socialist Training Association eV, Schwerin iM (14th year, 160th volume to 19th year, 205th volume).

editorial staff

Johannes Gillhoff and Otto Kärst were responsible for editing the monthly issues for the longest time. The personal sequence in the editorial management of the monthly issues:

  • Responsible for the editorial office: Johannes Gillhoff, Ludwigslust (1st year, 1st volume to 6th year, 1st volume).
  • Responsible for the entire content: Otto Kärst, Rostock (6th year, 2nd issue to 12th year, 141st issue).
  • Compilation: This booklet has been compiled with the assistance of the press and propaganda office of the seaside city of Rostock, responsible editor Ernest A. Hefke (12th year, 141st issue).
  • Responsible for the content: Wilhelm Bartholdy, Schwerin (12th year, 142nd volume to 13th year, 153rd volume). Editing: Wilhelm Bartholdy, Otto Kärst and Otto Brinckmann , all in Schwerin (12th year, 142nd volume to 13th year, 153rd volume).
  • Responsible for the content: Heinrich Schmidt, Schwerin (13th year, 154th issue to 14th year, 159th issue).
  • Editing: Heinrich Schmidt and Otto Brinckmann, both in Schwerin (13th year, 154th issue to 14th year, 159th issue).
  • Responsible editor: Otto Kärst, Schwerin (14th year, 160th issue to 16th year, 184th issue, issues 185–189 without imprint).
  • Responsible main editor: Henning Duderstadt , Schwerin (16th year, 190th issue to 17th year, 199th issue).
  • Responsible for the entire content: Franz Rullmann , Schwerin (17th year, 200th issue to 18th year, 201st issue).
  • Responsible for the entire content: Rudolf Ahlers, Bad Kleinen (Volume 18, Volume 202 to Volume 19, Volume 205).

Ad management

For over 19 years, only two people were responsible for advertising management. For a longer period of time, the imprint of the monthly bulletins showed no advertising management.

  • Responsible for the advertising section: Otto Kärst, Ludwigslust (1st year, 1st issue to 1st year, 4th issue).
  • Advertising management: Schwerin i. M., Wismarsche Straße 48 (1st year, 3rd and 4th issue).
  • Responsible for the advertising section: Otto Kärst, Rostock (1st year, 5th issue to 6th year, 1st issue).
  • No information (6th year, 2nd volume to 12th year, 141st volume).
  • Responsible for the advertising section: Karl Friedrich Gebert (12th year, 142nd volume to 16th year, 184th volume, volumes 185–189 without imprint).
  • Responsible for the notifications: Karl-Friedrich Gebert, Schwerin (in army service), i. V. Bruno Hanke , Schwerin (16th year, 190th issue to 19th year, 205th issue).

publishing company

The issues from January to April 1925 (1st year, 1st to 4th issue) were published by the Hinstorffschen Hofbuchhandlung's home publisher, O. Kärst, in Ludwigslust. With the May issue of 1925 (1st year, 5th issue), the issues were transferred to Carl Hinstorffs Verlag in Rostock and remained there until September 1936 (12th year, 141st issue). All of the following issues (12th year, 142nd volume to 19th year, 205th volume) were published by the “Niederdeutscher Beobachter” publishing house in Schwerin.

pressure

The booklets from January to March 1925 (1st year, 1st to 3rd booklet) were printed in the Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei in Schwerin. With the April 1925 issue (1st year, 4th issue), printing was transferred to Carl Hinstorffsche or Carl Hinstorff's Hofbuchdruckerei and remained there until September 1936 (12th year, 141st issue). All of the following issues (12th year, 142nd volume to 19th year, 205th volume) were printed by the publishing house “Niederdeutscher Beobachter” in Schwerin.

Edition

The size of the circulation cannot be found in the Mecklenburg monthly issues up to January 1934 (10th year, 109th issue). In the February 1934 issue (11th volume, 110th issue), the print run in the imprint is given for the first time for the fourth quarter of 1933. With the September issue 1939 (15th year, 177th issue) the publication of the print run was given up. This ranged between 2,000 and 4,500 copies in the years mentioned. Individual issues reached much higher print runs. The circulation development in detail:

  • Print run 4th quarter 1933: 3,425 copies
  • Print run 4th quarter 1933: 2,650 copies
  • Print run 1st quarter of 1934: 2,645 copies
  • Print run 2nd quarter 1934: 2,523 copies
  • Print run 3rd quarter 1934: 2,383 copies
  • Print run 10th year, 119th issue (November 1934): 4,900 copies
  • Print run 4th quarter 1934: 2,533 copies
  • Print run first quarter of 1935: 2,383 copies
  • Print run 2nd quarter of 1935: 2,283 copies
  • Print run 3rd quarter of 1935: 2,192 copies
  • Print run 4th quarter 1935: 2,200 copies.
  • Print run 1st quarter of 1936: 2,117 copies
  • Print run 2nd and 3rd quarter of 1936: 2,283 copies.
  • Print run 12th year, 141st issue (September 1936): 6,300 copies
  • Print run 12th year, 142nd issue (October 1936): 10,000 copies
  • Print run 12th year, 143rd issue (November 1936): 4,000 copies.
  • Print run 4th quarter 1936: 3,250 copies
  • Print run 1st quarter of 1937: 2,400 copies.
  • Print run 2nd quarter of 1937: 2,200 copies.
  • Print run 3rd quarter of 1937: 2,067 copies
  • Print run 4th quarter 1937: 4,500 copies.
  • Print run 1st quarter of 1938: 2,200 copies.
  • Print run 2nd quarter 1938: 2,000 copies.
  • Print run 14th year, 165th issue (September 1938): 5,500 copies
  • Print run 3rd quarter of 1938: 3,367 copies.
  • Print run 4th quarter 1938: 2,166 copies
  • Print run first quarter of 1939: 2,750 copies
  • Print run 15th year, 174th issue (June 1939): 10,000 copies
  • Print run 2nd quarter 1939: 5,900 copies

price

The Mecklenburg Monthly Issues up to December 1932 did not contain any information on the price of a single issue or an annual subscription for twelve issues. In the January 1933 issue, the price of the single issue is given for the first time at 0.90 Reichsmarks. The October 1936 issue (12th volume, 142nd issue) names a price of 0.70 Reichsmarks. With the November 1937 issue (13th volume, 154th issue) this price was further reduced to 0.55 Reichsmarks and the quarterly price was set at 1.65 Reichsmarks. This quarterly price was still valid after the changeover to quarterly publication in July 1941.

Appear

The magazine was published monthly from January 1925 (1st volume, 1st issue) to July 1941 (17th volume, 198th issue), from July 1941 (17th volume, 198th issue) to January 1943 (19th volume, 205th issue) quarterly. From January 1925 to December 1932 (8th volume, 12th issue), the issues of each volume numbered from 1 to 12. The edition from January 1933 (9th volume) is numbered 97, the last from January 1943 with 205. Notebook.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hartmut Brun : Afterword to Johannes Gillhoff - A reading book. Hinstorff, Rostock 1988, pp. 373-376.
  2. ^ A b Jürgen Borchert: The Mecklenburg Monthly Issues. In: Hartmut Brun (Ed.): Ludwigslust, Ein Lesebuch. Hinstorff 2001, ISBN 3-356-00891-9 , pp. 129-131.
  3. ^ Parchim , October 6, 1936, letter to Wilhelm Bolland in Schwerin. In the holdings of the Parchim City Museum.
  4. ^ Parchim, March 22, 1937, letter to Paul Brockhaus in Lübeck. In the holdings of the Fritz Reuter Literature Archive in Berlin .