Neckar steamship

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Title page of the Neckar steamship, 1842
Title page 1844 with the eagle
Front page of the Neckar steamship 1849 to 1853 with the subtitle "Heilbronner Zeitung"
The Neckar steamship from Heilbronn emerged from the Neckar steamship
From the Neckar-steamer from Heilbronn who went New Neckar newspaper from Heilbronn forth
Issued March 25, 1849

The Neckar Steamship was a democratic daily newspaper that appeared in Heilbronn from October 1842 to December 1853 .

history

Since the invention of printing well into the 19th century, Heilbronn was only allowed to print what was approved by the city council. As a licensed newspaper, the Intelligence-Blatt appeared from 1744 (later called Heilbronner Wochenblatt , then Heilbronner Tagblatt and finally from 1861 Neckar-Zeitung ). It was not until 1842 that the era of a critical press began in Heilbronn with the publication of the Neckar steamship , which for the first time claimed freedom of the press and represented revolutionary ideas .

The Neckar steamship appeared several times a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The name of the newspaper is derived from the Neckar steamship , which had existed since 1841 and was the most modern means of transport of the time.

The Neckar steamship was dedicated to the ideas of the March Revolution and was first published by August Ruoff on October 6, 1842. Ruoff was a book printer and as early as 1841 had received the license to publish a Heilbronn newspaper with Neckar papers . In February 1848 he sold his printing company with the newspaper to Heinrich Güldig . Ruoff was one of the leading figures in the Heilbronn vigilante group and was one of the heads of the resistance. Accordingly, in his newspaper he devoted himself to the thoughts of the Heilbronn democrats of 1848.

Ruoff was in constant conflict with the Stuttgart-based censorship authorities of the Württemberg state . These declined z. B. from an article by Ruoff, in which he called a Turkish ruler the "wisest of all European princes of his time".

One of the editors for the Neckar steamship was the pharmacist's assistant Adolph Majer , who gave inflammatory speeches at meetings. Majer was arrested on April 4, 1848 in custody on the Hohenasperg . He managed to escape in February 1849.

The editor of the Neckar steamship Wilhelm Binder was sentenced to several years imprisonment on the Asperg.

Neckar steamship from Heilbronn

In 1848 the Neckar steamship was taken over by the publisher Heinrich Güldig . He published the sheet as a Neckar steamship from Heilbronn until 1852 . Güldig, Ruoff's successor, was described by the state censorship authority as a “depraved merchant from Waiblingen who repeatedly went bankrupt and spent months in prison for press violations”.

New Neckar newspaper from Heilbronn

In 1854, publisher Güldig changed the name of the paper to Neue Neckarzeitung from Heilbronn . The type of the new sheet was hardly distinguishable from the previous sheet, apart from the title, which carried on the title Neckar and from Heilbronn , but lacked the steamship . Possibly because the Neckardampfschiffahrt was no longer new enough and the railroad that had been built in the meantime seemed more progressive and successful. The last edition appeared in April 1856.

In the following years, Güldig continued to publish more democratically oriented newspapers for Heilbronn, which frequently changed name, format and appearance. On January 1, 1879, the first documented edition of the Heilbronner Zeitung (once the subtitle of the Neckar steamship) was published by Güldig's publishing house. Güldig soon resigned, but the Heilbronner Zeitung continued to exist until 1920, and as the Heilbronner Abend-Zeitung even until 1934.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franke, p. 260
  2. ↑ a b Franke (see literature), p. 260
  3. ↑ Jacobi (see literature), pp. 59–62
  4. ↑ Uwe Jacobi: The missing council minutes - record of the search for the unresolved past . Heilbronner Voice, Heilbronn 1981, p. 105

literature

  • Ute Fuchs: The “Neckar Steamship” in Heilbronn. An investigation into the history of communication. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1985, DNB 861205537 , ( Small series of publications by the Heilbronn City Archives. 16)
  • Hans Franke : 200 years of newspaper history in Heilbronn . In: Historischer Verein Heilbronn: 23rd publication, Heilbronn 1960, pp. 243-276
  • Uwe Jacobi: 250 years of Heilbronn press. History of the media in the Unterland and Hohenlohe 1744–1994 . Verlag Heilbronner Voice, Heilbronn am Neckar 1993, ISBN 3-921923-11-5 ( Heilbronner Voice: book series. Volume 5)
  • Werner Gauss: printing, publishing and newspaper management . In: City and District of Heilbronn . Theiss, Stuttgart 1974.

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