North-West Bohemian Mountain Association

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The Northwest Bohemian Mountain Association was an association founded in 1882 for home , mountain and hiking associations based in the Bohemian Ore Mountains and the neighboring areas . After initially changing location, the club's headquarters had been in Teplitz since the end of 1887 .

history

With reference to the noticeable advantages of tourism for the Alps and Harz Mountains at the time, the President of the “Central Committee for the Promotion of Employment” recommended the boehm at the end of the 1870s. Erzgebigsbewohner ”in Prague, Richard Ritter von Dotzauer , to direct tourists to the Ore Mountains and advocated the establishment of mountain associations.

August Weymann, at that time the district school director of the districts of Brüx and Komotau , took up this idea and founded the first “Erzgebirgsverein” in Bohemia on November 16, 1879 with the help of the Görkau city ​​council , followed by six others by the beginning of February 1881.

These first seven associations founded the Mountain Association on February 26, 1882 in Karlsbad . After the association's statutes had been officially approved, the founding meeting took place on April 16, 1882 in Karlsbad. At the beginning the name was "Association of Tourist Associations of the Ore and Central Mountains". The seat of the association was initially at the founding place, from 1883 in Komotau, was relocated to Brüx- Oberleutensdorf with a resolution of November 22, 1885 and finally to Teplitz with a new resolution of November 6, 1887. Two days earlier, the name of the association was changed to "Association of Mountain and Tourist Associations of the Ore and Middle Mountains" and on June 7, 1889 again to "Northwest Bohemian Mountain Association".

After incorporation of the Sudetenland into the German Reich was also gradually phasing completed and implemented new structures. The Northwest Bohemian Mountain Club Association was merged with other mountain clubs in the Sudetenland in 1940 in the "Sudetenland" district of mountain and hiking clubs. Through this he was affiliated to the " Reich Association of German Mountain and Hiking Clubs " based in Darmstadt . At a committee meeting of the association on March 9, 1940, the renaming to "Gebirgsvereinsverband Sudetenland West" was announced, which was carried out in the same year.

It is unknown whether and for how long the association continued to exist after the provisional suspension of the "Erzgebirgs-Zeitung" (published in the March-April issue of 1943) it had published.

Number of members of the associations belonging to the association

year 1888 1889 1890 1891 1893 1894 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900 1905 1907 1910
Members 1678 2151 2434 2575 2733 2713 2715 2545 2409 2243 2118 2430 2505 2788
year 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1927 1928 1936
Members 3031 2977 2670 2372 2223 2147 2387 2989 3967 4757 4986 4520 5524 8693

Association chair:

  • 1882–1883: Hans Feller, court bookseller
  • 1883–1885: Alois Schmidt, professor at the Komotau teacher training institute
  • 1885–1887: August Weymann, district school inspector
  • 1887–1903: Reginald Szermack-Warteck, industrialist
  • 1903–1921: Eduard Wenisch, district school inspector
  • 1921–1929: Josef Brechensbauer , pedagogue and local history researcher, spiritual father of the ridge trail that runs along the Ore Mountains
  • 1929–1940: Max Rumler, educator
  • from 1940: Anton Schrott, lawyer

meaning

The association, its chairmen and members made the Bohemian Ore Mountains region better known for tourism - also by means of the "Erzgebirgs-Zeitung" as an organ. After August Weymann had already written a “Guide to the Bohemian Ore Mountains, the Central Mountains and the Adjacent Areas” in 1881, the association, with the help of its affiliated associations, decided to publish its own travel guide, the first edition in 1914 and the second edition in 1921.

The most important achievement of the association was the initiative for a ridge trail over the Ore Mountains , which significantly promoted tourism along the way. The association chairman and idea generator Josef Brechensbauer also published two books on the Kammweg.

Other significant achievements of the association and its associations were u. a. the construction of mountain inns and lookout towers on important peaks such as Keilberg , Pleßberg , Peindlberg and Kupferhübel , the creation of path networks including the creation of a uniform marking in the association area, the establishment of tourist information points, the introduction of wish and complaint books and the promotion of winter sports. The association also set up a fund to support those in need in the Bohemian Ore Mountains in 1892. Last but not least, he was committed to the protection of homeland and nature.

Erzgebirgs-Zeitung

Correspondence card of the editor-in-chief of the historical editorial office Josef Brechensbauer from 1912
Erzgebirgs-Zeitung - front page of the first edition - May 1880

In the founding meeting of the Erzgebirgsverein Görkau held on March 2, 1880, it was decided to publish a quarterly magazine under the name "Erzgebirgs-Zeitung", which should be the "organ of the tourist associations of the Bohemian Ore and Central Mountains". The first issue was issued on May 15, 1880, and the individual Erzgebirgsvereine gradually declared it their club magazine. It was first published by the “Verlag des Görkauer Erzgebirgsvereines”, from 1884 onwards the previously founded Gebirgsvereins-Verband took over and from then on published six issues a year. From 1887 the content was significantly expanded and from 1888 appeared monthly.

From 1917 the magazine could only appear six times a year due to a lack of paper and high prices, from the following year inferior paper had to be used. In 1919 the publication was in danger due to the increased costs. It was possible to secure the continuation for 1920, but this year could only appear with 94 or 96 pages. By increasing the association contribution, the 1921 year could be published again in its original size, 204 pages, and the following year six double issues with a total of 256 pages were published. From 1925 onwards, the issues appeared monthly again, then with an irregularly changing rhythm.

In 1936 the total circulation was 49,300 copies, in 1937 40,900 copies. From 1939 it was again published every two months, marked as a double issue and reduced number of pages. On January 1, 1940, the association handed over the publication to the R. Rämisch publishing house in Teplitz-Schönau.

With an article in the 3rd and 4th issue of the 1943 volume, the preliminary discontinuation of the paper was announced “to free people and material for other war-important purposes” . In retrospect, it was actually the last issue of the magazine.

Editor:

  • 1880: Ambros Mayr, high school professor in Komotau
  • 1881–1883: August Weymann, district school inspector, chairman of the Erzgebirgsverein Brüx - Oberleutensdorf
  • 1884–1895: Eduard Wenisch, district school inspector in Teplitz-Schönau
  • 1896–1901: Michael Urban, city doctor in plan
  • 1902–1905: Julius Reinwarth, writer in Prague
  • 1905–1920: Josef Brechensbauer , teacher and local researcher in Teplitz-Schönau
  • 1921–1925: Rudolf Wenisch, local researcher in Kaaden
  • 1925–1943: Gustav Müller, professor at the commercial academy in Teplitz-Schönau

New Erzgebirgs-Zeitung

New Erzgebirgs-Zeitung - front page 2019

Through the cooperation of the Georgendorfer Verein (since May 15, 2015 publisher of the Czech “Erzgebirgs-Zeitung” / “Krušnohorské noviny”, ISSN 2533-350X) and the local history association Rechenberg-Bienenmühle e. V. appeared on November 15, 2017, the first German edition of the "Erzgebirgs-Zeitung" after 1943 (ISSN 2570-7590). The editors of the Erzgebirgs-Zeitung have been working in the Waldstein Castle Litvínov since 2015 .

literature

  • Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Nordwestböhmischer Gebirgsvereins-Verband (Hrsg.): Erzgebirgs-Zeitung. Monthly for folklore and local history, hiking care and tourism . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 155-169 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Müller: The Development of Wedge Mining . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 10th issue of the 48th year. Teplitz-Schönau October 1927, p. 171 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b c Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 155–157 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 158-159 .
  4. ↑ Association news . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 1st and 2nd issue of the 61st year, January-February. Teplitz-Schönau 1940, p.  15-16 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 1st and 2nd issue of the 61st year, January-February. Teplitz-Schönau 1940, p.  2 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ a b Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 3rd and 4th issue of the 61st year, March-April. Teplitz-Schönau 1940, p.  32 ( digitized version ).
  7. ↑ Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 9th and 10th issue of the 61st year, September-October. Teplitz-Schönau 1940, p.  80 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ a b c d Teplitz-Schönau in the political struggle of the Sudeten Germans . In: Gebirgsvereinsverband Sudetenland-West (Hrsg.): Erzgebirgs-Zeitung. Monthly for folklore and local history, hiking care and tourism . 3rd and 4th issue of the 64th year, March-April. Teplitz-Schönau 1943, p.  18 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 159-169 .
  10. ^ Franz Peschka: The North-West Bohemian Mountain Association meets . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 7th issue of the 57th year. Teplitz-Schönau July 1936, p. 95 .
  11. ↑ Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 164-166 .
  12. ↑ a b c Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 169 .
  13. ↑ a b Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 156-169 .
  14. ^ Franz Peschka: From the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 3rd issue of the 58th year. Teplitz-Schönau March 1937, p. 30 ( digitized version ).
  15. ^ Franz Peschka: From the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 3rd and 4th issue of the 59th year, March-April. Teplitz-Schönau 1938, p. 45 ( digitized version ).
  16. ↑ Digitized version of the year 1939 , accessed on December 11, 2014.
  17. ↑ Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 11-12 Issue of the 60th volume, November-December. Teplitz-Schönau 1939, p.  88 ( digitized version ).
  18. ^ Catalog for the libraries of Heidelberg University , accessed on December 11, 2014.
  19. ↑ Josef Brechensbauer: 1879–1929. A commemorative sheet of the North-West Bohemian Mountain Association . In: Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . 6th issue of the 50th year. Teplitz-Schönau June 1929, p. 166-168 .
  20. ↑ Erzgebirgs-Zeitung In: erzgebirgs-zeitung.de , accessed on January 22, 2018.
  21. ↑ Hot off the press after 75 years In: erzgebirge.tv , accessed on May 25, 2020.