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The Obwaldner Volksfreund (later: Der Obwaldner ) is the title of a former Swiss newspaper that appeared from 1870 to 1982 in Sarnen and Lungern in the canton of Obwalden .

history

The newspaper was founded in 1870 by Landammann Simon Ettlin . It was Catholic-Conservative and appeared for the first time on December 24, 1870. Until 1901 the paper appeared weekly on Saturdays, then twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The 50th anniversary issue of the newspaper appeared on January 1, 1921.

The Catholic-conservative Anzeiger für Lungern und Umgebung (1927-30 Obwaldner Zeitung and Anzeiger für Lungern , 1931-46 Obwaldner Zeitung , 1947-72 Lungerer Bote ) merged in 1972 with the Obwaldner Volksfreund in Lungern, edited by Gottfried Burch from 1923 onwards . From 1975 to 1982, the publisher Louis Ehrli self-published the newspaper. The new newspaper appeared until 1982 under the title Der Obwaldner with the subtitles Obwaldner Volksfreund and Lungerer Bote . With the last issue of August 27, 1982 the paper was discontinued or merged with the Obwalden weekly paper .

editorial staff

The first editor was Vicar Melchior Britschgi. Other editors included: From 1879 to 1882 the politician Adalbert Wirz , from 1909 to 1917 the later Landammann and Councilor of States Walter Amstalden , from January 1930 to September 1935 Josef Gander, from October 1935 to August 1942 the later Federal Councilor Ludwig von Moos and from August 1942 August Wirz. In the 1950s, the later government councilor Ignaz Britschgi was editor and from 1957 to 1966 Jost Dillier , later a councilor.

Allegations of anti-Semitic comments

In the years from 1935, when Ludwig von Moos was the editor of the Obwalden Volksfreund , anti-Semitic comments also appeared in the paper. This raised Paul Ignaz Vogel 1969 by Moss, who was then President was publicly before. In 2012 there was another debate about it in the Swiss History Journal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Angelo Garovi, Niklaus von Flüe : Obwalden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ A b INSA Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture 1850–1921, Volume 8 . Published by the Society for Swiss Art History, Orell Füssli 1996, ISBN 3-280-02410-2 , p. 188
  3. ^ Fritz Blaser: Bibliography of the Swiss Press. 2nd half volume, Birkhäuser, Basel 1958 (= sources on Swiss history . New series, IV. Section, volume VII). P. 738.
  4. ^ INSA , p. 191
  5. ↑ a b Karl Röthlin: 111 years Obwalden local press. In: Der Obwaldner , August 27, 1982, p. 1
  6. ↑ Jost Dillier : Obwalden 1945–1995. In: Obwaldner Geschichtsblätter , Heft 21, Sarnen 1997, pp. 561–728 (especially Chapter 38: Innovations in the media , pp. 721–726).
  7. ↑ Karl Röthlin: In the last century Obwalden was still a canton without its own newspaper. The Obwalden press story. In: Obwaldner Wochenblatt , December 16, 1994, pp. 3-9.
  8. ↑ Niklaus von Flüe : Wirz, Adalbert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  9. ↑ Roswitha Feusi Widmer: Moos, Ludwig von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  10. ↑ Andrea Weibel: Britschgi, Ignaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  11. ↑ Switzerland / von Moos: Geistig Awakened In: Der Spiegel No. 3, January 12, 1970.
  12. ↑ Angelo Garovi : Comments on Ludwig von Moos' political position in the 1930s . In: Swiss Journal for History (SZG), 62/2012, No. 1, pp. 156–163, online version of the article . Thomas Maissen : On the spiritual world of Ludwig von Moos. A reply to Angelo Garovi's “Remarks”. In: Swiss Journal for History , 62 (2012), pp. 311–319. Urs Altermatt : How far to the right was the Obwalden young conservative Ludwig von Moos? In: Swiss Journal for History , 62 (2012), pp. 320–334.