Ottersleben newspaper
The Otterslebener Zeitung was a newspaper in the village of Ottersleben, which today belongs to the city of Magdeburg, and appeared between 1899 and 1941.
history
The newspaper was founded by the book printer and stationery dealer Alois Schwab, probably in 1899. The year began with the year count. In an article in the newspaper on October 31, 1922, however, the founding year is given as 1897. The print shop was initially located at Breiten Straße 26 (today Alt-Ottersleben) and was later moved to Bäckerstraße 1a (today's Backhausstraße). Schwab headed the editorial department and also took care of printing and marketing. The newspaper, which appears on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, was also used for the official announcements of the communities of Benneckenbeck , Groß Ottersleben , Klein Ottersleben and Lemsdorf . In 1920 Richard Schwab, the founder's son, took over the management of the newspaper. Alois Schwab remained active as an editor, but died on February 5, 1920 at the age of 51. Due to the difficult conditions during the inflation , the newspaper ran into financial difficulties, so Richard Schwab sold the newspaper in 1922.
From November 1922 the sheet belonged to the publisher of the Wanzleber Kreisblatt Wölfer. An advertisement acceptance point was to remain in the previous premises of the publisher, but the production of the newspaper was relocated from Ottersleben. The duration of Mr. Wölfer's activity is unknown. At least the newspaper was published in 1927 by the coal merchant Fritz Wienecke from Sudenburg , who ran a coal merchant in Magdeburg-Buckau that had a branch in Ottersleben at today's Richard-Dembny-Straße 5. Wienecke also owned a printing press at Kirchstrasse 5 in Ottersleben. From here the Ottersleben newspaper appeared. The editing and production was carried out by the typesetter and master book printer Paul Magnus, who already worked for the newspaper under Alois Schwab. The appearance and appearance three times a week remained unchanged. The newspaper appeared around 5 p.m. and was now the official newspaper of the rural community of Groß Ottersleben, to which Benneckenbeck and Klein Ottersleben had been incorporated. Lemsdorf had belonged to Magdeburg since 1910. The supplement Das Bunte Blatt was distributed with the Saturday edition .
In terms of content, the Ottersleben newspaper, which sees itself as the home newspaper, took over reports from news agencies and reported on local events in the publication area itself. In 1928 there was an attempt in Ottersleben with the Rundschau for Groß Ottersleben and the Wanzleben district to establish another local newspaper in competition with the Otterslebener Zeitung, but this failed.
With the beginning of the Second World War , there were personnel and material problems. The raw materials for newspaper production became scarce and employees were called up for military service. The last edition appeared on May 29, 1941. Some of the inventory was sold to the newspaper Der Mitteldeutsche , which also used the premises as a warehouse and office for some time. The printing press was brought to Pulsnitz in Saxony . At least until the end of the 1990s, the writing Otterslebener Zeitung could still be read on the building at Kirchstrasse 5 . A complete archive of the Ottersleben newspaper is not known. The editions from 1931 to 1940 are available in the Magdeburg City Archives . The University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle has gaps in editions from 1899 to 1932. Individual copies are privately owned.
literature
- H.-W. Magnus, Die Geschichte der Otterslebener Zeitung , publisher Bürger für Ottersleben eV Magdeburg-Ottersleben 1999
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magnus, Otterslebener Zeitung, page 3, with a photo dated 1998; in 2009 the inscription no longer existed
- ^ Ottersleben newspaper in the journal database