Saxon Fatherland Sheets
| Saxon Fatherland Sheets | |
|---|---|
| description | Weekly paper for patriotic interests |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Robert Friese |
| First edition | November 3, 1840 |
| attitude | December 31, 1850 |
| Frequency of publication | three times a week / Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, later also on Sundays. |
| Sold edition | 2,000 (1845) copies |
| Editors-in-chief |
Georg Günther (1842–1844), Carl Eduard Cramer (1844–1845) and (1848–1850) |
| ZDB | 2651345-6 |
The Sächsische Vaterlands-Blätter was a "weekly paper for patriotic interests", first published in Dresden and later in Leipzig. The weekly paper was an independent paper from 1840 to 1845 and from 1848 to 1850. The newspaper temporarily consisted of several editors and additional freelance workers.
prehistory
Dr. In October 1839 Adolph Schäfer founded the moderate, liberal “Dresdner Wochenblatt für patriotic interests” in Dresden. Since November 3, 1840, this newspaper appeared under the name "Sächsische Vaterlands-Blätter". In the summer of 1841, Schäfer alerted Robert Blum that he no longer wanted to finance the paper. The sheet with an edition of 300 copies was no longer possible. It was agreed that Schäfer would formally remain editor and publisher, and Robert Friese , a close friend of Blum , would take over the bookselling commission . In 1842 Schäfer gave up the magazine and devoted himself to another project: taking photographs in Indonesia.
history
Robert Blum wanted to buy the “Sächsische Vaterlands-Blätter” in 1841, but the Ministry of the Interior refused him the license because he was already known to the Saxon government as an “insecure cantonist” at that time.
Between 1840 and 1845 the Saxon Fatherland Papers appeared three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, later also on Sundays. The Sächsische Vaterlands-Blätter was mainly concerned with freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but also with the project of nationwide German unity. From the beginning, the paper saw itself as an anti-feudal front for workers, craftsmen and citizens in Saxony. The Saxon Fatherland Papers also collected donations for politically persecuted people. Also August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben came to enjoy such support. Blum wrote many articles for the Vaterlandsblätter.
In the Sächsische Vaterlandsblatt in 1843 Robert Blum raised the question of the political position of women. Louise Otto replied in the same paper: “From the position which women occupy in a country, one can see how thick with unclean mists, or how clear and free the air of a state is; - the women serve as a barometer of the states. "
The sheets were printed by Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner from 1840 to 1842 . On November 1, 1842, the editor Georg Günther , a brother-in-law of Robert Blum, took over the Vaterlandsblätter. Friese took over the magazine as a publisher. From 1843 to 1845 Philip Reclam junior took over printing and paper .
Carl Eduard Cramer took over the Vaterlandsblätter as editor on August 17, 1844. He reported on politically persecuted people and denounced the conditions in the country. It was about freedom of the press, judicial reform, expansion of the constitutional rights of the population and the semi-feudal police regime.
In autumn 1844 Johannes Ronge wrote an open letter to Wilhelm Arnoldi , the Bishop of Trier, against the Trier pilgrimage of 1844 , the exhibition of the rock of Christ , a relic that Ronge denounced as a festival of idols. This letter, an open missive , was published in the Sächsische Vaterlandsblatt edited by Carl Cramer. This article was copied and distributed thousands of times, whereupon the Catholic Church excommunicated Ronge in the same year .
A decrease from 1,000 to 700 copies recorded under Günther's editorial management in June 1844 could only be compensated for when Carl Cramer took over the editorial team. At the beginning of the first quarter of 1845, Friese announced a significant increase in circulation, which was probably well over 1000 copies. By the end of 1845, the number of subscribers is said to have risen to 2000.
Because the Silesian opposition was closely connected with the Fatherland Papers, and was even emphatically supported by them, it was reason enough for the Prussian government to repeatedly submit complaints about the newspaper to the Saxon government and to ban it in Prussia in the spring of 1845. A step that Bavaria, Baden and finally Saxony followed.
On December 23, 1845, the readers of the Vaterlandsblätter received a special message framed in black as a special Christmas present, stating that the publication would be discontinued. One of the most spirited and courageous organs of the German Vormärz was over.
Because of the ban on the Vaterlandsblätter, Carl Cramer took a different route to publish his opinion. In January 1846 he published the pamphlet "A flying sheet from the fatherland". "Voices from the Fatherland" followed in February and in December "A flying sheet of paper from the Fatherland", with the subtitle "The Ministry of the Interior and - I!"
It was not until April 1, 1848 that the Vaterlandsblätter appeared again. Several editors took over the pages: Robert Blum, Carl Eduard Cramer, J. Georg Günther and, as the responsible editor, Dr. Rudolph Rüder .
From April 1, 1848, Philipp Reclam Jr. took over the printing of the Vaterlandsblätter, and Robert Friese was again won over as publisher. From mid-1848 onwards, Friedrich Andrä printed the “Blätter”. On November 7, 1848, Robert Friese died far too soon at the age of 43. The Vaterlandsblätter ran until the end of 1848 under the Friese publishing house.
In a declaration on November 7, 1848, Carl Eduard Cramer and Dr. Rudolph Rüder announced that the editors Robert Blum and J. Georg Günther no longer appear in the head of the paper. Your political views probably differed at the time. In many ways Blum had lost touch with the leaders of the paper. They had become too "ministerial" for him.
On December 30, 1848, Carl Eduard Cramer again took over the Saxon Fatherland Papers on his own.
From January 1, 1849 to December 31, 1850, Carl Eduard Cramer acted as publisher and editor-in-chief. During these two years, Friedrich Andrä continued to print. At the beginning of 1850 the "Vaterlandsblätter" were given the subtitle "! Forward!"
Cramer edited the Vaterlandsblätter until 1850. On December 31, 1850, Carl Eduard Cramer published the “! Vorwärts! Fatherland Papers ”.
literature
- Secret literary reports: 1844-1848 [Volumes I + II]. Metternich agents' logs. [Volume I: 1840-1843; Volume II: 1844 - 1848] Hans Adler, information press CW Leske, 1981 - 257 pages, volume I.
- Ralf Zerback: Robert Blum. A biography. Lehmstedt, Leipzig 2007.
- Robert Blum. A German revolutionary 1807 - 1848. Peter Reichel 2007.
- "The German magazines and the emergence of public opinion". A contribution to the history of the newspaper industry by Heinrich Wuttke 1875: "Visits in prison".
- Official Journal of the Royal Government in Potsdam and Berlin 1850.
- Official Journal of the Royal Government in Erfurt 1850.
- Official Journal of the Royal Government in Opole 1850.
- Charivari Edited by Eduard Maria Oettinger January 1, 1850 and December 24, 1850.
- Landtag files 1845 and 1846, page 202 ff
Individual evidence
- ^ A region on the move: the revolution of 1848/1849 in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, by Reinhard Vogelsang and Rolf Westheider, p. 193
- ↑ The relationship between women and the state. In: Sächsische Vaterlandsblätter from September 5, 1843, No. 142, page 633ff.
- ↑ Sächsische Vaterlandsblätter No. 164 of October 13, 1844, page 667.
- ↑ Leipziger Jahrbuch zur Buchgeschichte - Volume 13 - Commissioned by Verlag Otto Harrassowitz, 2004, Ed. Christine Haug and Lothar Poethe, p. 265.
- ↑ Ralf Zerback: Robert Blum. A biography. Lehmstedt, Leipzig 2007, p. 142.
- ↑ Robert Blum. A German revolutionary 1807 - 1848. Peter Reichel 2007, p. 50.
- ↑ "A flying leaf from the fatherland"
- ↑ "Voices from the Fatherland"
- ↑ “A flying leaf from the fatherland. The Ministry of the Interior and - me! "
- ↑ Vaterlandsblätter No. 243 of December 30, 1848.
- ↑ Last edition of the Vaterlandsblätter No. 154 of December 31, 1850.
