Slesvigland
| Slesvigland
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| description | bilingual magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Culture and history of the German-Danish border area |
| language | German, Unknown language, Danish |
| Headquarters | Flensburg (publishing house) |
| First edition | 1980 |
| attitude | 2010 |
| founder | Traugott Möller (Møller) |
| Sold edition | 210,000 copies |
| editor | Traugott Möller (Møller) |
| Web link | www.slesvigland.info |
Slesvigland is a bilingual magazine for the culture and history of the German-Danish border area , which was published between 1980 and 2010.
Goal setting
The Danish textile industrialist Traugott Möller (Møller) from Sonderburg , son of the former Flensburg mayor Jacob Clausen Möller , founded this magazine and financed it from the interest income of his TM Foundation (TM Fund). He himself wrote in volume 6 in 1980:
I am neither involved in party politics nor in organizational politics. In that I am like my father. After the Second World War he became mayor of Flensburg because of his demeanor, his human qualities and his administrative skills. He wasn't a politician, but he was Danish. […] It must not be forgotten that Danish kings contributed to making SCHLESWIG German-speaking, but personally I think that all Schleswig-Holsteiners understand and should speak both Danish and German.
He then refers to the leading article in the first issue, which says:
SLESVIGLAND does not aim to be against someone or something - at least only against historical or other falsification and propaganda distorting reality - but only for Schleswig and the Schleswig people.
distribution
The magazine had a print run of 210,000 copies and was available as a free direct mailing to all households of South Schleswig distributed. According to Danish tradition, the area between the river Eider and the Danish border was defined as "Südschleswig" or "Schleswig" for short . Although all articles were also printed in Danish , the distribution did not extend to the area north of the border.
A total of 124 booklets had been distributed until the conversion to internet sales . In addition, a special issue was published in June 1989 on the topic of the Klöppel Festival in Tondern .
Controversy
The reception of this magazine ranges from enthusiasm to rejection.
The articles about customs, art, architecture and the historical pictures were received mostly positively, while the descriptions of historical events were accused of being one-sided. Very early on, German newspapers suspected an attempt to revise the border by the Danish side.
A negative vote came from the German Border Association in 1985.
The Danish historian Troels Fink , former Danish consul general in Flensburg, who initially wrote articles for this magazine, distanced himself from "Slesvigland".
The representative of the Danish minority ( SSW ), Karl Otto Meyer , formulated a cautious distance to "Slesvigland" in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament .
The Danish side also expressed dismay about "Slesvigland" because of the demand for greater independence in Schleswig.
The chairman of the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Heimatbund (SHHB), Werner Schmidt , warned not only to address the persecution of Danes after their defeat in 1864 , but also the previous suppression of Germans after their defeat in 1850 , which the newspaper Flensborg Avis did for three days later acknowledged with: Bravo - Slesvigland. Godt brølt, løve! (Roar well, lion!) .
pads
- 1980: 8 booklets in the format 28 cm
- 1981: 8 booklets in 23 cm format like all the following
- 1982: 10 issues
- 1983–1986: 8 issues
- 1987–1992: 6 issues
- 1993–1996: 4 issues
- 1997–2003: 2 issues
- 2004–2008: 4 issues on the Internet
- 2009: 3 issues on the Internet
- 2010: 1 issue on the Internet
literature
- Erich Hoffmann: Silence is not gold. Thoughts on the historical picture of the new magazine "Slesvigland". in the journal "Schleswig-Holstein". 1980, No. 4, pages 12-14.
- Five years of “Slesvigland”. A magazine in the mirror of the press. Published by the Institute for Regional Research and Information in the German Border Association, Flensburg 1985
- Hans-Joachim v. Leesen: "Slesvigland" - for a Denmark up to the Eider. in: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Heimatkalender 1986 , pages 24 to 32. Verlag Heinrich Möller Sons, Rendsburg 1985
- Eckhard Bodenstein: What do you think of Slesvigland? 1988
- Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig Digitized all editions of "Slesvigland". (Accessible only after registration).
- Jørgen Kühl: The rediscovery of Schleswig - and the dispute over, Slesvigland in Lars N. Henningsen (ed.): Between border conflict and border peace. The Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein, past and present . Studieafdelingen ved Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig No. 65, Flensburg 2011, page 243. Digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marsch und Förde , 2004: Slesvigland is a small but fine magazine that appears twice a year and deals with the history of the old Duchy of Schleswig (which had its administrative seat in Schleswig) (i.e. today's North and South Schleswig). Slesvigland is bilingual; the articles are well written and some of them are really in-depth.
- ^ [1] Ostpreußenblatt 1982: The relationship between Germans and Danes in the Schleswig border region is essentially problem-free, but here and there the fronts from the day before yesterday flicker. The reason for the latest dispute is the Danish magazine "Slesvigland" [...]
- ↑ Germany and its neighbors , 2007: Such official declarations [meaning the Bonn-Copenhagen declarations ] do not mean, however, that the relevant Danish circles did not work towards a border revision after all, albeit with reference to the right to self-determination. One day, so the hope, the wind could still change. A referendum could be pushed through, which would then result in a Danish majority in southern Schleswig and thus an affiliation with Denmark.
- ↑ From the foreword to the text "Five Years ...": While the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations and the resulting policies of both states contribute significantly to mutual understanding without whitewashing and to relaxation in the border region, the magazine "Slesvigland" provides the is financed with funds from the Sonderburger Traugott-Möller-Fonds and can already look back on five different editorial teams in its short history, represents a disruptive factor in the border region and does not serve the border peace.
- ↑ In the newspaper Der Nordschleswiger on July 14, 1980 Troels Fink reported on a conversation with the editor: Samtalerne ended med, at all ikke kunne acceptere hverken hans synpunkter eller den påtænkte Fremdgangsmåde. (The conversations ended with my being unable to accept either his view or the intended way of proceeding.)
- ↑ 32nd meeting on September 17, 1980: We, the Danish part of the population, are not the editors of the paper and we have no influence on the content. The basis of our work is not identical to the publisher's objectives.
- ↑ The newspaper Flensborg Avis quotes “Vejle Amts Folkeblad”: I en ledende articles opfordres nu til større uafhængighed i Slesvig og at tilstræbe en egen administration for dermed at udbygge den slesvigske identitet. (An editorial now calls for greater independence in Schleswig and to strive for its own administration in order to expand Schleswig's identity).
- ^ According to the SHHB press release of March 1, 1985.
- ^ "Flensborg Avis" of March 3, 1985, leading article.