Ungrian magazine
The Ungrische Magazin, or contributions to history, geography, natural sciences and the literature included therein was founded in 1781 in Pressburg by Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (1725–1793). The sheet existed with interruptions until 1787.
Work genesis
Windisch's magazine was one of the most important periodical organs of its time in the Kingdom of Hungary . Even before the first issue appeared in 1781, he printed out an advance notice including a call for collaboration on the paper and contacted numerous personalities from the fields of science and teaching. In an exchange of letters with the Hungarian historian, heraldist and later professor at the University of Ofen , Daniel Cornides asked Windisch for his articles and hoped for high-quality texts through him. By mail, he also made contact with almost all of the kingdom's well-known scholars, regardless of their origin, mother tongue or religion. In the first number there are contributions by Johann Seivert ("Transylvania letters", see also in the "Allergädigst privilegirten advertisements", Vienna 1771–1776), Daniel Cornides ("Proof that the carriages are a Hungarian invention ..."), Josef Conrad ("On the connection and context of the systematic and historical study of natural history"). The historiographer, Jesuit and curator of the university library of Ofen , Georg Pray was also a collaborator of the paper. Windisch consulted Cornides not only as a writer of articles, but also as an advisor on editorial issues.
The topics covered in the Ungrian Magazine include history, geography and science. The main concern of the editor was to acquaint the audience with the history, geography, language and much more of the Kingdom of Hungary. As a result, one encounters numerous travel descriptions such as “Description of the new incorporation of the former Temescher Banat ” (drawn by W., probably Windisch himself), “Investigations of the mineral sources (...) of the Bartsch County ”, “The Hungarian Atlas, Second Part”, and historical articles such as "Contributions to the history of the royally free city of Pressburg", "Contributions to the life story of Johann Sambucus", "Diplomatic and other handwritten contributions to the explanation of Hungarian history" (all by von Windisch), "Contribution to the biography of Nikolaus Ischtwanfi" ( CDBartsch). Many of the historical treatises dealt with the history of Germanness in Hungary . Windisch wrote his magazine in German because his intention was to a. to acquaint foreign countries with Hungary and thus to capture a larger readership than he would have been able to do with a Hungarian-language magazine.
In 1787, Windisch closed the Ungrische Magazin after complaining about problems with the printing company. The fact that his closest collaborator, Cornides, became a university professor and therefore could spend less time on Windisch, may also have played a role. Windisch himself, who was the city governor, censor and from 1789 mayor of the city of Pressburg, was hampered by this abundance of offices in his cultural activities (see also correspondence with Cornides, Seidler). Nonetheless, in 1791 he published the successor New Ungrian Magazine . Windisch died in 1793. He remained an active organizer in the field of science until his death.
output
- Karl Gottlieb Windisch (Ed.): Ungrisches Magazin, or contributions to Hungarian history, geography, natural science and the literature included therein. 4 volumes. Löwe, Pressburg 1781–1787 / 1788. 8 °, (appearance of the sheet: irregular).
literature
- Jozef Tancer: In the shadow of Vienna. On the German-language press and literature in the Pressburg of the 18th century (= press and history - new articles. 32). Edition Lumière, Bremen 2008, ISBN 978-3-934686-54-0 (also: Bratislava, University, dissertation, 2005).
- Andrea Seidler: "I'm proud of the idea of publishing an Ungrian magazine ...". The correspondence of Karl Gottlieb Windisch. Vienna 2003, (Vienna, University, habilitation paper, 2003; typewritten).
- Andrea Seidler, Wolfram Seidler: The journal system in the Danube region between 1740 and 1809. Annotated bibliography of the German and Hungarian-language journals in Vienna, Pressburg and Pest-Buda (= series of publications of the Austrian Society for Research in the 18th Century. 1). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1988, ISBN 3-205-05095-9 .
- Fritz Valjavec : Karl Gottlieb von Windisch. The life picture of a south-east German citizen of the Enlightenment period (= publications by the Institute for Research into German Ethnicity in the South and Southeast in Munich. 11, ZDB -ID 143846-3 ). Schick, Munich 1936.
Web links
- Hungarus Digitalis: Digitization Project University of Vienna, Department of Finno-Ugric Studies: [1]