Vienna Sunday and Monday newspaper
The Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung was an Austrian weekly newspaper that appeared between 1863 and 1936.
history
The Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung was founded in 1863 by Alexander Scharf as the Wiener Sonntagszeitung . The first issue appeared on April 26, 1863, and the newspaper was subsequently circulated at around 2 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays. From May 26, 1867, the offer was supplemented by a Monday morning paper and the title of the newspaper was changed to Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung . In the same year, the Sunday edition was separated from the Monday edition, but the Sunday edition was discontinued in 1885. However, the title of the newspaper remained unchanged.
After the First World War, the Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung remained under the direction of publisher Julius Scharf until 1920. After that, Ernst Klebinder took over who gave the newspaper a sensational presentation. The number of illustrations has been increased and the leading article has been replaced by a current cartoon. In addition, from 1922 sports reporting was expanded and in 1925 a special picture newspaper was introduced. From 1927 the Wiener Morgenpost was published as a side issue .
Political orientation
The newspaper initially supported Anton von Schmerling's policy and appeared against Richard Belcredi . It represented a moderately liberal editorial line and later turned firmly against Karl Lueger and the anti-Semitism he represented . In terms of foreign policy, the Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung followed an anti-Prussian and anti-Russian line. In the 1870s, the newspaper took a stand against Turkey and supported the occupation of Bosnia. During the First World War, the newspaper was emphatically patriotic, but at the same time campaigned for a mutual agreement. After the First World War, the newspaper followed a left-wing liberal editorial line and was against the Christian Social Party as well as the National Socialists. The newspaper, however, supported the policies of Johann Schober and Engelbert Dollfuss .
Content orientation
In terms of content, the Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung mainly consisted of a political, economic, local and feature section. In addition to several editorials, the political section included the latest news and a newspaper show from domestic and foreign newspapers. The focus of the economic department lay in the presentation of telegraphic course reports, the features section concentrated on local topics. The local reporting was only of minor relevance. The “local train studies” written by Alexander Landesberg and his “theater chats” published under the name “Schnüferl” were well known. In addition, from 1933 the journalistic agitator against National Socialism and for an independent Austria, Karl Tschuppik , worked for the paper. Other journalists for the paper were Carl Kohn, Julius Michaelek, Alexander Roda Roda , Camilla Theimer , Alfred Polgar , Fritz Löhner-Beda and Julius Scharf.
After the content-related focus was mainly on reporting on economic and local problems, after the economic consolidation, foreign policy issues were increasingly included in the reporting and the newspaper was given a more serious appearance again. The newspaper was discontinued on April 27, 1936.
literature
- Helmut W. Lang (Ed.): Austrian Retrospective Bibliography (ORBI). Row 2: Austrian Newspapers 1492–1945. Volume 3: Helmut W. Lang, Ladislaus Lang, Wilma Buchinger: Bibliography of Austrian newspapers 1621–1945. N-Z. Edited at the Austrian National Library. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23385-X , p. 442.
- Kurt Paupié : Handbook of Austrian Press History. Volume: 1848-1959. Braumüller, Vienna et al. 1960.
Web links
- Editions digitized by the Austrian National Library : Wiener Sonn- und Monday-Zeitung (online at ANNO ).