Newspaper for the Wendland
The newspaper for the Wendland was a German daily newspaper that appeared from 1855 to 1934. It was printed in Lüchow in Wendland.
history
The landlord Georg Schultz, the businessman Neubauer and the engineer Karl Hennings founded the newspaper for the Wendland in Lüchow in 1854. They chose the print shop owner Sophie Saur as the publisher. The first edition was on January 1, 1855 and had four pages. The newspaper has appeared twice a week since it was founded. In 1875, sales were expanded to include the Salzwedel and Osterburg districts , and at the same time expenses were increased from two to three times a week. Between 1915 and November 1918 the newspaper was discontinued due to the war . 1934 merged the "newspaper for the Wendland" and the newspaper "The country people." The new newspaper was now called "General Gazette for the Dannenberg-Lüchow district".
"It should represent the interests of the area, raise prosperity, education and morality, whereby we count on the support of every honorable man."
technology
In the beginning the editions were made on a hand press . In 1859 a high-speed press was used.
Web links
- 160 years of the Wendland newspaper - special supplement to the Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung from 2015 (PDF; 5.5 MB)