Hamburgischer Correspondent
Encyclopedia
Hamburgischer Correspondent was the oldest political newspaper in the city of Hamburg
in Germany
. It was highly respected and often cited in newspapers of neighboring countries. It was politically slanted towards the government, national-liberal, but most of the time independent of any political party. The newspaper was published for more than 200 years, but closed down during the Nazi years.
In the early 19th century it was the most widely distributed newspaper in the German language. It had a circulation of 30,000 copies (1806). In 1830 it became a daily newspaper and in the early 20th century it had 13 issues per week. Starting in 1852 it served as an official journal
for the city of Hamburg. In 1862 it merged with the trade journal Hamburgische Börsenhalle (founded in 1805), which continued to appear twice weekly. The newspaper was incorporated as a shareholder company in 1869.
During the Weimar Republic
(1920s) the newspaper was affiliated with the national-liberal German People's Party
(Deutsche Volkspartei, DVP). It didn't sell as much as it used to, and it got into financial problems. After the Nazi rise to power (Machtübernahme) and their suppression of the oppositional press, the termination of the financially troubled newspaper was accelerated. On April 1, 1934, it was acquired by the publisher Hermanns Erben and the newspaper merged with Hamburger Nachrichten. Thus, the Hamburgischer Correspondent became the first non-socialist newspaper in Hamburg to close down during Nazi rule.
Editors in chief were in 1870-1874 Julius von Eckardt, in 1905 Hermann Diez and in 1924 Felix von Eckardt.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was highly respected and often cited in newspapers of neighboring countries. It was politically slanted towards the government, national-liberal, but most of the time independent of any political party. The newspaper was published for more than 200 years, but closed down during the Nazi years.
History
Its history started in 1710 or 1711 when the book printer Holle in Schiffbeck near Hamburg published the "Schiffbecker Posthorn" twice weekly. Its name changed to "Aviso" and in 1721–1731 its title was "Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitungen des holsteinischen unparteyischen Correspondenten". After it was acquired by another book printer Georg Christian Grund, and moved to Hamburg, its name changed to Staats- und gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unparteyischen Correspondenten (State and scholarly newspaper of Hamburg's nonpartisan correspondents). During French rule in Hamburg, it was published with French and German text under the title "Journal du département des Bouches de l'Elbe".In the early 19th century it was the most widely distributed newspaper in the German language. It had a circulation of 30,000 copies (1806). In 1830 it became a daily newspaper and in the early 20th century it had 13 issues per week. Starting in 1852 it served as an official journal
Official Journal
Official Journal may refer to the public journal of several nations and other political organizations:* Belgian Official Journal* Journal Officiel de la République Française* Official Journal of the European Patent Office...
for the city of Hamburg. In 1862 it merged with the trade journal Hamburgische Börsenhalle (founded in 1805), which continued to appear twice weekly. The newspaper was incorporated as a shareholder company in 1869.
During the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
(1920s) the newspaper was affiliated with the national-liberal German People's Party
German People's Party
The German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:...
(Deutsche Volkspartei, DVP). It didn't sell as much as it used to, and it got into financial problems. After the Nazi rise to power (Machtübernahme) and their suppression of the oppositional press, the termination of the financially troubled newspaper was accelerated. On April 1, 1934, it was acquired by the publisher Hermanns Erben and the newspaper merged with Hamburger Nachrichten. Thus, the Hamburgischer Correspondent became the first non-socialist newspaper in Hamburg to close down during Nazi rule.
Editors in chief were in 1870-1874 Julius von Eckardt, in 1905 Hermann Diez and in 1924 Felix von Eckardt.
External links
- Hamburgischer correspondent, Nordisk familjebokNordisk familjebokNordisk familjebok is a Swedish encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.- History :The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899. The first edition is known as the "Iðunn edition" because of the picture of Iðunn on the cover...
(1924) - Hamburgischer Korrespondent, Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (1905)