Coburger Zeitung

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Coburger Zeitung
Coburger Zeitung 01.01.1915.jpg
The first page of the 1 January 1915 issue of the Coburger Zeitung
Type Daily newspaper
Founded1851
Political alignmentConservative
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication1935
City Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
OCLC number 163639829
Free online archives Munich Digitalization Center

The Coburger Zeitung was a German-language daily newspaper servicing Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. It was first published in 1854, and then again from 1861 to 1935. Its issues were printed in Dornheim. It was described as being politically conservative. The newspaper ceased publication in 1935 after competition with the Coburger Nationalzeitung  [ de ], a Nazi-affiliated newspaper. It and all other Coburg newspapers were either closed down or incorporated into that paper during the process of Gleichschaltung .

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History

The paper was first first published in 1854, before ceasing. It began again in 1861. During its existence, the paper serviced the German city of Coburg. [1] [2] It was a daily newspaper, and its issues were printed in Dornheim. [2] [3] It was described as being politically conservative. [4] [5] Its description of itself was Vereinsorgan der Verbandes der landwirtschaftlichen Vereine für das Coburger Land. [6] German historian and author Rudolph Genée  [ de ] was an editor of the paper from 1861 to 1864. [7]

During the Weimar era, the paper functioned as a something of a mouthpiece for the German National People's Party; the paper was nationalist leaning, and after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles bemoaned it as "the crushing peace treaty". [8] During the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the paper enthusiastically reported on the nationalist atmosphere in Germany at the time and relevant events; [9] it, with the Coburger Tageblatt  [ de ] (also center right) focused more on the cultural aspects and not the disorderly elements of the Nazi influence in Coburg, compared to socialist papers. [10]

In 1924, the Völkische Block (an alliance of several right leaning nationalist groups) announced its political aims in the paper, declaring their desire for the removal of civil rights from Jews and decrying miscegenation. [11] The newspaper ceased publication in 1935 after competition with the Coburger Nationalzeitung  [ de ], a newspaper affiliated with the Gau Bayreuth. It and all other Coburg newspapers were either closed down or incorporated into the Coburger Nationalzeitung during the process of Gleichschaltung . [2] [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Nauer, Ulrike (10 August 2018). "Wo einst die "Coburger Zeitung" gedruckt wurde" [Where the "Coburger Zeitung" was once printed]. Coburger Tageblatt (in German). inFranken.de. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 26.
  4. ↑ Schneider, Jeffrey (June 2022). "The Captain of Köpenick and the Uniform Fantasies of German Militarism". Central European History . 55 (2): 187–204. doi:10.1017/S0008938921000893. ISSN   0008-9389.
  5. ↑ Berger, Jochen (23 November 2022). "Legendärer Auftritt in Coburg" [A legendary performance in Coburg]. Coburger Tageblatt (in German). Fränkischer Tag. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 33.
  7. ↑ Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore (1903). The New International Encyclopædia. Vol. VIII. Dodd, Mead and Company. p.  194 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 63.
  9. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 95.
  10. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 72.
  11. ↑ Hayward & Morris 1988, p. 97.
  12. ↑ Schwaderer, Isabella (2023). ""Exotic Sensation" or "Völkisch Art"? Press Reviews of the Indisches Ballett Menaka (Menaka Indian Ballet) on Tour Through Germany, 1936–1938". NTM. 31 (3): 333–356. doi:10.1007/s00048-023-00362-1. ISSN   0036-6978. PMC   10556114 . PMID   37535090.
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