Eifel goes digital. Publications from the Monschau region
Encouraged by the Historical Society of the Monschau Region and with the kind support of the Dortmund Institute for Newspaper Research, which has microfilm editions of these newspaper series at its disposal, the University and City Library of Cologne was able to digitise these rare local newspapers and publish them on the Internet.
Der Stadt- und Landbote (1848-1936)
The year of revolution 1848 also brought the founding of the first newspaper in the remote Eifel district of Montjoie, as Monschau was then called. It appeared once a week and was initially subtitled "Teaching, Entertainment, Non-profit". The publisher C. W. Frantzen printed it at C. L. Hermanns in Montjoie; soon it had developed into the "Kreisblatt für Montjoie und Umgebung" and later (until 1933) also served as an official journal. The "Jahrbuch Monschauer Land", which is still published today, developed from a supplement by the "Stadt- und Landboten". Apart from the years 1855 to 1865, which the University and State Library of Bonn also has at its disposal, only the Historical Society of the Monschauer Land owns a copy.
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Montjoie'r Volksblatt (1880-1941)
At the end of September 1880 a first sample of the "Montjoie'r Volksblatt - Organ für die katholischen Interessen von Montjoie und Umgebung" was published by J. G. Salzburg in Montjoie. In a thoroughly "critical phase" of Bismarck's cultural struggle against the "ultramontanism" of the Catholic Church, this foundation took place explicitly to support the Centre as a party of political Catholicism, which is already indicated by the name "Volksblatt" (cf. also Kölnische Volkszeitung or Trierischer Volksfreund as Zentrumszeitungen). There is no known copy of the newspaper published until 1941 apart from the Monschau Regional History Association.
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Der Eremit am Hohen Venn (1925-1971)
It is no coincidence that the historical association of the Monschau region was founded in 1923, i.e. during the occupation of the Rhineland, under the name "Geschichtsverein des Kreises Monschau (Montjoie)". The main driving force was the desire to counter the consequences of the Versailles Peace Treaty (cession of the neighbouring Eupen-Malmedy and the Vennbahn, which led through the district), which were perceived as a burden, with something positive by researching one's own history. In the first three years, the association magazine appeared under the title "Heimat(s)Blätter des Kreises Montjoie (Monschau)" (1925-1927), which was then published in "Der Eremit am Hohen Venn. Mitteilungen des Geschichtsvereins des Kreises Monschau (Montjoie)" (1928-1971; abbreviation EHV). This weekly newspaper, which has been published for about two years, is very rare today and will also be presented here as soon as possible. With the dissolution of the administrative district of Monschau on January 1, 1972, the magazine was redesigned into the yearbook "Das Monschauer Land" (abbreviation ML) by merging it with the Kreis(heimat)kalender and the association was renamed "Geschichtsverein des Monschauer Landes".
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