Metadata: Collection of Newspapers
Collection
- Country:
- Serbia
- Holding institution:
- Historical Archives of Bela Crkva
- Holding institution (official language):
- Историјски архив Бела Црква (Istorijski arhiv Bela Crkva)
- Postal address:
- Prvog oktobra 40, 26340 Bela Crkva
- Phone number:
- (+381)13851-283
- Web address:
- http://www.arhivbc.rs/
- Email:
- iarhivbc@gmail.com
- Reference number:
- F.431-C
- Title:
- Collection of Newspapers
- Title (official language):
- Збирка новинара
- Creator/accumulator:
- Historical Archives of Bela Crkva
- Date(s):
- 1862/1957
- Language:
- German
- Serbian
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 1.68 linear metres (21 boxes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection comprises 21 boxes of local newspapers which dealt with the activities of the Magistrates and other institutions, wrote about sheep farming, trade and crafts, cultural and public life of citizens (including Jews) in Vršac, Bela Crkva, Budapest, Timisoara, Vienna, Detta and other cities.
The first 15 boxes contain the following newspapers which were published in Vršac between 1862 and 1957: Werschetzer Gebirgsbote, fragmentarily preserved, 1862 to 1940; Neue Werschetzer Zeitung, 1883 to 1922, also fragmentarily preserved; Vršačka Kula, which is still being published, its items dated 1867-1871 were rarely preserved, and many other newspapers being published for a shorter or a longer period from 1867 to 1943.
The following four boxes contain newspapers that were published in Bela Crkva: Weisskirchener Volksblatt, fragmentarily preserved for the period from 1896 to 1938; Die Nera – Ungarische Weisskirchener Zeitung, fragmentarily preserved for the period 1870 to 1919.
The last three boxes contained various newspapers from Budapest, Vienna, Novi Sad, Zagreb, Belgrade, Karlovac, Oravica, Timisoara and Detta for the period from 1864 to 1957.
- Archival history:
- The collection was compiled in the Archives, by grouping various newspapers according to their titles and edition numbers, which were without the accompanying letters which would identify their origin. The newspapers were taken from the collections of the Magistrates of Bela Crkva and Vršac, from other city institutions and organisations of both cities. Some items were found outside archival fonds and added to the collection.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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Johan Eduard Kirhner, the assistant at the State Printing House in Timisoara, opened a printing house in Vršac in 1856 which began publishing a weekly newspaper called "Werschetzer Gebirgsbote" in 1857. The newspaper ceased to come out in 1941.
The weekly “Neue Werschetzer Zeitung” was published from 1880 by the printing company Wettel and Veronitis from Vršac. Until 1896, the newspaper published articles on business and public life. From 1898, in addition to economic and public subjects, it began to deal with political topics. From 1919, it was published as the newspaper of the German Social Democratic Party of Vršac.
Julius Wunder opened the first printing house in Bela Crkva in 1867, when the printing of the weekly newspaper "Die Nere" was approved. The owner of the printing house was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The newspaper dealt with trade, crafts, vineyards and public life. The printing of the paper ceased in 1919.
The first issue of the weekly "Weisskirchener Volksblatt" was printed in 1896 in Bela Crkva. The publisher was the founder and the owner of the printing house Peter Kun, and the editor-in-chief was Jakob Šimihen. The newspaper came out on Sundays and published articles related to politics, trade, agriculture, crafts, science, art, literature and social life. It ceased in 1944.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Šnabel, Jozef
- Subject terms:
- Newspaper clippings
- Printing
- Publishing
- System of arrangement:
- The newspapers are arranged chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- A summary catalogue is available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Historical Archives of Belgrade
- Author of the description:
- Ljiljana Radonjić; Historical Archives of Bela Crkva; 2020