Die Gartenlaube
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Die Gartenlaube Illustrirtes Familienblatt (later as "Illustriertes Familienblatt" and from 1938, as "Die neue Gartenlaube"), was a forerunner of modern magazines, and the first major success of the German weekly. The name means "The Garden Arbor (or Gazebo) Family Journal" but the magazine is known worldwide as "Die Gartenlaube". It was released in 1853, and by 1876 the publisher Ernst Keil had reached a circulation of 382,000 copies. One of the founders was Ferdinand Stolle. Since Die Gartenlaube was both in the common family reading, and was in numerous lending libraries and cafes as delivery was available, the estimate of the actual readership amounts to two to five million.
The format of the magazine was as 52 weekly issues, of 16-20 pages each, with some illustrations. The text, printed in a Fraktur (alt Deutsch) font, was typeset with hand-drawn illustrations and, later, with some photographs.
Die Gartenlaube provides a comprehensive and historical analysis for many fields and is an essential source for German cultural history, for example regarding the serial novels published in the magazine. The magazine was well known in the German-speaking world: famous waltz composer Johann Strauss II
even published a waltz in the magazine, during 1895, dedicated to the readers, with English title "Gartenlaube Waltz
".
The early volumes up to unification in 1871 close to the tradition of the moral weeklies: entertainment and education are the two fixed points, between which a wide range of interests were conveyed. In the years of reaction they are profiled in this sense and appeared since the early 1860s, a radical liberal position by the publisher Ernst Keil, open and committed to the creation of a national unity government. The consolidation of the bourgeois values of conduct was carried out by its contrast with the decline of aristocratic norms. Die Gartenlaube was mentioned at this time for their neutral to positive view of Jews, the occasional Jewish family life as example to follow.
the founding of the German Reich, Die Gartenlaube was increasingly seen as a defender of Prussia
n policy. Their dedicated and highly polemical interest in the culture war (which by the proclaimed by Pope Pius IX
"Dogma of Infallibility
" was initiated in 1870), the defense of the liberal world view was generally supported, with the arguments of the National Liberal Party in particular.
except in the format of the two previous phases, changed dramatically as to scope and content. After Keil's death in 1878, Die Gartenlaube, developed under the guidance of new publisher and editor-owner Adolf Kröner, became increasingly conservative into an entertainment page. Political or religious topics were taboo after this repositioning, as well as divorce and suicide. Instead of a popular encyclopedia, "Die Gartenlaube" developed around the turn of the century as an entertainment page. Parallel to this substantive change had been formally in the same period of development carried out by a magazine with various illustrations for magazines, with additional text portions.
In 1904, the title of the newspaper publisher of right-wing nationalist August Scherl
incorporated and finally came in 1916 by Alfred Hugenberg
's media empire, one of the pioneers of Adolf Hitler
's. The largest part of his press group were later adopted by Nazi publishers, where the periodical (with title altered since 1938 as "Die neue Gartenlaube" - the "New Garden Arbor") was continued until 1944.
Die Gartenlaube provides a comprehensive and historical analysis for many fields and is an essential source for German cultural history, for example regarding the serial novels published in the magazine.
The format of the magazine was as 52 weekly issues, of 16-20 pages each, with some illustrations. The text, printed in a Fraktur (alt Deutsch) font, was typeset with hand-drawn illustrations and, later, with some photographs.
Die Gartenlaube provides a comprehensive and historical analysis for many fields and is an essential source for German cultural history, for example regarding the serial novels published in the magazine. The magazine was well known in the German-speaking world: famous waltz composer Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
even published a waltz in the magazine, during 1895, dedicated to the readers, with English title "Gartenlaube Waltz
Gartenlaube Waltz
"Gartenlaube Waltz" is the English title of "Gartenlaube-Walzer", Op. 461, a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1895...
".
History
Die Gartenlaube has gone through its first 50 years in three phases:The early volumes up to unification in 1871 close to the tradition of the moral weeklies: entertainment and education are the two fixed points, between which a wide range of interests were conveyed. In the years of reaction they are profiled in this sense and appeared since the early 1860s, a radical liberal position by the publisher Ernst Keil, open and committed to the creation of a national unity government. The consolidation of the bourgeois values of conduct was carried out by its contrast with the decline of aristocratic norms. Die Gartenlaube was mentioned at this time for their neutral to positive view of Jews, the occasional Jewish family life as example to follow.
the founding of the German Reich, Die Gartenlaube was increasingly seen as a defender of Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
n policy. Their dedicated and highly polemical interest in the culture war (which by the proclaimed by Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...
"Dogma of Infallibility
Papal infallibility
Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that, by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error when in his official capacity he solemnly declares or promulgates to the universal Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals...
" was initiated in 1870), the defense of the liberal world view was generally supported, with the arguments of the National Liberal Party in particular.
except in the format of the two previous phases, changed dramatically as to scope and content. After Keil's death in 1878, Die Gartenlaube, developed under the guidance of new publisher and editor-owner Adolf Kröner, became increasingly conservative into an entertainment page. Political or religious topics were taboo after this repositioning, as well as divorce and suicide. Instead of a popular encyclopedia, "Die Gartenlaube" developed around the turn of the century as an entertainment page. Parallel to this substantive change had been formally in the same period of development carried out by a magazine with various illustrations for magazines, with additional text portions.
In 1904, the title of the newspaper publisher of right-wing nationalist August Scherl
August Scherl
August Scherl, a German newspaper magnate, was born on 24 July 1849 in Düsseldorf, and died on 18 April 1921 in Berlin.August Hugo Friedrich Scherl founded a newspaper and publishing concern on 1 October 1883, which from 1900 carried the name August Scherl Verlag.He was editor of the Berlin Local...
incorporated and finally came in 1916 by Alfred Hugenberg
Alfred Hugenberg
Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg was an influential German businessman and politician. Hugenberg, a leading figure within nationalist politics in Germany for the first few decades of the twentieth century, became the country's leading media proprietor within the inter-war period...
's media empire, one of the pioneers of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
's. The largest part of his press group were later adopted by Nazi publishers, where the periodical (with title altered since 1938 as "Die neue Gartenlaube" - the "New Garden Arbor") was continued until 1944.
Die Gartenlaube provides a comprehensive and historical analysis for many fields and is an essential source for German cultural history, for example regarding the serial novels published in the magazine.
List of major authors
- Christian Wilhelm AllersChristian Wilhelm AllersChristian Wilhelm Allers was a German painter and printmaker.-Biography:Allers, the son of a merchant, was born in Hamburg. He first worked as a lithographer, and in 1877 he moved to Karlsruhe where he continued to work as a lithographer. In the Kunstakademie he was a scholar of Prof...
(1857–1915), illustrator - Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829–1884), zoologist and writer (Brehms TierlebenBrehms TierlebenBrehms Tierleben is a reference book, first published in the 1860s,which made its author, Alfred Edmund Brehm ,known around the world.- Publishing history :...
) - Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (1838–1918), writer
- Rudolf Cronau (1855–1939), journalist and painter
- Otto Dammer (1839–1916), chemist and writer
- Rudolf DoehnRudolf DoehnRudolf Doehn was a German writer and journalist. He belonged to the Forty-Eighters who participated in the American Civil War as volunteers in the Union Army...
(1821–1894), politician and writer - Fedor Flinzer (1832–1911), writer and illustrator
- Theodor FontaneTheodor FontaneTheodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.-Youth:Fontane was born in Neuruppin into a Huguenot family. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father's profession. He became an...
(1819–1898), writer - Ludwig GanghoferLudwig GanghoferLudwig Ganghofer was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels.-Biography:Born in Kaufbeuren, he graduated from a gymnasium in 1873 and subsequently worked as a fitter in Augsburg engine works...
(1855–1920), writer - Carl Grote (1839-1907), illustrator
- Karl GutzkowKarl GutzkowKarl Ferdinand Gutzkow was a German writer notable in the Young Germany movement of the mid-19th century.-Life:...
(1811-1878), writer - Jakob Christoph Heer (1859–1925), Swiss writer and editor
- Wilhelmine Heimburg (1848–1912), writer
- Georg Hiltl (1826–1878), actor and writer
- Georg HirthGeorg HirthGeorg Hirth was a German writer, journalist and publisher. He is best-known for founding the cultural magazine Jugend in 1896, which was instrumental in popularizing Art Nouveau.- Biography :...
(1841-1916), journalist, later publisher in Munich - Friedrich Hofmann (1813–1888), permanent employee, 1883-1886 Editor in Chief
- Carl Karlweis (1850-1901), columnist
- Kaspar Kögler (1838-1923), illustrator, poet
- Herbert König (1820–1876), illustrator
- Eugenie MarlittE. MarlittE. Marlitt is the pseudonym of Eugenie John , a popular German novelist, born at Arnstadt. Her father was a portrait painter; her patroness was the Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, who sent her to Vienna to study music. She became deaf, lived for 11 years at court, and then, withdrawing to...
(1825–1887), writer - Charlotte NieseCharlotte NieseCharlotte Niese was a German writer, poet and teacher.Niese was born in Burg on the island of Fehmarn, then under the direct rule of King Frederick VII of Denmark. Her father was the local pastor who later became director of a seminary in Eckernförde. Her mother was Benedicte Marie Niese...
(1854–1935), Holsteinische poet - August Peters (1817–1864), writer
- Max Ring (1817–1901), doctor and writer
- Anna RitterAnna Ritter- Biography :Ritter was born Anna Nuhn in Coburg, Bavaria on February, 23, 1865, but she was only a young child when her father, an export trader, moved the family to New York City...
(1865–1921), poet - Friedrich Emil RittershausEmil Rittershaus-Biography:He was born at Barmen. His poetry, marked by simple feeling, fine diction, and original matter, won great popularity. He died in Barmen.-Works:The best known of his works are:* Gedichte...
(1834–1897), poet - August ScherlAugust ScherlAugust Scherl, a German newspaper magnate, was born on 24 July 1849 in Düsseldorf, and died on 18 April 1921 in Berlin.August Hugo Friedrich Scherl founded a newspaper and publishing concern on 1 October 1883, which from 1900 carried the name August Scherl Verlag.He was editor of the Berlin Local...
(1849–1921), publisher - Carl Ludwig SchleichCarl Ludwig SchleichCarl Ludwig Schleich was a German surgeon and writer who was a native of Stettin, Pomerania.He studied medicine in Zurich, Greifswald and Berlin, where he was an assistant to Rudolf Virchow . In 1887 he received his doctorate at the University of Greifswald, and stayed there as an assistant until...
(1859–1922), doctor - Eduard Schmidt-Weißenfels (1833–1893), politician and writer
- Levin SchückingLevin SchückingLevin Schücking was a German novelist. He was the uncle of Levin Ludwig Schücking.-Biography:Born into the Westphalian nobility on the estate of Klemenswerth, near Meppen, his mother, Sibilla Katharina née Busch was a poet who occasionally published, whilst his father was Paulus Modestus Schücking...
(1814–1883), writer - Berthold Sigismund (1819–1864), doctor, professor, politician and writer
- Ludwig Storch (1803–1881), writer
- Moritz WiggersMoritz WiggersMoritz Karl Georg Wiggers , German politician, started out as a lawyer and a notary in his home town of Rostock. The Revolution of 1848 prompted him to enter public life as a representative to the Mecklenburg constitutional convention, of which he was also elected president...
(1816–1894), politician and judge
External links
- Microfiche-Edition (Kommerzielle Seite des Verlags)
- Leupolds Gartenlaube - Liebhaberaufnahmen