Ostara (magazine)
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Ostara or Ostara, Briefbücherei der Blonden und Mannesrechtler (English
'Ostara, newsletter of the blonde and masculists') was a German nationalist
magazine founded in 1905 by the occultist Lanz von Liebenfels
in Vienna
, Austria
.
Lanz derived the name of the publication from the reconstructed Old High German
goddess name *Ôstarâ
. Lanz claimed that the Ostrogoth
s and the nation of Austria
(German: Österreich) were matronymically named after this goddess. In his study of Lanz von Liebenfels, the Austrian psychologist Wilfried Daim
states that this claim by von Liebenfels is "most likely this is even greater nonsense."
According to von Liebenfels, the magazine had a peak circulation of 100,000. The magazine appeared in three series; the first series included 100 (or 89 ?) issues between 1905 and 1917, the second series had only one issue, and the third series included 20 issues between 1927 and 1930.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
'Ostara, newsletter of the blonde and masculists') was a German nationalist
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
magazine founded in 1905 by the occultist Lanz von Liebenfels
Lanz von Liebenfels
Adolf Josef Lanz aka Jörg Lanz, who called himself Lanz von Liebenfels was an Austrian publicist and journalist...
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Lanz derived the name of the publication from the reconstructed Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
goddess name *Ôstarâ
Eostre
Old English Ēostre and Old High German Ôstarâ are the names of a Germanic goddess whose Anglo-Saxon month, Ēostur-monath , has given its name to the festival of Easter...
. Lanz claimed that the Ostrogoth
Ostrogoth
The Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths , a Germanic tribe who developed a vast empire north of the Black Sea in the 3rd century AD and, in the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in Italy....
s and the nation of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
(German: Österreich) were matronymically named after this goddess. In his study of Lanz von Liebenfels, the Austrian psychologist Wilfried Daim
Wilfried Daim
Wilfried Daim is an Austrian psychologist, psychotherapist, writer and art collector.Between 1940 and 1945 Daim was active in the catholic resistance in Austria...
states that this claim by von Liebenfels is "most likely this is even greater nonsense."
According to von Liebenfels, the magazine had a peak circulation of 100,000. The magazine appeared in three series; the first series included 100 (or 89 ?) issues between 1905 and 1917, the second series had only one issue, and the third series included 20 issues between 1927 and 1930.
External links
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 1-5 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 5-10 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 16-20 sans 19 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 21-25 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 26-30 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 31-39 sans 35 (3rd series)
- Digital facsimilies of Ostara 40-48 (3rd series)