Bohemia (newspaper) explained

Bohemia was a German newspaper published in Prague from 1828 to 1938.

History and profile

The paper started as a supplement of the weekly Prager Zeitung from 1828 to 1835 under various names: first as , in 1830 as , in 1832 as , and finally in 1918 as (German newspaper Bohemia). Famous writers for the newspaper included Franz Kafka, Egon Kisch, Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt, and Johannes Urzidil.

The newspaper was printed by several companies:

• & Sons (1828–1872)
• Bohemia Aktiengesellschaft (1872–1877)
• Frantisek Klutsack (1878)
• Andreas Haase (1879–1919)
• Alfred Korn (1919–1920)
• Verlag Deutsche Zeitung-Aktiengesellschaft (1920–1933)
• Rota-Aktiengesellschaft für Zeitung- und Buchdruck (1933–1938)

The newspaper was terminated in 1938. The archives can be found in the National Library of the Czech Republic.

Since 2000

From 2000, a German-Czech newspaper (Czech: ) took the name , continuing the (German-Czech newspaper of good neighbourhood).

External links

• Scanned archives (as DjVu):
  • 1830–1832: Bohemia, oder Unterhaltungsblätter für gebildete Stände, ISSN 1802-6303
  • 1832–1845: Bohemia, ein Unterhaltungsblatt, ISSN 1802-6311
  • 1846–1914: Bohemia, ISSN 1212-6225
  • 1914–1938: Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia, ISSN 1802-6370